Last leak from Google Pixel 10 can lead to you want to skip it overall

While Google's pixel telephones regularly list our best cell phones and best Android telephones, we have to admit that they remain behind the rival Apple and Samsung in terms of performance.

There was a reason to celebrate when it was leaked that Google from 4nm Samsung, the processors to 3nm tensor G5 Socs from Chiant TSMC for this year's Pixel 10 series.

G5 is basically a TSMC-tied version of G4.
Chunvn8888

However, new leaks draw a picture of a chip that can remain well behind the A19 chip in the iPhone 17 series and the Snapdragon 8 elite in the galaxy 25.

Leaker Chunvn8888 replied to X and claimed that the tensor G5 “would remain the same, G5 is basically a TSMC version of G4.”

Further down in the thread, he added that the G5 chip only supports UFS 3.1, while other flagship telephones upgrade to UFS 4.1 or NVME SSD storage memory.

Both are quite damn claims, especially since the Tensor G4, which supports UFS 3.1, already left behind last year, since other telephones UFS received 4.0.

Weak benchmarks

This is not a surprise because a benchmark that was shared in November 2024 in November 2024 revealed a single Geekbench -Benchmark score, which was much lower than the scores for Pixel 9. It showed a single core of 1323 and a multicore score of 4,004.

At Tom's Guide test, the Pixel 9 had a single core of 1,758 and a multicore score of 4,595. Nevertheless, far lower than the Galaxy S25 and the iPhone 16, but exceeded this rumored test.

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Google Pixel 9 Battery life Test results
Line 0 – cell 0	Google Pixel 9	Google Pixel 8	Samsung Galaxy S24	iPhone 15
Battery	4,700 mAh	4.575 mAh	4,000 mAh	3,349 mAh
Accounting time (HRS: mins)	13:18	9:43	13:28	11:05
Loading speed	27W	27W	25W	20W
Load % after 30 minutes	54%	60%	54%	53%

In order to be fair, the leaked benchmark is a test session, and Google and TSMC may have already improved the chip between then and now. And there are still a few months before the rumored pixel 10 starts.

Around the same time as the benchmark leak, a treasury of internal reports from Android Authority was leaked with performance reports that indicate that the new TSMC-Tensor chip is still below average compared to the next A-Serie chip from Apple and the latest Qualcomm Socs.

Even if the CPU is inconspicuous, it should have a great GPU with ray tracing that can be seen in the best gaming phones. The Pixel 10 may be a decent playing machine.

Skip or select?

We expect Google to start the Pixel 10 series in August, as was the case last year with Pixel 9.

The question is whether you are skipping this year's version or waiting for Pixel 11 next year as soon as Google and TSMC have really ironed their processes.

It can still be a great phone, and Tom's Guide will bring Google through the latest steps in our tests to determine whether the tensor G5 is actually behind the time as the leaks say.

Last leak from Google Pixel 10 can lead to you want to skip it overall

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