Electric and gas chainsaws are very similar in many ways. When it comes to noise-level, electric models fall behind their gas-powered counterparts as they roughly have 90-102 decibel sound range while gas chainsaws typically reach between 100-108 decibels. This means that an electric chainsaw is 10 to 20 decibels quieter than a comparable gas model, with 10 decibels representing a doubling of the sounds volume.