# Excessive RAM usage by brave

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/excessive-ram-usage-by-brave/381593>\
**Category:** Desktop Support\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [April 21, 2022, 9:10am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/excessive-ram-usage-by-brave/381593 "2022-04-21T09:10:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Fakewolf18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Fakewolf18](https://community.brave.app/u/Fakewolf18)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 9:10am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/excessive-ram-usage-by-brave/381593/1 "2022-04-21T09:10:43Z")

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**How can this issue be reproduced?**

1. Open brave and type in [reddit.com](http://reddit.com)
2. Wait for few minutes.
3. Approximately 10-15 minutes later, view RAM usage of Brave in Task Manager

**Expected result:** RAM usage of Brave Desktop Browser is above 800MB with just 1 tab of reddit open

**Brave Version( check `About Brave`):** [Version 1.37.116 Chromium: 100.0.4896.127 (Official Build) (64-bit)]

**Additional Information:**  
Laptop specs: Intel Core i3-6100U, 4GB RAM, Intel Integrated 520 graphics, Windows 10 64-bit.

 ![Screenshot 2022-04-21 143835](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/2/3/2330d0ec3ff8c4e975ceaad0b9f0df8027c2318c.png)

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**Author:** ![289wk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/439d5e/32.png) [@289wk](https://community.brave.app/u/289wk)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/excessive-ram-usage-by-brave/381593/2 "2022-04-21T18:50:40Z")

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@Fakewolf18 ,

Tabs - Windows

potato - potatoe

> [https://www.chromium.org/developers/memory-usage-backgrounder/](https://www.chromium.org/developers/memory-usage-backgrounder/)
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> **Multi-Process Model Background**
> 
> To understand Chromium’s memory usage, let’s understand the multi-process model. Unlike other browsers, Chromium is divided into multiple processes. When Chromium starts up, it will initially have two processes. One process is the **browser process** which controls the main browser functionality, and the other is the initial **renderer process** , which runs the Blink rendering engine and JavaScript (V8). Each time you open a new tab in Chromium, you’ll likely get a new renderer process. With typical browsing, it is common to see 5-7 chrome.exe processes active. Further, if you utilize plugins, apps, or extensions, they may also execute within independent processes. All of Chromium’s processes, whether it is a browser process, a renderer process, or a plugin process, will show under the Task Manager as “chrome.exe”.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/1/8/182067f3480d1a5e7aea5ae3131b116ca1ef7918.png) [@system](https://community.brave.app/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/excessive-ram-usage-by-brave/381593/3 "2022-05-21T18:51:37Z")

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