Firefox using HUGE amounts of CPU and memory
I'm using the latest Firefox on Win10, with a fairly powerful laptop (64 gb RAM, intel i7 2.3 GHz chip), and for about a month now, whenever I use it, it uses so much CPU all the time that my laptop is overheating (slight hyperbole, but it's definitely churning the fans a lot, and the area around the keyboard gets hot to the touch). Sometimes it uses up to 45% CPU, and over 20% memory!!! (as reported in the task manager) Usually around 20-25% though. While Chrome, at the same time, is using 0.1%. It's not just when starting up, either, it's continuous during use, until I quit Firefox.
What the h*** is going on?!? I've tried the troubleshooting steps, but it remains crazy regardless of turning off extensions, and I'm just using the default theme. I notice it's mainly when loading images, like on social media.
This is insane. What is happening. Can someone help me?
All Replies (4)
Introducing Firefox’s new Site Isolation Security Architecture https://hacks.mozilla.org/2021/05/introducing-firefox-new-site-isolation-security-architecture/
Firefox's Project Fission: better security and more processes https://www.ghacks.net/2019/02/07/firefoxs-project-fission-better-security-and-more-processes/
Change how many processes multi-process Firefox uses https://www.ghacks.net/2016/02/15/change-how-many-processes-multi-process-firefox-uses/
What gen i7? How many windows do you have open and how many tabs in each window? As a test I would suggest you open the same amount of windows and tabs with the same content in any other browser and compare.
Operating System: openSUSE Leap 15.6
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.11
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Qt Version: 5.15.12
Kernel Version: 6.4.0-150600.23.17-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 62.1 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics
Manufacturer: HP
Product Name: HP EliteBook 865 16 inch G9 Notebook PC
Modified by jonzn4SUSE
It's Intel 11th gen i7. It happens even if I only have one window open, if that window is on SoMe (several different sites). I don't really use tabs that much, and it happens even if there are none open. As I mentioned, I opened Chrome and got a vastly different result - only 0.1% CPU usage, which I think is reasonable if you're just looking at non-GIF memes (or even gifs, but DEFINITELY when just viewing jpgs or whatever).
I also noticed that it seems to crash explorer.exe sometimes, though I don't see it under crash reports. Nothing else I run does this.
Application Basics
Name: Firefox Version: 130.0 Build ID: 20240829075237 Distribution ID: Update Channel: release User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:130.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/130.0 OS: Windows_NT 10.0 19045 Launcher Process: Enabled Multiprocess Windows: 4/4 Fission Windows: 4/4 Enabled by default Remote Processes: 16 Enterprise Policies: Inactive Google Location Service Key: Found Google Safebrowsing Key: Found Mozilla Location Service Key: Found Safe Mode: false Memory Size (RAM): 63,8 GB Disk Space Available: 3.537 GB Pointing Devices: Pen Digitizer and Mouse
Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days
Firefox Features
Name: Firefox Screenshots Version: 39.0.1 ID: screenshots@mozilla.org
Name: Form Autofill Version: 1.0.1 ID: formautofill@mozilla.org
Name: Picture-In-Picture Version: 1.0.0 ID: pictureinpicture@mozilla.org
Name: Web Compatibility Interventions Version: 130.2.0 ID: webcompat@mozilla.org
Name: WebCompat Reporter Version: 2.1.0 ID: webcompat-reporter@mozilla.org
Remote Features
Remote Processes
Type: Privileged About Count: 1
Type: Preallocated Count: 3
Type: Isolated Service Worker Count: 2
Type: Isolated Web Content Count: 4
Type: GPU Count: 1
Type: Extension Count: 1
Type: RDD Count: 1
Type: Socket Count: 1
Type: Utility Windows Media Foundation Count: 1
Type: Utility JavaScript Oracle Count: 1
Add-ons
