We could see the Google Pixel 7a outperform Google's more expensive Pixel 7 when it launches, going by alleged Geekbench 6 results for the new budget Pixel spotted by MySmartPrice and GSMArena.
The results show a 1,380 single-core score and a 3,071 multi-core score. Comparing this to Pixel 7 results and Pixel 6a results from the Geekbench browser, plus our own testing for the Samsung Galaxy A54, we see the Pixel 7a beats all of them, if only marginally in some cases. The Pixel 7a doesn't beat the Pixel 7 Pro however, perhaps due to that model's higher 12GB RAM capacity.
