According to a white paper published by technology testing and advising organization Signal65, the Galaxy S24 Ultra is significantly faster than the Google Pixel 8 Pro when it comes to AI performance in tasks such as summarization, live translation and image editing.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 outclasses Google’s Tensor chip in the Pixel 8 Pro
The Galaxy S24 Ultra outperformed the Pixel 8 Pro in three key AI benchmark tools, delivering at least three times faster and up to eight times faster performance than Google’s flagship device in some scenarios.
Interestingly, the Galaxy S24 Ultra is also faster at removing objects from photos, a feature Google has been working on longer than Samsung, but Galaxy AI has put the Korean giant on equal footing.
In fact, the entire process of object removal on the Galaxy S24 Ultra runs faster even compared to some desktop image editing apps like GIMP, from tapping on the object removal option to tracing around the object to getting the final result.
It’s worth noting that the white paper is mostly about AI features that are processed on-device, and it’s easy to see why the Galaxy S24 Ultra beat out the Pixel 8 Pro: the former’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip is significantly more powerful than Google’s in-house Tensor chip, which isn’t designed to deliver the best performance.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3’s Neural Processing Unit (NPU), which handles all the AI and machine learning processing, is especially fast. Google may catch up with Samsung with the Pixel 9 Pro and its new Tensor chips, but as of this writing (August 12), it’s trailing by a significant margin.
If you want a more detailed overview, check out the whitepaper by downloading the PDF file at this link. Samsung commissioned the study, so it’s full of overly flashy marketing jargon, but if you can get past that, the whitepaper is an interesting read.