
However, software processing can only do so much. The magic lies with the Tensor G2 chip, which was designed to handle Google's AI tasks including and especially image processing, and we can see the Tensor really working wonders to help the relatively weak Pixel 7a camera hardware keep up with the stronger Pixel 7 camera hardware. If you zoom into the photos 100% and pixel peep, you can see the Pixel 7a's photos are softer on details than the Pixel 7/7 Pro's, but this is minor. In the third set, the 7a's dynamic range isn't as wide as the Pixel 7's but otherwise, the other images are very close in quality. Most of these shots were taken against backlight on purpose because I wanted to test the cameras in challenging conditions, and we can see the 7a images look very good.
