[iwalton3]

Most modern websites end up allocating an absurd amount of RAM. Although there are certainly some that are more lightweight.

I have found that Firefox uses less RAM than Chrome for my workloads. That being said, if you have limited RAM, the amount used by either is still extremely high. I suggest installing Auto Tab Discard [1] for Firefox or The Great Suspender [2] for Chrome. These will allow you to discard tabs and reload them later without closing them. Please do note that any state on the page, aside from scroll position, will be lost. This usually includes text entered into complicated forms.

[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/auto-tab-disc... [2] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspende...