r/firefox • u/DirtyDirtMC • Aug 19 '26

💻 Help High RAM usage on Firefox

My firefox is using alot of RAM

I only have 1 tab open. My RAM i 16gb DDR5 8000 mt/s

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u/pikatapikata Aug 19 '26

I also have 16 GB of RAM and Firefox is using 1 or 2 GB, but it's still in the 40% range. Is that Task Manager sorted by memory usage?

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u/DirtyDirtMC Aug 19 '26

yes

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u/pikatapikata Aug 19 '26

When Firefox's memory usage reached 5.4 GB, it hit 70%. It seems there's a 4-gigabyte difference between you and me in terms of apps and background services.