Name: Adblock Plus - free ad blocker Type: extension Version: 4.6 Enabled: true ID: {d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}
Name: Add-ons Search Detection Type: extension Version: 2.0.0 Enabled: true ID: addons-search-detection@mozilla.com
Name: AdGuard AdBlocker Type: extension Version: 4.4.22 Enabled: true ID: adguardadblocker@adguard.com
Name: Bing Type: extension Version: 1.7 Enabled: true ID: bing@search.mozilla.org
Name: DuckDuckGo Type: extension Version: 1.5 Enabled: true ID: ddg@search.mozilla.org
Name: Facebook Container Type: extension Version: 2.3.11 Enabled: true ID: @contain-facebook
Name: Firefox Multi-Account Containers Type: extension Version: 8.1.3 Enabled: true ID: @testpilot-containers
Name: Google Type: extension Version: 1.5 Enabled: true ID: google@search.mozilla.org
Name: Google search engine with udm=14 preset Type: extension Version: 1.0 Enabled: true ID: dhobern@gmail.com
Name: Return YouTube Dislike Type: extension Version: 3.0.0.17 Enabled: true ID: {762f9885-5a13-4abd-9c77-433dcd38b8fd}
Name: uBlock Origin Type: extension Version: 1.59.0 Enabled: true ID: uBlock0@raymondhill.net
Name: Wikipedia (en) Type: extension Version: 1.4 Enabled: true ID: wikipedia@search.mozilla.org
Name: Youtube-shorts block Type: extension Version: 1.5.0 Enabled: true ID: {34daeb50-c2d2-4f14-886a-7160b24d66a4}
Name: System theme — auto Type: theme Version: 1.3 Enabled: true ID: default-theme@mozilla.org
Name: NoScript Type: extension Version: 11.4.35 Enabled: false ID: {73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}
Name: Send to Outline Type: extension Version: 1.4.1 Enabled: false ID: {d527189b-f581-4bc5-b974-cd161115459a}
Name: XKit Rewritten Type: extension Version: 1.0.3 Enabled: false ID: {6e710c58-36cc-49d6-b772-bfc3030fa56e}
Name: Dark Type: theme Version: 1.2 Enabled: false ID: firefox-compact-dark@mozilla.org
Name: Firefox Alpenglow Type: theme Version: 1.4 Enabled: false ID: firefox-alpenglow@mozilla.org
Name: Light Type: theme Version: 1.2 Enabled: false ID: firefox-compact-light@mozilla.org
Security Software
Type: Bitdefender Antivirus
Type:
Type: Bitdefender Firewall
Legacy User Stylesheets
Active: false Stylesheets: No stylesheets found
Graphics
Features Window Device Pixel Ratios: 1,1,1,1 Compositing: WebRender Font Visibility Debug Info: Windows Platform Asynchronous Pan/Zoom: wheel input enabled; touch input enabled; scrollbar drag enabled; keyboard enabled; autoscroll enabled; smooth pinch-zoom enabled WebGL 1 Driver WSI Info: outOfProcess: false inProcess: true EGL_VENDOR: Google Inc. (Intel) EGL_VERSION: 1.5 (ANGLE 2.1.19739 git hash: 419cd2c3213b) EGL_EXTENSIONS: EGL_EXT_create_context_robustness EGL_ANGLE_d3d_share_handle_client_buffer EGL_ANGLE_d3d_texture_client_buffer EGL_ANGLE_surface_d3d_texture_2d_share_handle EGL_ANGLE_query_surface_pointer EGL_ANGLE_window_fixed_size EGL_ANGLE_keyed_mutex EGL_ANGLE_surface_orientation EGL_ANGLE_direct_composition EGL_ANGLE_windows_ui_composition EGL_NV_post_sub_buffer EGL_KHR_create_context EGL_KHR_image EGL_KHR_image_base EGL_KHR_gl_texture_2D_image EGL_KHR_gl_texture_cubemap_image EGL_KHR_gl_renderbuffer_image EGL_KHR_get_all_proc_addresses EGL_KHR_stream EGL_KHR_stream_consumer_gltexture EGL_NV_stream_consumer_gltexture_yuv EGL_ANGLE_stream_producer_d3d_texture EGL_ANGLE_create_context_webgl_compatibility EGL_CHROMIUM_create_context_bind_generates_resource EGL_CHROMIUM_sync_control EGL_EXT_pixel_format_float EGL_KHR_surfaceless_context EGL_ANGLE_display_texture_share_group EGL_ANGLE_display_semaphore_share_group EGL_ANGLE_create_context_client_arrays EGL_ANGLE_program_cache_control EGL_ANGLE_robust_resource_initialization EGL_ANGLE_create_context_extensions_enabled EGL_ANDROID_blob_cache EGL_ANDROID_recordable EGL_ANGLE_image_d3d11_texture EGL_ANGLE_create_context_backwards_compatible EGL_KHR_no_config_context EGL_KHR_create_context_no_error EGL_KHR_reusable_sync EGL_EXTENSIONS(nullptr): EGL_EXT_client_extensions EGL_EXT_device_query EGL_EXT_platform_base