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High iGPU load when watching streams in firefox.
System:
Windows 10 pro 22h2 19045.3516
Intel i5-10200h with UHD 620
Driver 31.0.101.2125
Firefox ESR 115.3.0
When watching streams in firefox, I noticed that overall iGPU load is very high, up to 70%, a lot higher than watching 1080p movie with dedicated player.
I found that the firefox actually only shares 10~20 iGPU load, the rest are from DWM, which load is up to 40% sometimes.
Also found if I switch from the tab with streaming page to another normal webpage, DWM immediately drops its usage to about 2%, firefox still uses some load as it's still decoding. DWM usage rises if I switch back.
I tried force firefox to use nvidia dGPU, firefox does use nvidia card to decode, but the DWM problem said above still apply.
See attatched image as prove.
Cross reference to intel community thread: https://community.intel.com/t5/Graphics/High-iGPU-load-when-watching-streams-in-firefox/m-p/1528571#M123027
Alle antwurden (3)
@EBK21, Why are you using Firefox ESR 115.3.0 on Windows 10? Did you update?
Rapha-L Pherdiux said
@EBK21, Why are you using Firefox ESR 115.3.0 on Windows 10? Did you update?
I need to use addons not in the addons workshop. But developer editions updates too frequently for me.
Looks like a driver bug. It's even worse with chrome..