Tensor G5: Disappointing CPU performance and atrocious GPU numbers in Google Pixel 10 Pro XL hands-on benchmarks
Update: After installing the available OTAs, a new AnTuTu run on the same unit delivered a total score of 1,335,326, a 464,475 CPU score, and a 417,648 GPU score. That CPU score is within range of a Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 device like the Redmi Turbo 4 Pro, while the GPU score is comparable to a Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 device's.
Compared to the original result, this is likely a more accurate representation of the Tensor G5's performance capabilities.
Original article as follows
Google unveiled the Pixel 10 series globally a week ago. The premium phones are finally being delivered to users, with the first batch of deliveries now providing actual hands-on performance metrics for the Tensor G5-powered phones
While Geekbench remains officially unavailable for the Pixel 10 series, a user on Reddit has now put their new Pixel 10 Pro XL unit through AnTuTu's tests. The flagship phone earns a total score of 1,173,221, which would currently place it alongside phones like the Honor 200 Pro and Motorola Edge 60 Pro—featuring the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and Dimensity 8350, respectively—on AnTuTu's official chart.
On the CPU side, the phone scores 415,848. That's a figure identical to chipsets like the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and MediaTek Dimensity 9300+. It also represents about a 15% improvement versus the Pixel 9 Pro XL. All considered, effectively last-gen flagship CPU performance, although that will change in a matter of weeks with both Qualcomm and MediaTek set to debut new flagship chipsets.
On the GPU side, PowerVR's IMG DXT-48-1536 on the Pixel 10 Pro XL delivers a score of 367,206. That is, rather worryingly, lower than the Pixel 9 Pro XL and its Mali-G715 MC7 GPU. The last-gen phone has been tested to score north of 440,000 on this same test, indicating about a 20% drop in GPU performance across generations. That figure also places the Tensor G5's GPU in the same ballpark as chipsets like the four-year-old Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.
It's unknown exactly how much of the poor GPU benchmark results is down to the software side but things look grim. The Pixel 10 Pro XL's Vulkan and OpenCL scores are nothing to write home about either, for example, while a 3,202 3DMark WildLife Extreme score is merely on par with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 devices.
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