EGL_EXT_platform_device EGL_ANGLE_platform_angle EGL_ANGLE_platform_angle_d3d EGL_ANGLE_platform_angle_d3d11on12 EGL_ANGLE_platform_angle_device_id EGL_ANGLE_device_creation EGL_ANGLE_device_creation_d3d11 EGL_ANGLE_experimental_present_path EGL_KHR_client_get_all_proc_addresses EGL_KHR_debug EGL_ANGLE_feature_control WebGL 1 Driver Renderer: Google Inc. (Intel) -- ANGLE (Intel, Intel(R) UHD Graphics Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0, D3D11-27.20.100.9664) WebGL 1 Driver Version: OpenGL ES 3.0.0 (ANGLE 2.1.19739 git hash: 419cd2c3213b) WebGL 1 Driver Extensions: GL_AMD_performance_monitor GL_ANGLE_base_vertex_base_instance GL_ANGLE_base_vertex_base_instance_shader_builtin GL_ANGLE_client_arrays GL_ANGLE_copy_texture_3d GL_ANGLE_depth_texture GL_ANGLE_framebuffer_blit GL_ANGLE_framebuffer_multisample GL_ANGLE_get_serialized_context_string GL_ANGLE_get_tex_level_parameter GL_ANGLE_instanced_arrays GL_ANGLE_lossy_etc_decode GL_ANGLE_memory_size GL_ANGLE_multi_draw GL_ANGLE_multiview_multisample GL_ANGLE_pack_reverse_row_order GL_ANGLE_program_cache_control GL_ANGLE_provoking_vertex GL_ANGLE_request_extension GL_ANGLE_robust_client_memory GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt3 GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt5 GL_ANGLE_texture_multisample GL_ANGLE_texture_usage GL_ANGLE_translated_shader_source GL_CHROMIUM_bind_generates_resource GL_CHROMIUM_bind_uniform_location GL_CHROMIUM_copy_compressed_texture GL_CHROMIUM_copy_texture GL_CHROMIUM_lose_context GL_CHROMIUM_sync_query GL_EXT_EGL_image_external_wrap_modes GL_EXT_base_instance GL_EXT_blend_func_extended GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_clip_control GL_EXT_color_buffer_float GL_EXT_color_buffer_half_float GL_EXT_debug_label GL_EXT_debug_marker GL_EXT_discard_framebuffer GL_EXT_disjoint_timer_query GL_EXT_draw_buffers GL_EXT_draw_buffers_indexed GL_EXT_draw_elements_base_vertex GL_EXT_float_blend GL_EXT_frag_depth GL_EXT_instanced_arrays GL_EXT_map_buffer_range GL_EXT_multi_draw_indirect GL_EXT_multisampled_render_to_texture GL_EXT_occlusion_query_boolean GL_EXT_read_format_bgra GL_EXT_robustness GL_EXT_sRGB GL_EXT_shader_texture_lod GL_EXT_texture_compression_bptc GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1 GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc_srgb GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888 GL_EXT_texture_norm16 GL_EXT_texture_rg GL_EXT_texture_storage GL_EXT_texture_type_2_10_10_10_REV GL_EXT_unpack_subimage GL_KHR_debug GL_KHR_parallel_shader_compile GL_KHR_robust_buffer_access_behavior GL_NV_EGL_stream_consumer_external GL_NV_fence GL_NV_framebuffer_blit GL_NV_pack_subimage GL_NV_pixel_buffer_object GL_OES_EGL_image GL_OES_EGL_image_external GL_OES_EGL_image_external_essl3 GL_OES_compressed_EAC_R11_signed_texture GL_OES_compressed_EAC_R11_unsigned_texture GL_OES_compressed_EAC_RG11_signed_texture GL_OES_compressed_EAC_RG11_unsigned_texture GL_OES_compressed_ETC2_RGB8_texture GL_OES_compressed_ETC2_RGBA8_texture GL_OES_compressed_ETC2_punchthroughA_RGBA8_texture GL_OES_compressed_ETC2_punchthroughA_sRGB8_alpha_texture GL_OES_compressed_ETC2_sRGB8_alpha8_texture GL_OES_compressed_ETC2_sRGB8_texture GL_OES_depth24 GL_OES_depth32 GL_OES_draw_buffers_indexed GL_OES_draw_elements_base_vertex GL_OES_element_index_uint GL_OES_fbo_render_mipmap GL_OES_get_program_binary GL_OES_mapbuffer GL_OES_packed_depth_stencil GL_OES_rgb8_rgba8 GL_OES_standard_derivatives GL_OES_surfaceless_context GL_OES_texture_border_clamp GL_OES_texture_float GL_OES_texture_float_linear GL_OES_texture_half_float GL_OES_texture_half_float_linear GL_OES_texture_npot GL_OES_texture_stencil8 GL_OES_vertex_array_object GL_OVR_
I was going to add this, but after I pasted the about:support it stopped accepting input:
11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz 2.30 GHz
You must log in to your account to reply to posts. Please start a new question, if you do not have an account yet.