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Claude Code on terminal: 868 mb~  Codex desktop app: 638 mb~ It's crazy how Codex desktop app uses less memory than running Claude Code on a terminal on Zed. I tested this on my Macbook Pro M4. I'm not using the agent panel on Zed, it's only Zed's terminal, which is using Alacritty. Both Claude and Codex are working on one task, simply calling read and write tools, and they are not running tasks or subagents. Also I noticed Claude Code memory usage can spike up to 1 GB+ and Codex's usage is way more consistent. Any explanation?

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