• Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Is that noteworthy though? As in, it’s a 3D check, and most mobile games have graphics that an old TI 92 could render.

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      2 months ago

      In the real world with real people, what matters is efficiency. Top performance that you can only achieve in benchmarks is not any indicative of efficiency.

      • JaddedFauceet@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Shouldn’t we compare this to SD Gen 3 tho? Why are we comparing with SD Gen 1 from 2023?

        Or is the merit here more focused on power consumption? That Tensor G4 has one of the lowest power consumption?

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          8 gen 1 was a 2022 chipset. The reason it’s not being compared to 8 gen 3 is because its not in the same league as the latest 8 gen Snapdragon.

        • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org
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          2 months ago

          We’re comparing it to gen 1 to emphasize how far it is from being competitive.

          Not really new; this has been the case with all the Tensor chips. I kind of assumed Google was going to step up their game at some point, but I don’t think Samsung can produce chips on par with TSMC. Google is switching to TSMC for next year’s Tensor 5, so maybe we’ll see a big jump then.

          That said, I don’t think it’s a deal-breaker. I’m running a Pixel 7 and it’s “fine”. The Pixel 6 had bad throttling/overheating problems, but the 7 and 8 are better. We’ll see what the Big Problem is with the 9 series. There’s always something.