Overview
- Android Authority testing shows up to roughly 19–20% improvement in PCMark Work tasks and about 5–7% in GPU stress tests compared with launch.
- Most of the measurable uplift appears to have arrived with the November 2025 update, with December’s QPR2 adding little further boost in benchmarks.
- Geekbench results moved only slightly, with single‑core near 2% and multi‑core around 5%, underscoring modest gains in synthetic CPU scores.
- QPR2 delivers more than 30 fixes plus refinements such as customizable icon shapes, a refreshed widget panel, and HDR brightness control adjustments.
- Reviewers and some users report the phones feel smoother in daily use, though Tensor G5 performance still trails top Snapdragon 8‑series rivals.