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I have a Pixel XL, original one, and it's always been good. This makes me want to switch, partially for the smaller size. I see my Pixel has a snapdragon 821 chip, and the 3a has a 670. Can anyone comment on whether the 3a would generally be faster/better than my significantly older original Pixel XL? I don't know much about phone chips, but it generally seems that the 670 is better than the 821 from a cursory Google search.

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From personal experience, a pixel 2 is significantly faster and smoother than a pixel 1, and the internet suggests the 670 chip in the 3a is slightly faster for general use than the 835 in the pixel 2, though for gaming its somewhere b/w pixel 1 and 2 as the 670 GPU is b/w the 821 and 835.

So for normal use, its definitely a upgrade to a pixel 1, and a slight upgrade over the pixel 2.

Thanks!

It will probably be about the same - for the performance you percieve on Android the CPU isn't as important (unless you run games). Storage performance is the one that makes all the difference - and Pixel 3a's eMMC storage is showing pretty much the same numbers as the original Pixel.

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