Despite an identical processor, benchmarks indicate that the Pico 4 is almost twice as powerful as the Quest 2

It’s going to be hard to argue that the Meta Quest 2 does not show a great technological delay compared to the very recent pic 4. Better lenses (pancake), higher resolution and FoV, less weight on the front visor, the Pico 4 also has the advantage of being significantly more powerful than the Meta Quest 2, despite the use of a Qualcomm XR2 processor in both helmets. We already knew that Meta had considerably reduced the clock frequency of the XR2 in order to gain autonomy (nearly 2 hours on the Quest 2), and we also now know that Pico preferred to equip his headset with a bigger battery (5000 mAh) in order to collect the full power of the XR2.

The first benchmarks confirm these differences in product strategy: the Pico 4 obtains around 650-680 pts in the single-core Geekbench 5 test, which is almost double the results of the Meta Quest 2 (380 pts). The difference is just as spectacular in multi-core mode, with 1646 points for the Pico 4 and 984 points for the Quest 2. This unclamping of the clock frequency on the Pico 4 could also explain why the headphones’ fans (which also serve to refresh the face) often operate without interruption.

The Pico 4 is available for sale on Amazon at the starting price of 429 euros.