No one buys a phone based on its performance alone. The design, hardware, battery, software, and cameras all factor into your decision, but benchmark results still play an important role in determining whether a smartphone is right for you. You might think that all the flagship Android phones can handle just about everything you might throw at them, but that isn't the case. Google Pixel phones have notoriously featured weak Tensor chipsets with meager graphics performance, and you might notice if you play a lot of mobile games.