There are a few months left before the Google Pixel 9 goes on sale and we have already experienced quite comprehensive leaks related to their cameras, screens and memories and even if we look further into the future, that the distant Pixel 10 will arrive with a Chip Google Tensor G5 made by TSMC… and thank goodness, because some assumptions Pixel 9 Tensor G4 benchmarks released and disappoint.
The Tensors did not shine in power. Neither does the G4
The leak comes from Rozetked, precisely the same media that revealed the lenses, screens and other hardware aspects, and This doesn’t look very good considering the expected performance of the future high-end of Android, with the Snapdragon service, or even the iPhone and its Bionic A18 Pro.
Thus, this future Tensor G4 would have an eight-core configuration: a Cortex-X4 clocked at 3.1 GHz, three Cortex-A720s at 2.6 GHz and four Cortex-A520s at 1.95 GHz As for the changes, the number of hearts is reduced compared. to the G3 (which has nine) and the clock speed increases in all of them.
Tensor G4 benchmarks according to Rozetked
And what about the ensemble’s performances? The media leaked the results of synthetic tests such as the popular AnTuTu, which rates the Google Pixel 9 in a range of 1.07 to 1.17 million (the latter corresponding to a hypothetical Pixel 9 Pro XL). For some context, the base model of the Pixel 8 has a rating of around 900,000 points.
Yes, there is an improvement, but it is not significant. However, it is worth remembering that even if these tests were genuine, Google still has room to improve them through optimization of its software. With these numbers, the SoC performance of future Pixels resembles that of the current Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which is not bad at all. The problem is that the ambitious Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is already in the oven and will be the chip of choice for other Android manufacturers for their flagships.
Likewise, the leak also hints at the upcoming foldable Google Pixel, which will theoretically release at the same time as the Pixel 9 series, and will likely release will share specifications with the base model due to internal space issues.
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