Tensor G4 Running In Google’s Top-End Pixel 9 Pro XL Throttles To 50 Percent Of Its Maximum Performance, Indicating Poor Thermal Efficiency

During Google’s Pixel 9 event, it was revealed that except for the base model, the Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold were outfitted with a vapor chamber, which would help control the Tensor G4’s thermals, resulting in better performance. This upgrade was one of the most notable changes the company introduced this year and a welcome one, given that last year’s Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro suffered from severe overheating issues when running stress tests.

Unfortunately, on this occasion, @callmeshazzam shows that the Pixel 9 Pro XL, Google’s top-tier and biggest model, cannot prevent the Tensor G4 from overheating. The stress test shows that the SoC’s performance cores dropped to 1.32GHz from 3.10GHz, with the efficiency cores slipping from 1.92GHz to 0.57GHz. This is a disappointing showing from the Tensor G4, but before readers start bashing Google for charging $1,099 for a flagship with sub-par performance, there are a few things to consider.

https://wccftech.com/tensor-g4-in-pixel-9-p...rottles-easily/

This post has been edited by potatolala: Aug 17 2024, 10:19 PM

Not using Qualcomm, im not buying.

damn want Samsung Apple
can buy wht?

huawei

These Caucasian designed chips keep getting worse year by year. Is correct CCP design their own chip.

Full context:

Firstly, we do not know the ambient temperature in which the Pixel 9 Pro XL was tested in, as that has a major effect on the chipset’s ability to prevent thermal throttling for as long as possible. Additionally, we reported a while back that even MediaTek’s Dimensity 9300, a chipset fabricated on TSMC’s 4nm N4P process, lost 46 percent of its maximum performance when running the same stress test on the Vivo X100, which is also equipped with a vapor chamber.

These results indicate that the stress test is designed to bring smartphone SoCs to their knees, so it is highly possible that even the most power-efficient silicon would struggle against this application. Hopefully, in other tests, the Tensor G4 does not deliver such a poor showing and actually proves that the Pixel 9 Pro XL is worth its flagship-level price.

Buy to show off and use for browsing, whatsapp and social media, the complain throttling but actually user problem

beli flagship phone, harga flagship

dapat midrange performance processor

From the pic, looks like camera bump quite big

Waiting to see display set first before decide

I will just wait for the A version.

How to run throttle test. What app ?

I use Mediatek also no heating issue

Like that Less than 2.5k kuali?

Kekwa
Trusting a search engine company to make a cpu.
Get fukt waterfishes.

No Chinese DNA of kos lah...niama those kai low and korean only know how to steal from the chinese.

lol.

ur mom


use what ?

samsung fab = rubbish

stop playing games on your phone, end of story.

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knn kena tipu by TS

cb ktard so suka open trash thread with fake news