© NextPitįinal Fantasy XV and Life is Strange proved to be as impeccable as Asphalt. We already noticed this situation during the trial period for our review of the Razer Phone 2.įinal Fantasy XV allows you to make the most of your hardware. This is probably done to ensure that all mobile gamers have the same experience, without being penalized for having an older smartphone. I'm absolutely convinced that these games are able to run at 60fps on most modern top-of-the-range smartphones, but are artificially limited to 20 or 30 fps via software. No problems with Hearthstone - the game manages to run perfectly even on mid-range hardware nowadays.įortnite and PUBG are in a different category. As I expected, the game was perfectly fluid and smooth, even if the loading times could sometimes be slightly longer than those on the iPhone X or the Note 9. There's no game that can bring Pixel 3 XL to its knees yetĪfter some small issues with Asphalt 9 - the app was initially not compatible from the Google Play Store, I finally managed to spend a few hours driving cars. We will examine this further in the full review of the Pixel 3 XL. Ice Storm Unlimited is the only test in which the device that does not score well enough, but this could again be due to software. The other results are in line, though slightly lower, with the other smartphones equipped with Snapdragon 845 CPU and internal memory type UFS 2.1. This is certainly a symptom of non-final software and I'm sure the problem will be solved by Google soon. Looking at the table above, you can see that in the PassMark Memory test the result is not only much lower than that of other 2018 flagships, but also about half of last year's Pixel 2 XL score. The benchmark tests we performed confirm, in part, the problems with RAM management that we hope will be solved with the update coming before the official sale of smartphones. The issue does not occur on the Pixel 2, which has 4GB of RAM, either - supporting the software problems hypothesis. In any case, the behavior observed on the Pixel 3 press devices can be caused by an early version of the software (the build installed on our smartphones with the number PD1A.180720.030 technically dates back to July despite patches in September). This is partly because there is no real need for it, but at a starting price of $799, Google could have put in a little more effort. It's true, 4GB of RAM on a flagship in 2018 is basically unheard of. A couple of international journalists documented and filmed an aggressive behavior in multitasking management on the Pixel 3, when compared to other devices such as OnePlus 6 that have twice as much system memory. The main complaint Google has to deal with does not concern the hardware used, but the lack of RAM - only 4GB is available on the Pixel 3. 100 days with the Pixel 2XL: so flawless it's boring.Just look at the incredible fluidity of the Pixel 2, which sports the even older Snapdragon 835 and is still more responsive than many smartphones equipped with the latest generation chip. However, this does not mean that the Snapdragon 845 will suddenly become less functional. New top-of-the-range smartphones are already expected to hit the market during the first quarter of 2019. Unfortunately, this chipset will soon be replaced by a newer version. The CPU is comprised of 8 cores (4x 2.8GHz Kryo 385 Gold and 4x1.7GHz Kryo 385 Silver) and runs at the nominal frequency - no overclocking or underclocking at Google. This is the best mobile chipset available at the moment, if we look only at the American companies. Just to recap, under the hood of the new Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL you can find a SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 with an Adreno 630 GPU. Yes and no - it depends on your point of view. What matters, in the end, is how much you enjoy using your smartphone every day. Obviously, your performance expectations and experience will vary according to you daily use. Passmark (taking into account only the memory and disk values)Īs for gaming, we tested the Pixel 3 XL with games like Life is Strange, Asphalt 9, Hearthstone, PUBG and Fortnite.To test the performance of the Pixel 3 XL, we used our usual benchmark apps that measure pure processing power, graphics performance and memory speed:
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