Google Pixel 8 series disappoints in performance

Google’s long-awaited Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro models have finally been released. Some lucky users have already owned these devices. With the first synthetic performance tests performed by those who purchased the phones, the performance details of the Tensor G3 chip were revealed. Unfortunately, the results are disappointing and show that the new Tensor G3 chip falls behind its competitors in terms of raw performance.

Tensor G3 lags behind its competitors

Tensor G3 is manufactured with Samsung’s 4LPP (4 nm, Low Power Plus) technology and has a 9-core CPU configuration including 1x Cortex-X3 (3.00 GHz), 4x Cortex-A715 (2.45 GHz) and 4x Cortex-A510 (2.15 GHz). It endures.

Compared to this single nona-core (9 core) architecture, we were greeted with an eight-core structure in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip: 1x Cortex-X3 (3.2 GHz), 2x Cortex-A715 (2.8 GHz), 2x Cortex- A710 (2.8GHz) and 3x Cortex-A510 (2.00GHz)

However, despite having an extra core, Tensor G3 does not perform as well as Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. In fact, its performance seems to be closer to the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 we saw in the market last year rather than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. In Geekbench 6, the Tensor G3 received 1,760 points in the single-core test and 4,442 points in the multi-core test. This is a significantly lower score than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, which had an average score of 1,976 and 5,149 respectively.

Likewise, in the 3D Mark Wild Life Stress test, the Pixel 8 achieved a best loop score of 8,216 and a lowest loop score of 4,316. Pixel 8 Pro achieved a best loop score of 8,572 and a lowest loop score of 5,029 in the same test. The striking detail in the results is the low stability percentages: These are 52.5 percent and 58.7 percent, respectively. On the other hand, these are not pleasant results compared to the iPhone 15 Pro Max (A17 Pro) and Galaxy S23 Ultra (Snapdragon 8 Gen 2), which gave stability results of 78.9 percent and 69 percent respectively.

In addition to all this, Google did not mention the performance side much in the introduction of Tensor G3. The company focused more on Tensor G3’s doping in the field of artificial intelligence and software. It must be said that Pixel 8s are very assertive in these areas. However, when it comes to pure power, the competitors are far ahead.