Google’s Pixel and Pixel XL may pack the fastest smartphone camera, but when it comes to raw processing power the iPhone 7 leaves the new handsets in the dust.
Early benchmarks for the Pixel have already leaked for the device, which was unveiled Tuesday. And according to the tests, Google’s phone can’t even top the performance of the iPhone 6s and iPhone SE.
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The first benchmarks for the Pixel and Pixel XL on Geekbench 4 show the phones (which are the same on the inside) scored around 4,100 for multicore performance and around 1,580 for single core. By comparison, the iPhone 7 hit a score of 5,600 for multicore performance and earned a single-core score of 3,430. The iPhone 6s got a multicore score of 4,106 and a single-core score of 2,508.
While benchmark tests gauge the raw power of a CPU, they don’t always indicate how well a smartphone will perform in the real world.
Google’s phones each come with a Snapdragon 821 CPU with two 2.15GHz cores and two 1.6GHz cores. The Pixel phones come with 4GB of RAM while the iPhone 7 Plus has 3GB and the iPhone 7 only has 2GB.
The Pixel and Pixel XL went up for preorder yesterday, setting up a holiday season showdown with the iPhone 7. Even though Google’s new phones look like iPhone 6 knockoffs, the search giant is hoping features like Google Assistant and unlimited storage on Google Photos will compel fans to switch to the pure Android devices.
Via: AppleInsider
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
15 responses to “iPhone 7 smashes Pixel in early benchmark tests”
Just add this to the Google Graveyard list in a few months ;)
Anyone remember the last time they made an iPhone killer? It died, disappeared, along with service and support. If Google had an ounce of follow through in continuing to develop and improve any hardware they release, they might actually have viable and very competitive products. Instead, they leave every early adopter with regret a year later.
Muuu…haaaa…haaaaaa….. and another haaaa just for kicks…
another one bites the dust…dadadda da da da…
lol, when the iPhone gets crushed–stats don’t matter.
The iPhone will always win these silly SINGLE core tests with a dozen apps optimized for single core processors. Where’s the article with the multi core scores?
Is this guy serious? In the article it clearly says both stats for single and multicore, read it again
Just ignore. Some kids want android to win in all 100 points against iphone os.
Show me real world use please. I know that most review sites like to use bench marks, but bench marks never show how nice a product is to use. For me it is about not getting trapped into an eco system. The more flexible, the easier it is to transport my data, the more likely I am to go with a product. Apple has been leaving behind the idea of “Think Different”, and is not more of think the same. I am happy that Macs are not locked in, but am conscious that one day I may need to leave it behind if it becomes has walled off as iOS devices. I recommend iOS to people who don’t want to think, and just play games. I recommend Android to people who what to have a phone that has personality.
Seriously, a phone with personality? Is your own personality not enough?
We do not all walk around with Chairman Mao uniforms… why should our phones all look the same, act the same, or be set up the same? Say no to boring af grids.
So OK your own personality isn’t enough. You could have said it the short way.
Amen to that!
Article is about pixel vs iphone benchmark tests….not about os or phone review nor he suggested to buy iphone…. Get it?
I get that this article is irrelevant which is what I was asserting and that any bench marks are stupid… get it?
That seems wrong, if the single core score is 1500, with 4 Cores, it should have scored about 6000 or at least 5500. then again, if it has 2 different sets of cores entirely that cant execute in tandem, then what is the multi core score. if 1500 is what the 2 powerful cores score each, then multi score should be 3000 assuming it only used its 2 more powerful cores. if i assume both cores have the same architecture, then the lower clocked scores should score something like 1200. if they then worked in tandem, we should have gotten 1500~x2+1150~x2= 5300~ which is more in line with what similar handsets score.
now it does not to be said that geekbench is a bit iffy in that about a quarter of the tests are cryptographic and will end up being executed in hardware rather than software. so any device with a strong cryptographic unit will score higher than one without. which happens to be one of the tests where the iphone 7 really beats the pixel. tests that presumably execute in software are closer, though the iphone 7 still beats it at most tests. for tests that likely execute on the GPU, the iPhone 7 has a pretty big advantage, but that is to be expected as Adreno GPU’s have been ass for the last 3 years. the only test where the pixel shows a sizable leads is memory performance(im guessing that is RAM and not Disk) 16.7GB’s vs the iphone 7’s 12.9GB’s. the iPhone 7 also has a huge lead in HTML 5 tests, suggesting browser optimization helps it out a lot.