Tested: Google's Pixel 9 Pro models only have 13GB RAM for apps - eviltoast
Google's new Pixel 9 Pro models reserve part of their 16GB RAM exclusively for AI features. I figured out how much.
  • baatliwala@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    3 months ago

    On the Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 9, we note just 0.26GB (275,336KiB) of locked RAM […], a very small amount most likely used for some background tasks in the OS. However, on the Pixel 9 Pro XL, this leaps to 2.91GB (3,051,936KiB) of Unevictable and Mlocked RAM. Subtract out the Unevictable RAM from the Pixel 9, and there’s an extra 2.64GB (2,776,603KiB) reserved on the Pro models.

    • IllNess@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Really interesting. I wonder what features the Pro XL has that the Pro version doesn’t to use over 10 times more RAM.

      • baatliwala@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        I think when they mean “extra reserved on the Pro models”, the mean both “Pro and Pro XL” and not “Pro XL only not Pro”. It’s written a bit weirdly.