Chrome does cause overheating of Mac laptops
Go into Chrome Settings > Performance and turn off these three settings: Memory, Power, Speed and the overheating will stop. My 2017 and 2016 MacBook Pros were over heating and the battery would discharge rapidly. After turning off the three mentioned settings, the overheating and battery rapid discharging has stopped - at least for now.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 13.6