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Tensor G4 of Google Pixel 9 shows only a slight performance bump on leaked benchmarks

www.notebookcheck.net Tensor G4 of Google Pixel 9 shows only a slight performance bump on leaked benchmarks

Google has a good track record of not being able to keep its unreleased phones secret for long. The Pixel 9 series isn’t an exception in this regard. Previously, we had detailed images of the upcoming phones, and now, the Tensor G4 benchmark results are out. As per the benchmarks, the new SoC won’t ...

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Tensor G4 of Google Pixel 9 shows only a slight performance bump on leaked benchmarks

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Meh, who cares about performance benchmarks for phones?
I'm much more interested to see how power efficient Tensor 4 is, and whether or not they've fixed the connectivity issues.
- Knowing Google, they will be fixed when the phone is released then broken after the first software update and never addressed again.
  
  I miss the Nexus concept. There were some whiffs, but then wins like the Nexus 6. Having a vendor juggle was always fascinating, and they mostly used good modems.
- Performance and battery life are deeply connected. Race to idle is how almost everything is designed around.
- Performance matters. The tensor chipsets throttle heavily because they have bad thermals and they cannot sustain their performance after just 3 minutes of mild to heavy use. After 10 minutes they perform worse than midrange snapdragon processors. It would be different if pixels were cheap. But, unfortunately they are not. Making this alongside connectivity issues a sore point for pixels.
  
  seriously. if Samsung was rootable I'd never get pixel.
  
  The thermals between the different Tensors are not the same. The G3 is made on a smaller manufacturing node and it's significantly more power efficient in daily use.
  The a-series are priced at the mid range and they also use the same chipsets as the more expensive Pixels.
  
  Right, but these new benchmarks don't speak to that, do they?
- I'm pretty sure they're just treading water this year, and focusing on their in-house design for the Tensor G5 in 2025. Hopefully it doesn't break Graphene support.
  
  I though G4 was supposed to bring a big improvement to the modem, or is that going to be G5?

How is the camera bump getting worse???
- Yeah, I like the camera bump on my Pixel Fold since it shouldn't go all the way across the back and is still square-ish. These are similar but worse. Pixel 6 was peak design IMO.
- Looks miles better to me
  
  Idk Pixel 6 feels like the most iconic version so far, really sad seeing what direction they've taken it
- The previous ones were so much better.

Arguably, the average person will not care. My mom will probably buy one because, and I quote, "Your phone takes good pictures!"
Benchmark tests don't matter to normal people

This shouldn't surprise anyone. The vast majority of their efforts have to be going into the fully custom (TSMC) G5 for next year.
- Any word on what modem they're going to use in the G5?
- Would the custom rom scene be affected by getting tsmc chip?
- What a bull shit excuse. Google has ruined their name in the phone space. I imagine pixel we'll be dead in a decade after never really taking off
  And next year it well be well it's g1 the next one well be better. Rinse and repeat everytime Google does hardware. .

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