Google has launched its latest flagship Pixel 9 series, featuring the Tensor G4 chipset. The Google Tensor G4 is said to be a slight upgrade over last year's Tensor G3. So to evaluate its performance gains, we benchmarked the Tensor G4 chipset on Geekbench, 3DMark, AnTuTu and many other tests in this guide.
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Before we look at the numbers, take a quick look at the Tensor G4 specs below: SpecsTensor G4CPUEight-core CPU(1+3+4)CPU Cores1x 3.10GHz (Cortex-X4)3x 2.60GHz (Cortex-A720)4x 1.95GHz ( Cortex-A520)Process TechnologySamsung's 4nmGPUMali-G715 MC7 GPUUp to 940MHzMachine Learning and AIGoogle Custom TPU (Codename Rio)ISPGoogle Custom DSP (Codename Callisto)ConnectivityWi-Fi 7Bluetooth 5.3Mos 5.3Mo 5.3Mo 5.3Mos Gbps Peak DownloadSatellite SOSOthersAV1 Encoder and DecoderTitan M2 Security ChipUltra Broadband ChipNavIC
In the Geekbench 6 CPU test, the Google Tensor G4 scored 1,897 points in single-core tasks and 3,721 in multi-core tasks. The CPU score is abysmally low, even lower than the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3, a mid-range Qualcomm processor.
We ran the Geekbench benchmark several times to ensure there were no gaps in our results. But each time the score was even lower than what is shown below.
