First, the chip’s benchmarks are notably behind the competition, which is pretty much par for the course. Then, during launch week, gamers saw like Genshin Impact — prompting fears of a redux of last year’s driver issues that plagued the Pixel 10’s Tensor G5 chip for months.
However, are things really that bad? To put it to the test, I played my usual assortment of popular Android games, recording frame rate, temperatures, and power draw data. For the test, I booted up Call of Duty Mobile’s Battle Royale mode, the fast-paced Asphalt Legends racing game, and the ever-demanding Genshin Impact. I turned the settings up as high as my would let me: medium settings with a 90fps limit in COD, high settings with a 60fps limit in Asphalt Legends, and high/max settings with a similar 60fps cap in Genshin Impact.