Snapdragon 8 Elite vs Tensor G4: Which should be in your next phone?

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The mobile industry finds itself at yet another crossroads. On the one hand, we have Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite, offering astronomical levels of CPU and GPU performance that push our humble smartphones ever closer to the laptop sphere. On the other hand, we have Google and its Tensor project, seemingly far more content with “good enough” performance as long as it can power unique AI and photography features.
Of course, it would be wrong to frame this performance gap as solely an engineering choice. Qualcomm is reaping the benefits of a very expensive CPU division acquisition and decades of industry experience, while Google is only just crawling out of Samsung’s shadow to start on its independent chipset journey.
Still, if you’re debating whether to buy a new Google Pixel 9, wait for the Samsung Galaxy S25, or pick up something from China, you have a tough choice to make about whether performance or features are your top priority. Which one should you pick?

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The contest between Google Tensor G4 and Qualcomm snapdragon 8 Gen Elite is one-sided all the way in favor of Qualcomm. Google ditched Qualcomm in 2021 and pixel phones have lagged far behind phones powered by Qualcomm's flagship chips ever since. Google claims the Tensor chip is not focused on high performance benchmarks but rather AI. As it turns out, not only does Qualcomm chips score a lot higher in performance benchmarks than Tensor chips but it's also more advanced in AI as well. With Google playing a major role in quantum computing with their sycamore processor, it's obvious their Tensor chip development takes a back seat to sycamore.