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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.