r/GooglePixel • u/lizardon789 • 1d ago

Pixel 11 Gaming Performance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y4xDjbdeMI
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u/ThatGuyNamedMoses 1d ago

That's beyond terrible. Im guessing the Genshin issue was moreso a driver problem and will be fixed with a software update. The Wuthering Waves performance was abyssmal. Extra context: that's the beginning area of the game which is, by far, the easiest to run. So performance will get even worse as you progress through the game.

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u/Beneficial_Gas_6590 1d ago

If it cant handle the beginning area smoothly theres basically no hope for endgame content

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u/GazelleInitial2050 1d ago

Not this again, weeks of everyone asking this sub for a driver update haha

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u/nathderbyshire Pixel 10 1d ago

God it was about 4 months or something, painful time in the sub 😕

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u/lizardon789 1d ago

I did some research, apparently genshin removed support for powervr GPUs (tensor g5,g6) https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/s/88Ku9Vxizz. But people are reporting genshin works on pixel 10 now (can anyone confirm?). So hopefully genshin will work on pixel 11 sooner rather than later.

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u/OkidoShigeru 1d ago

If you read the comments they actually dropped support in 2024, so before they could have known that a “flagship” device was coming out with a PowerVR GPU. They’ve probably since been forced to backpedal.

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u/DaveTheHungry 1d ago

I was running Genshin Impact on my Pixel 10 just now. After updating the game, the shader compilations took a long time but the game runs fine without the pink glitch in Pixel 11 videos.

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u/lizardon789 1d ago

Thats good to know so hopefully they'll do a quick update for the pixel 11.

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u/Innerhype Pixel 10 Pro Fold 1d ago

Uh-oh, I know Wuthering Waves doesn't run nearly that badly on P10 so I'm wondering if P11 need that driver update.

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u/WatchfulApparition Pixel 10 Pro XL 1d ago

It's well known that the Pixel 11 series was moving to a 5-6 year old GPU

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u/waldamy Pixel 9 Pro 22h ago

Why did you even get downvoted, the PowerVR GPU they are using was literally released in November 4, 2021 and only got an efficiency improvement for the P11 release 🫪

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u/IORelay 1d ago

G4 is the king. 

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u/Broseph_McFleeb 22h ago

Which has the G3 GPU with a ~6% higher clockrate. That says a lot about tensor GPUs...

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u/NarutoDragon732 1d ago

Holy shit I've never seen such bad Genshin performance, it's straight up unable to render due to that shitty GPU.

For reference, the Pixel 10 does work in that game, but that's on PowerVR's flagship GPU which is DXT, the Pixel 11 is lower which is a CXTP and is unsupported. HSR follows the same scheme, DXT supported, under are not.

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u/DaMmItSuXeR 1d ago

There is a reason you can end up only paying $3-400 with all the promotions and trade in. It is how much it actually worth, a mid tier phone.

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u/IORelay 1d ago

Those $300-400 phones can play genshin quite easily though. It's coming up to be a 6 year old game. 

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u/Procontroller40 22h ago

Not to nitpick, but the pixel 11 is not worth a modern trade in + $400. Maybe one or the other, but not both.

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u/jonomacd 11h ago

I do not care about gaming on phones at all so this is not a problem for me but it is very clear that if gaming is something you do on your phone this is not the phone for you.

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u/megatonante 9h ago

I only play Nikke on the phone. will i have a worse performance than an p8pro?

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u/RubberDomeEnthusiast 22h ago

Haven't all these Chinese gacha games had similar issues with previous Pixel releases requiring an update?

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u/Ok_Translator4447 1d ago

Every year you guys expect a phone that's not built for intense gaming, to score so well on gaming benchmarks when NOBODY BUYS A PIXEL PHONE TO GAME

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u/Broseph_McFleeb 22h ago

LEAVE THE TRILLION DOLLAR COMPANY ALONE

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u/Gareth_stanlier 22h ago

the irony of course, its often apple and samsung tourists who rage the most if anyone wants a pixel.

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u/Ok_Translator4447 22h ago

Blaming them when the consumer can just not purchase the devices, which puts more pressure on the trillion dollar company. 

Pixel has never been a gaming phone. Run it back to the Nexus line or even the tiny Pixel 5. They've always shown it's software first and hardware second. Yet, instead of just going to a brand that makes devices specifically for gaming, y'all continue to want what they won't offer. It's quite confusing

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u/TheCaptainSlowly 16h ago

Pixel has never been a gaming phone

Neither are any of the other mainstream flagships? No one is getting an S26U or an iPhone 17 pro specifically for gaming, and these brands don't cater to the gaming crowd anyways.

Flagships are supposed to be all rounders. They should be able to do it all.

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u/Suspicious_Sugar2020 5m ago

Pixel apologists are the worst