Is there any way to compare the performance of TVs with built in Google TV compared to dedicated things like Chromecast or Nvidia Shield?

by Benandhispets

Been looking at TVs with it built in but since they all use their own branded processors the specs mean nothing to me. Like the Sony I'm looking at has a X1 Ultimate Processor and that's all the info there is, can't even figure out the Ram/memory. All TVs are like this.

People have done countless performance benchmarks on things like Shield, Fire stick/box, Xiaomi TV, chromecast, etc, but zero reviews mention anything meaningful in the performance bit other than if it stutters on the menus or not. If they do mention the processor at all it'll be "powered by a quad core processor" which means quite literally nothing. All I want them to do is install a benchmark app and give us the score.

I know It doesn't matter a massive amount but I wanted to install CCTV notification and similar apps which I didn't want to lag. Plus since it's built into the TV I don't want to buy an underpowered TV now since I'd have it for at least 5 years.

I would just buy a Shield or something but I'd want the doorbell/cctv notification overlays over anything I have on the TV not just on the streaming apps on the shield.

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https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=Vh2

The lastest Sonys use a Mediatek with 3GB of RAM. That's more powerful than a Chromecast, with more RAM.

On my A80J, everything runs great, no slowdown, etc.

reddit_reaper

Very simple.... All built in AndroidTV's are complete shit. Get a shield. Nothing is even remotely close as good

swtimmer

Got a 2021 Sony and a old tv with the Google tv stick. Both seem to run on a very similar version, so sofar updates are good.

With the stick I sometimes have sound oddness (not picking up the high quality stuff) which I have not had with the build in tv. Performance for both seems very good. My take is using the build in for now and only upgrade in couple of years when a stick would actually be much faster/feature rich. I don't see how spending extra $ for the same features by now buying a shield makes any sense budget wise.

no_step

I have a Sony x90j and a shield 2017, here's what I've found:

The TV uses a ARM Cortex A73 with 4gb ram. It's pretty good, all my apps seem to run just as fast as my shield. The shield is faster measured by benchmarks.

The ethernet on the TV is only 100mb vs the 1gb on the shield. It's noticeable when streaming 4k, the shield never buffers but the TV does occasionally. The wifi on the TV has better speeds.

The big difference is the TV is much better at upscaling content to 4k. That's what the x1 processor is for, does a great job.

Fixed the model of the tv

izhar12

External device > TV Built In OS