On my left: The Samsung Galaxy S8, the latest flagship of Samsung’s Galaxy S series, launched in April 2018. Equipped with an Exynos 8895 processor combined with 4GB of RAM, this powerful smartphone has recently been running the beta version of Android 8.0 Oreo. further enhances its performance. Thanks to this new operating system, the Galaxy S8 has already beaten the iPhone X, as well as the Galaxy S8+ and Galaxy Note 8 running Android Nougat with the three previous Speed Tests.
On my right: Google’s flagship Google Pixel XL 2, introduced on October 4, 2017, is a fully stripped down smartphone running the stock version of the operating system, optimized for Android 8.0 Oreo. Thanks to this symbiosis between software and hardware, the Pixel XL 2 is considered the most fluid Android smartphone today. To see if the Galaxy S8 running Android Oreo could compete with this immensely powerful device, YouTuber XeeTechCare ran a video speed test.
Galaxy S8 running Oreo and Google Pixel XL 2: Samsung’s flagship rivals Google and better manages RAM
From the beginning we see that Pixel XL 2 boots up faster Better than Galaxy S8. It’s a real feat, as none of the three smartphones had done it before compared to the S8 running Android Oreo. Proof that the Pixel XL 2 is truly smooth. But keep in mind that the Galaxy S8 is running on the beta version of Android Oreo, while the Pixel 2 XL is running on the official version. Once the beta is over, the Galaxy S8 can boot even faster.
We noticed that when launching various apps, the Pixel 2 XL launches the phone app, settings, websites in the browser, Instagram and Spotify faster. Both phones are connected to run the games PinOut, Smash Hit, Alto’s Adventure, as well as the camera app and SoundCloud. On the other hand, Galaxy S8 is faster at launching Snapchat, Twitter and Subway Surfers game. most Samsung’s smartphone performs admirably versus Google’s.
In the final test, which consists of equalizing the RAM of the two smartphones, the Galaxy S8 manages to surpass even Google’s flagship. thanks to him excellent RAM managementThe Galaxy S8 is indeed able to open all apps kept in the background a second time without needing to refresh. Even though the Pixel XL 2 has 4GB of RAM, it should reinstall certain apps like Snapchat and PinOut. As such, it’s a very tight duel between two high-end smartphones. With the latest version of Android Oreo rolling out to the Galaxy S8, Samsung’s flagship could give its toughest rivals a hard time.
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