The Google Pixel (XL) is the first phone (to become available in the US) which sports a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 CPU. This should mean some kind of improvement over the Snapdragon 820, the same CPU found in many flagship smartphones this year including the Samsung Galaxy S7 (edge), Galaxy Note7, HTC 10, LG G5, OnePlus 3, and more. According to a Geekbench performance test, the Google Pixel XL scored 1648 in the Geekbench single-core test, while the multi-core test resulted with a score of 4121. These scores are very similar to what the Snapdragon 820 is outputting on other smartphones with...
Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_xl_benchmark_doesnt_show_performance_improvement-news-20927.php
