To explore the editor and test resource consumption based on the editor/viewer, I ran an 887MB log file.
- Zed: Loading time 12 seconds, CPU usage 24.6%, GPU usage 0%, Memory usage 8,224.0MB
- Sublime Text: Loading time 22 seconds, CPU usage 1.4%, GPU usage 0%, Memory usage 1,805.8MB
- Visual Studio Code: Loading time 13 seconds, CPU usage 14.0%, GPU usage 1.4%, Memory usage 368.2MB
- Notepad.exe: Loading time 18 seconds, CPU usage 8.0%, GPU usage 0%, Memory usage 1,354.5MB
- klogg log viewer: Loading time less than 5 seconds, CPU usage 0%, GPU usage 0%, Memory usage 95.4MB
- IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition: Loading time less than 5 seconds, CPU usage 0%, GPU usage 0%, Memory usage 881.3MB
- nvim.exe: Loading time 124 seconds, CPU usage 24.0%, GPU usage 0%, Memory usage 1,021.2MB
- Notepad++: Loading time less than 5 seconds, CPU usage 2.1%, GPU usage 0%, Memory usage 1,128.0MB
- hx.exe: Loading time less than 5 seconds, CPU usage 0%, GPU usage 0%, Memory usage 1,137.3MB
IntelliJ showed surprisingly fast performance in handling large files, and Windows' default Notepad also performed well. Although some programs took a long time to load, overall usability after loading was satisfactory for all.
Zed is not yet officially released on Windows, so I tested it by building the latest code directly. Notably, it has built-in AI plugins and supports Copilot, Claude, and more.
hx (Helix) feels like a successor to nvim, and it's a modal editor. Although it currently lacks plugins, making it impractical for real-world use, its performance is comparable to the latest editors.
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