Google Pixel 10 Pro XL reveals itself in early benchmark result with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 performance levels

The launch of the Pixel 10 series is right around the corner. As has already been established, Google will be using tomorrow's event to replace all flagship Pixel 9 models with direct successors, including the Pixel 9 Pro Fold (curr. $1,699 on Amazon).

As is often the case with forthcoming Pixel devices, all have been the subject of various leaks in the last few weeks and months. For instance, leaked AnTuTu scores relating to the Pixel 10 Pro XL recently turned up on Reddit. Subsequently, the same Reddito has benchmarked the same device on Geekbench 6.0.0, evidence of which we have embedded below.

Even at this stage, the Tensor G5 enjoys a healthy lead over the Tensor G4 in single-core and multi-core benchmarks, despite apparently being a retail store demo unit presumably running pre-release software. According to our benchmarks, a score of 2,296 sees the Tensor G5 outscoring the Tensor G4 by 18% in Geekbench 6's single-core benchmark. Meanwhile, the score achieved by the Pixel 10 Pro XL puts the Tensor G5 37% ahead of the Tensor G4 in multi-core work.

As a result, the Tensor G5 is about on par with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in these synthetic benchmarks. However, Google's next chipset comes up well short of the newer Snapdragon 8 Elite. Although we imagine that the Pixel 10 series will achieve higher benchmark scores when running retail software, we doubt that this change will close the 25% single-core and 33% multi-core gap to the Snapdragon 8 Elite.