Advantages with Tensor 3 on Graphene?

Rookieee

Im not happy with the battery of my Pixel 6, so I want to change to a pro model, but before I may buy the newest Pixel Im curious if there is an advantage in buying a Pixel 8 over my 6 (Tensor wise) because as far as I know all the features the new SoC is used for are software sided, like camera AI for better pictures and so on.

So, is it worth to upgrade an SoC when using Graphene?

And more hardware related: Will the pics getting better on an Pixel 8, if the main reason for the good photos on a Pixel is the gcam?

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Rookieee

I got stellar battery life with the Pixel 6 and Playstore (2 days +). Maybe you can tweak some apps and settings. Since I ditched Play I have 4 days with Threema Push.

bookreader

I think he's more asking about the hardware security advantages that may be afforded by the ARMv9 on the P8's. The battery life thing is connected to the fact that the PRO models are physically larger and accommodate larger batteries, so a change from current P6 to P6P would potentially mitigate the battery issue. The question therefore boils down to whether he should upgrade from P6 to P6P or if there is a SECURITY advantage to going with P8P.

The answer is that the P8P supports hardware memory tagging, which is now enabled in GOS for improved security. This is not a software feature, it is a hardware feature.

dgzeij

4G radio eats battery on P6a. Maybe someone can comment if it's improved on P8.