Don’t worry about Pixel 10 benchmark leaks, they haven’t mattered before, and they don’t matter now

It would be difficult to decide between the Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max and the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra if you’re looking for the fastest phone. Each of the two can claim victory in some event as they compete against each other in every benchmark Olympic event.

Why do you require the fastest phone, may I ask? I spend weeks reviewing all of the top phones, and I can assure you that every flagship phone on the market is already fast enough, if not too quick.

Numerous factors affect smartphone speed, but the CPU, or application processor, is the most crucial. That’s the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (sorry, for Galaxy) in the quickest Android smartphones and the Apple A18 Pro in the greatest iPhone.

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Samsung uses someone else’s CPU in their phones because their own chips aren’t as fast as Qualcomm’s finest platform. The chips are actually made by Samsung Semiconductor, which is essentially a separate business from Samsung Mobile Experience, which is the phone section.

How about Google? Like Apple, Google designs its own chips and then has a foundry like Samsung or TSMC make them. As a matter of fact, Google and Samsung Semiconductor used to collaborate so closely that Google’s Pixel CPUs were allegedly repackaged Samsung Exynos products, along with all the associated baggage.

In the end, Google’s Tensor processors have never emerged victorious in a benchmark competition. Google has only ever announced the “fastest Pixel,” never “the world’s fastest phone.” The fact is, though, that it makes no difference. Slower performance has never been an issue for Google’s top Pixel phones.

Google phones haven’t been the fastest for a long time

Since before they were even called Pixel phones, I have been using them for years. That might have been the final time Google competed for the speed trophy, and I owned the original Nexus One phone.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon S1, the first 1GHz mobile processor I had ever seen, was included with the Nexus One. Amazing features like active wallpapers, which are vibrant pixels dashing around a grid behind the app icons, were made possible by it. The majority of phones still have live wallpapers, although they are no longer popular due to their continued processing and battery use.

On my list of the top Android phones, the Pixel 9 Pro comes in at number four in terms of speed. The OnePlus 13 is speedier than the Galaxy S25 Ultra and S25 Plus. However, my Pixel 9 Pro’s SIM card lasted longer than that of any other Android phone. Despite not being the greatest at most things, it’s still an excellent phone. It’s simply fantastic, has features that I think are priceless, and operates dependably.

In recent years, I have never seen a lag in performance on any Pixel. Long after my evaluation was over, I continued to carry the Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 8 Pro, and Pixel 9 Pro around in my pocket since they were all so enjoyable to use.

I can use any phone that is available for purchase in the United States. I would pick a speedier phone if performance was really important.

The Pixel is the greatest in making calls and typing texts, which is why I chose it. The greatest phone for controlling notifications and removing spam calls is my Pixel 9 Pro. It has reliable cameras and the greatest photo editing (AI or not) I require.

Leaks are dumb, but benchmarks leaks are the dumbest

That’s the reason this season is so annoying. The annual Pixel Parade, a Made By Google event, has been announced by Google. It has even hinted at upcoming new hues for the Pixel 10 family. Like last year, the leaks are leaking quickly and are accompanied by the same concerns.

Pixel benchmarks for the next generation of phones are leaked by someone every year. Similar to how every Pixel phone from the Pixel 9a to the Pixel 9 Pro Fold used the Tensor G4 platform in 2024, every Pixel phone this year is probably going to use the reported Google Tensor G5 chipset. The performance of the whole Pixel 10 family may therefore be inferred from a benchmark test conducted on any Pixel 10 model.

If you’re concerned about having the fastest phone, leaks of Pixel benchmarks are never good news. Every year, I see techies griping that Pixel phones will be surpassed by Samsung’s greatest and that they can’t compete with the upcoming iPhone or, to be honest, any iPhone from the previous two years. Oh no, please don’t hurt me!

Google could make a faster Pixel, but why?

Why Google uses a slower chipset in their Pixel phones is beyond me. I can speculate, but it isn’t very important. Is Google making money? Do the phones use less energy? Does the chip actually prioritize edge computing with AI over processing in its raw form? It makes no difference. Pixel phones are sufficiently quick.

Unlike some speedier phone manufacturers, Pixel phones can actually accomplish what Google claims they can. Google overpromised Gemini’s capacity to make career decisions for me (Siri) or turn off the lights when it recognizes that I’m asleep (Bixby), but I still haven’t seen the AI features that Apple and Samsung promised.

I’m wondering if my iPhone 16 Pro is running too quickly. Why does it require so much power? Since AAA games are nonexistent, I don’t play them on my phone. I’m neither a video editor or music producer, and I only ever record 4K Pro-Raw footage when I first purchase a phone, until I realize how large the video files may get.

How come my Galaxy S25 Ultra is so quick? Since the phone connects to multiple AI clouds, there is still a lag when I use the majority of the AI features. However, compared to iOS, Android offers even fewer powerful apps.

The main advantage of Qualcomm’s newest platform is its efficiency; every Snapdragon 8 Elite phone has shown amazing battery life when compared to previous Android phones, and I can play Call of Duty at the maximum settings with phones that are significantly slower than this Galaxy.

I don’t want to hear about benchmark results that have been released online that have you concerned about the performance of the Pixel 10 or Pixel 10 Pro Fold. That isn’t the purpose of Pixel, and even without the benchmark crown, I have no doubt that the Pixel 10 will look fantastic.