Subj : Don't worry about Pixel 10 benchmark leaks, they haven't mattered To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Tue Aug 12 2025 22:30:08 Don't worry about Pixel 10 benchmark leaks, they haven't mattered before, and they don't matter now Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 21:15:00 +0000 Description: The Pixel has always been fast enough FULL STORY ====================================================================== If you want the fastest phone, it would be hard to choose between the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and the Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max . The two run head-to-head in every benchmark Olympics, and each can claim victory in some event or other. My question is, why do you need the fastest phone? I review all of the best phones for weeks at a time, and I can promise every flagship phone youll find is already fast enough and maybe even too fast. Smartphone speed relies on many components, but the most important is the application processor the CPU. Thats the Apple A18 Pro in the best iPhone and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (ahem, for Galaxy ) in the fastest Androids. Samsung makes its own chips, but they arent as fast as Qualcomms best platform, which is why Samsung phones use somebody elses CPU. Actually, Samsung Semiconductor makes the chips, and they might as well be a whole different company from Samsung Mobile Experience, the phone division. The Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL use the Tensor G4 chipset (Image credit: Philip Berne / Future) What about Google? Google designs its own chips, similar to Apple, and then has them produced by a foundry company like Samsung or TSMC. In fact, Google and Samsung Semiconductor worked so closely in the past that Googles Pixel chips were accused of being repackaged Samsung Exynos products, with all the baggage that implies. The upshot is that Googles Tensor chips have never won a benchmark contest. Google has never announced the worlds fastest phone, only the fastest Pixel. But heres the truth it doesnt matter. Googles best Pixel phones have never suffered because of slower performance. Google phones haven't been the fastest for a long time Ive been using Pixel phones for years - since before they were Pixel phones. I had the first Google Nexus One phone, and that may have been the last time Google raced for the speed trophy. The Nexus One came with the first 1GHz mobile processor Id ever seen, the Qualcomm Snapdragon S1. It enabled amazing features like live wallpapers: colorful pixels chasing around a grid behind the app icons. Live wallpapers are still available on most phones today, but theyve fallen out of fashion because they are still a processing and battery hog. The Pixel 9 Pro is the fourth fastest phone on my list of the Best Android phones . The Galaxy S25 Ultra and S25 Plus are both faster, and so is the OnePlus 13 . But my SIM card lived in my Pixel 9 Pro for more time than any other Android phone. Its a great phone, even though it isnt the best at most things. Its just great, with features that I find invaluable, and it works reliably well. I have all these phones, and I usually pick the one in the middle, the Pixel 9 Pro (Image credit: Future | Alex Walker-Todd) I have never noticed a performance lag on any Pixel in recent years. I reviewed the Pixel 7 Pro , the Pixel 8 Pro , and the Pixel 9 Pro, and I kept every one of those phones in my pocket long after the review ended because they were such a delight to use. I can use literally any phone one can buy in the US. If performance truly mattered, I would choose a faster phone. I chose the Pixel because its best at making calls and typing messages. My Pixel 9 Pro is the best phone for managing notifications and screening out Spam calls. It has solid cameras and the best-in-class photo editing that I need (with or without AI). Leaks are dumb, but benchmarks leaks are the dumbest Thats what makes this time of year so frustrating. Google has announced its upcoming Made By Google event: the annual Pixel parade. Its even teased the Pixel 10 family with new colors coming. The leaks are dripping out fast, like always, and they come with the same complaints as last year. Every year, somebody leaks Pixel benchmarks for the upcoming phones. Every Pixel phone this year will likely use the rumored Google Tensor G5 chipset, like every Pixel in 2024 used the Tensor G4 platform from the Pixel 9a to the Pixel 9 Pro Fold . That means a benchmark test for any Pixel 10 model might give us a hint about the performance of the whole Pixel 10 family. The Pixel 9a uses the same Tensor G4 as the Pixel 9 Pro (Image credit: Philip Berne / Future) Pixel benchmark leaks are never good news if you care about owning the fastest phone. So every year, I read the technorati complaining that Pixel phones wont keep up with the next iPhone (or frankly any iPhone from the last 2 years), and its going to be killed by Samsungs best. Ugh, spare me, please! Google could make a faster Pixel, but why? I dont know why Google chooses a slower chipset for its Pixel phones. I can guess, but it doesnt really matter. Is Google saving money? Are the phones saving power? Is the chip really more focused on AI edge computing than raw processing? It doesnt matter. Pixel phones are fast enough. In fact, Pixel phones can do everything Google says they can do, unlike some faster phone makers. Im still waiting for the promised AI features from Apple and Samsung, but I dont remember Google overpromising Geminis ability to make career decisions for me (Siri) or turn out the lights when it detects Im asleep (Bixby). I wonder if my iPhone 16 Pro is too fast. Why does it need all that power? I dont play AAA games on my phone because they dont really exist. Im not a music producer or a video editor, and I only record video in 4K Pro-Raw once when I first buy the phone until I see how big the video files get. What if - and hear me out - these phones are needlessly fast? (Image credit: Future / Philip Berne) Why is my Galaxy S25 Ultra this fast? Theres still a delay when I use most AI features, as the phone communicates with various AI clouds. But Android has even fewer high-powered apps than iOS. I can play Call of Duty at the highest settings with phones that are much slower than this Galaxy, and the real benefit of Qualcomms latest platform is its efficiency every Snapdragon 8 Elite phone has demonstrated incredible battery life compared to other Android phones. If youre worried about Pixel 10 or Pixel 10 Pro Fold performance because of some benchmark results you saw leaked online, I dont wanna hear about it. Thats not what Pixel is about, and Im sure the Pixel 10 will look great, even without the benchmark crown. You might also like New Google Pixel 10 rumor suggests it could ditch physical SIMs and go eSIM only The Pixel 9 Pro was our Phone of the Year in 2024, but I can't see a repeat in 2025 heres why If the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold gets this rumored upgrade, Ill recommend it over any other folding phone ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/phones/google-pixel-phones/dont-worry-about-pixel-10 -benchmark-leaks-they-havent-mattered-before-and-they-dont-matter-now --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .