Pixel 6 Tensor chip could feature a different setup than current flagship Android SoCs

The list is questionable for various reasons. Google would develop the chip in collaboration with Samsung. Apparently, it will be made using the South Korean company’s 5nm process and according to a Previous report, it will fall below the Galaxy S21’s Exynos 2100 in terms of specs. The Geekbench entry suggests otherwise.

Pixel 6 Tensor chip has two X1 cores

The Tensor chip would have two Cortex X1 cores clocked at 2.8 GHz, two mid-level cores running at 2.25 GHz and four small cores with a frequency of 1.8 GHz. Samsung and Qualcomm chips for flagship Android phones feature one main core, three middle cores, and four high efficiency cores.

The next premium SoCs from Samsung and Qualcomm – the Exynos 2200 and Snapdragon 898 – will most likely feature one Cortex X2 core. Per arm, the Cortex-X2 is 16% faster than the X1.

For what it’s worth, leaker Digital discussion station corroborated the information. He also claims that the chip will come with the Mali-G78 GPU.

Presumably to help achieve this, Google poached the chip engineer Qualcomm’s Leon Chang earlier this year (via leaker Roland Quandt).

The alleged Pixel 6 Pro variant that surfaced on Geekbench has 12GB of RAM and scored 414 and 2,074 points in single-core and multi-core tests, respectively. For comparison, the Snapdragon 888 powered The Galaxy Z Fold 3 scored 1,113 and 3,538 in the same tests.

Assuming the information is legitimate, performance will likely improve as Google and Samsung optimize the chip.

Google could unveil the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro on October 19. The phones will feature a redesigned design and new camera hardware and Google has apparently great hope for them and sees them become one of the best flagship smartphone series of the year.