We benchmark the Google Pixel 6 Tensor graphics, and the scores impress

We had to test our own Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro units to confirm what’s been appearing in benchmark databases lately, but the new Google Tensor chipset GPU indeed seems better than what both the Snapdragon 888 and Exynos 2100 processors in phones like the Galaxy S21 Ultra offer.

Google Tensor vs Snapdragon 888 GPU chip benchmark 

When it comes to sustained performance in the Wild Life Extreme test, the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro throttle with the best of them when they get hot and bothered under pressure, but the scores are still rather respectable. Moreover, they come after running the single Wild Life test, so throttling has probably been worse than if Tensor started cool as a cucumber from the get-go.

The overall Tensor chip benchmark score in Geekbench is also very good in the single core scores, thanks to the doubling of powerful X1 cores compared to Snapdragon 888 or Exynos 2100. In multi-core performance the results give way a bit, as Google decided to go with the Cortex-A76 architecture for Tensor’s two midrange cores instead of the A78 that’s in its rivals.