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TFA: > The main differences between the two phones are screen size (6.7 inches versus 6.2), battery size, a different camera loadout, and 8GB of RAM versus 12G
by neogodless 3y ago
TFA:
> The main differences between the two phones are screen size (6.7 inches versus 6.2), battery size, a different camera loadout, and 8GB of RAM versus 12GB. RAM is the only known difference you can point to that could create a processing limitation, but Gemini Nano also runs on the Galaxy S24 series, where the base model has 8GB of RAM. RAM being the issue would mean Samsung phones are somehow more RAM efficient than Pixel phones, which is hard to believe.
- iaseiadit 3y ago> RAM being the issue would mean Samsung phones are somehow more RAM efficient than Pixel phones, which is hard to believe. Not necessarily. It’s at least possible that the overall experience is degraded in the low RAM system, and Samsung is willing to overlook this… which isn’t hard to believe.
- the-rc 3y agoThere could be other secondary factors. Perhaps it's something to do with e.g. computational photography, where the Google Camera app needs to quickly allocate a ton of memory for all the HDR frames it stacks. Or the fancy call screening. Samsung might not have those kind of constraints. It's probably a safe bet to say that the phone itself is perfectly capable of running the raw model, but not necessarily while remaining usable or without disrupting other features.
- paulddraper 3y agoOr maybe Gemini Nano takes 6GB of RAM and Samsung is okay with the performance of leaving 2GB for everything else.