Brave uses 3 times more memory than Firefox when you have 72 tabs open

Description of the issue:
Brave uses 3x more memory than firefox when having 72 tabs open

Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3.

  1. open firefox and load 72 tabs from various websites
  2. open brave and load the same 72 websites in tabs
  3. you can bookmark all 72 websites in firefox then import them in brave
  4. make sure firefox and brave are set to load previous tabs after the browsers are closed
  5. close brave and firefox
  6. open brave and firefox again
  7. note the same 72 tabs will be loaded in both browsers
  8. check memory usage, brave uses about 3x more memory at this stage

Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):

Expected result:
Lower memory usage under the current circumstance

Reproduces how often:
every time, easily reproduceable

Operating System and Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):
win 10, Version 0.67.123 Chromium: 76.0.3809.87 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Additional Information:

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