# Google Chrome & Memory Consumption
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-memory-consumption/707626
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 19, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-memory-consumption/707626 "2014-12-19T00:16:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-memory-consumption/707626/1 "2014-12-19T00:16:31Z")
Hi Folks
I am not very knowledgeable about computers, so I wondered if something has happened with Chrome.
Recently, as in the last few weeks, when I open more than a couple of tabs in Chrome, my computer becomes maddeningly slow. Performance monitor indicates that Chrome is consuming massive amounts of memory. Right now I have three tabs open (SD, Gmail, and TTAC) and it’s eating up 1.3GB!
This never used to be an issue. I see no indication of malware or any such.
Has Chrome changed recently? Did it lose it’s roots as a small, quick, and simple browser?
I’m not here to bitch, rather I would like to understand if there’s an explanation here.
I just opened Firefox and opened the same three tabs, and the total consumption per Task Manager is 369MB
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### Author:  [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-memory-consumption/707626/2 "2014-12-19T00:26:17Z")
Chrome developed a memory leak or some kind of memory problem about five or six months ago. I don’t use Chrome and don’t keep up with its news so I don’t really know the details of it and I have no idea if it has been fixed yet or not. If nothing else, you might try updating it to the latest version in the hope that a recent patch fixed it.