Ubuntu – Chrome and chromium freeze and stutters on fresh install Ubuntu 20.04

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I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04 on a Matebook X Pro with only Intel integrated UHD Graphics 620.

Freeze happened when trying to add a new GMail account, and also at various other sites.
When I write incredible fast in search/address line the text appears unevenly with a small delay.

Also text input in browser (like where I write this) is a little bit slow, delayed, but only noticeable as I have repeat keys set very high).

I've found several years old similar treads that recommends to disable GPU acceleration. I tried it but still incurred freezes.

I tried both Chromium and Chrome and both had the same issues.

EDIT:
I tried Firefox and it also froze when opening many youtube videos. Whole machine froze for about 2 minutes before going back to normal. While that happened, this https://askubuntu.com page, that was open in Chrome, crashed with the following error:

RESULT_CODE_MACHINE_LEVEL_INSTALL_EXISTS

Best Answer

I had the same issue and disabling the hardware acceleration in Chrome fixed it for me.

To disable hardware acceleration in Google Chrome:

  1. Open Google Chrome.
  2. Go to Settings.
  3. Click on Show advanced settings and scroll to the System section.
  4. Uncheck Use hardware acceleration when available and restart Google Chrome.

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