Google Pixel 5 detects gigantic GPU performance increases with April 2021 update

The most recent software update for the Google Pixel lineup recently began carrying out to clients. The update incorporates a host of connectivity, camera, and dependability upgrades for the whole lineup, alongside performance optimizations for the Google Pixel 5 and the Pixel 4a 5G. These optimizations have fundamentally improved the gaming performance of Google’s most recent flagship, according to recent reports.

At the point when Google carried out the first stable Android 11 release for its Pixel gadgets, a few clients saw that the graphics benchmark numbers essentially declined following the update. According to HotHardware’s testing, the Pixel 4 XL and Pixel 4a took a major hit in graphical performance.

Since the Pixel 5 and the Pixel 4a 5G launched with Android 11 pre-installed, we had no real way to verify if the phones additionally suffered a comparative issue.

Nonetheless, Anandtech noticed that the Pixel 5 vastly underperformed comparative gadgets featuring the Snapdragon 765G chip. This persuaded that the Android 11 update was the culprit.

In the April 2021 update, the changelog makes reference to some “performance optimizations for certain graphics-intensive apps & games.” Andreas Proschofsky from Der Standard tested the GPU performance of the Pixel 5 after the update using 3DMark, and he tracked down that the results are currently 30-50% better than before.

As indicated by recent tweets, his Pixel 5 scored around 2278/2260 for the OpenGL/Vulkan tests in 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme before the April update. Subsequent to installing the update, the phone scored 3286/3083 in a similar test, which is a considerable improvement. Andrei from Anandtech has likewise affirmed that the update has “essentially doubled” his Pixel 5’s performance.

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