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In the first Geekbench 6 result to surface during the embargo period, the Tensor G3 as fitted to the Pixel 8 Pro achieved a single-core score of 1760 while it reached a score of 4442 in the multi-core test. This compares unfavorably with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (soon to be superseded by the even faster and more efficient SD8G3), which produces a single-core score of 2003 and 5427 in the multi-core test. The marked discrepancy is despite the fact that both chips use very similar Arm-based CPU architectures. In fact, the Tensor G3 actually enjoys the benefit of an additional mid-core (9 cores total versus 8 cores) and a better overall mid-core architecture. In addition to 2x Cortex-A715 cores, Qualcomm actually opted for a couple of slightly older Cortex-A710 cores for 32-bit backwards compatibility -- the Tensor G3 exclusively uses four of the newer Cortex-A715 cores. The performance disparity can be explained by Google's partnership with Samsung, which gave it the opportunity to develop more customized chips, but has also locked them into using Samsung's problematic 4 nm node technology. Not only does Samsung's 4 nm node produce much less efficient chips, it also can't match the transistor density of TSMC's superior N4P node used to fabricate the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Similar performance shortcomings, are apparent in the first 3D Mark Wild Life Stress results testing the Tensor G3's Arm Mali-G715 GPU which also surfaced during the embargo period, despite Google's be...