Google Pixel 6 Pro benchmark reveals chipset and RAM details
Lots of RAM but low scores
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With theiPhone 13almost upon us there’s not much else going on in phone land, but that hasn’t stopped theGoogle Pixel 6 Propopping up on a benchmark, revealing some of the likely specs in the process.
AGeekbenchlisting for the phone (spotted byGSMArena) mentions 12GB of RAM – a figure that we’veheard rumored before. It also (unsurprisingly) mentionsAndroid 12, and provides more details on theTensor chipsetthat we know the phone has.
According to this benchmark, it’s an octa-core chipset with two cores running at 2.80GHz, two at 2.25GHz, and four at 1.80GHz. Those final four should be beneficial for tasks where lots of power isn’t essential.
Finally, the benchmark includes a single-core score of 414 and a multi-core result of 2,074. Those results are more mid-range than high-end, but still higher than the 1,617 multi-core score we recorded in ourGoogle Pixel 5review.
And this is a pre-release benchmark, so there’s every chance that the Pixel 6 Pro will score higher when using final software and hardware too. That said, we’d also take this listing with a pinch of salt, given that theGooglePixel 6 range hasn’t been announced yet.
Analysis: the Pixel 6 Pro might not be a powerhouse
While the Google Pixel 6 Pro might achieve higher benchmark scores once it’s launched, there’s a good chance that it won’t be a match for the likes of theSamsung Galaxy S21andiPhone 12(let alone the iPhone 13).
It remains to be seen how well the Tensor chipset at its heart will perform, butsome reportssuggest this sits slightly below the top Android alternatives in terms of power - though other sources disagree, suggestingthis is a top-end option.
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Given that Google was happy to stick with a mid-range chipset in the Pixel 5 though, it’s believable that the Tensor chipset might itself not quite be cutting-edge, and could mean this is another phone that sits below the very best in terms of sheer power, despite the Pro in its name.
James is a freelance phones, tablets and wearables writer and sub-editor at TechRadar. He has a love for everything ‘smart’, from watches to lights, and can often be found arguing with AI assistants or drowning in the latest apps. James also contributes to 3G.co.uk, 4G.co.uk and 5G.co.uk and has written for T3, Digital Camera World, Clarity Media and others, with work on the web, in print and on TV.
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