- Google Pixel 9 Series' Tensor G4 appears on Geekbench with scores giving Tensor G3 & Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 an edge.
- Tensor G4 SoC is fabbed by Samsung's 4nm process before Google switches to TSMC's 3nm process for G5 SoC.
- Google Pixel 9 series is set to launch this fall alongside Pixel Watch 3 and Android 15.
Google Pixel 9 Series is due to arrive this fall powered by a Tensor G4 SoC. Successor to last year’s Tensor G3, the G4 should ultimately bring more power to the upcoming devices, however, the recent Geekbench listings says otherwise. Let’s see exactly what’s cooking on the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 XL.
Google Pixel 9 Series surfaces on Geekbench
A listing for standard Pixel 9 appeared on Geekbench earlier on June 14. The listing mentioned a chipset dubbed as ‘Tokay’ which will ultimately become Tensor G4 SoC powering Pixel 9. It reportedly scored 1,635 and 3,313 points on single-core and multicore tests. The chipset is expected to arrive in an octa-core architecture. It comprises a single Prime CPU core clocked at 3.10GHz, 3x mid-level cores clocked at 2.60GHz plus 4x 1.95GHz cores. Tensor G3 SoC, for comparison, had a nine-core setup.
Have a glance at the Geekbench listing, and you will notice that the scores aren’t that impressive when compared to Pixel 8’s G3 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC that powers a series of flagship phones.
Just after Pixel 9 showed by Geekbench, we saw Pixel 9 XL shimmering on the benchmarking platform as well. It sports 1,378 and 3,732 points on single and multicore tests on Geekbench v5.0. For those who might not have gauged the difference, Pixel 9 triumphs Pixel 9 Pro XL which is opposite to what should’ve happened on the contrary.
Tensor G4 is reportedly not faring well
Tensor G4 (on Pixel 9) reportedly scored 1,016,167 points on AnTuTu whereas Pixel 9 Pro XL reportedly hit 1,148,452 points. For comparison, Tensor G3 on Pixel 8 scored around 9,00,000 points on AnTuTu which hints at some improvement in the performance.
Google’s Tensor G4 is reportedly using Samsung’s 4nm process before the search engine moves to an efficient 3nm processor by TSMC for Tensor G5 later next year.
Pixel 9 series hasn’t confirmed the launch date yet although we are certain it is somewhere around October which gives us a few weeks to spare.
