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The article points out that it’s slower than the 4a, which is half the price. That’s ... less than great.

ehsankia 6y ago
In most benchmarks they are basically within the error margin, but I have indeed seen a few where Pixel 5 does strangely poorly. I am definitely curious to know what's causing that, Pixel 5 has a slightly newer version of the same chipset (765G/Adreno 620 vs 730G/Adreno 618). The two best guesses I have is either the waterproofing really messes up with the thermals, or there's some unlying bug causing bad performance in those specific benchmarks. That being said, in real-life use, unless you're playing some heavy games, phone devices are generally more memory bound than CPU bound in my experience, so the 2GB extra ram will go a long way.
- maven29 6y ago
  Waterproofing or not, phones are almost always effectively hermetically sealed from a convection point of view and do not rely on convection in any form for cooling. I do not see how waterproofing would interfere with conducting heat away.
  - foota 6y ago
    Maybe it forces a different internal layout?
    - fuzxi 6y ago
      The pixel 4a 5g uses the same cpu as the 5, does not have waterproofing, and has the same benchmark speeds as the 5. I think the layouts are different too, based on the fact that the 4a 5g is larger than the 5.
meowster 6y ago
Pixel 5 owner here, I am disapointed at that metric, but I am not disappointed at the speed of my phone. I can see how that would cause others to second guess a Pixel 5 purchase or have buyer's remorse upon learning that.
kllrnohj 6y ago
It isn't in the metric that really matters for day-to-day usage which is disk IO. The 5 & 4A have the same GPU and the 5 has a slightly faster CPU. Unclear why the benchmark scores are what they are, possibly a worse thermal profile with the 5, but if you're not gaming the faster storage will have far more impact.
refulgentis 6y ago
I'm fortunate enough to have needed a Pixel 5 _in addition_ to a Pixel 4a, results are nonsensical imo, 5 is _definitely_ more buttery
- Godel_unicode 6y ago
  I think this is the real point; 90hz is way more important than CPU speed in making it feel like an upgrade.

In most benchmarks they are basically within the error margin, but I have indeed seen a few where Pixel 5 does strangely poorly. I am definitely curious to know what's causing that, Pixel 5 has a slightly newer version of the same chipset (765G/Adreno 620 vs 730G/Adreno 618). The two best guesses I have is either the waterproofing really messes up with the thermals, or there's some unlying bug causing bad performance in those specific benchmarks. That being said, in real-life use, unless you're playing some heavy games, phone devices are generally more memory bound than CPU bound in my experience, so the 2GB extra ram will go a long way.

maven29 6y ago
Waterproofing or not, phones are almost always effectively hermetically sealed from a convection point of view and do not rely on convection in any form for cooling. I do not see how waterproofing would interfere with conducting heat away.
- foota 6y ago
  Maybe it forces a different internal layout?
  - fuzxi 6y ago
    The pixel 4a 5g uses the same cpu as the 5, does not have waterproofing, and has the same benchmark speeds as the 5. I think the layouts are different too, based on the fact that the 4a 5g is larger than the 5.

meowster 6y ago

Pixel 5 owner here, I am disapointed at that metric, but I am not disappointed at the speed of my phone. I can see how that would cause others to second guess a Pixel 5 purchase or have buyer's remorse upon learning that.

kllrnohj 6y ago

It isn't in the metric that really matters for day-to-day usage which is disk IO. The 5 & 4A have the same GPU and the 5 has a slightly faster CPU. Unclear why the benchmark scores are what they are, possibly a worse thermal profile with the 5, but if you're not gaming the faster storage will have far more impact.

refulgentis 6y ago

I'm fortunate enough to have needed a Pixel 5 _in addition_ to a Pixel 4a, results are nonsensical imo, 5 is _definitely_ more buttery

Godel_unicode 6y ago
I think this is the real point; 90hz is way more important than CPU speed in making it feel like an upgrade.