Google Pixel 11: Surprising Tensor G6 upgrade to deliver improved performance and efficiency gains

Google has not officially presented the Tensor G5 yet. Nonetheless, various specifications about its successor have been known for some time. Now, new rumours suggest that the Tensor G6 could be more powerful and energy-efficient than previously thought.

To recap, Google has been rumoured since October 2024 to be developing its Tensor G6 chipset with TSMC's N3P node at its core. However, a fresh report published by Commercial Times Taiwan disputes these prior findings. In fact, the website aligns itself with an earlier rumour in which it was claimed that Google would turn to TSMC's narrower 2 nm class node instead.

Theoretically, adopting TSMC's N2 nodes would allow the Tensor G6 to offer up to 15% better performance than the Tensor G5 while maintaining 30% lower power consumption. The change from 4 nm to 2 nm manufacturing processes should yield even greater advancements in this regard when comparing the Tensor G6 with the current Tensor G4 that underpins the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL (curr. $709.99 on Amazon).

As it stands, the Tensor G6 is also expected to arrive next year inside smartphones like the Pixel 11 and Pixel 11 Pro with a single ARM Cortex-X930 prime core, six Cortex-A730 performance cores and a Cortex-A530 efficiency core. Moreover, the chipset will boast a 3-core IMG CXTP GPU clocked at 1.1 GHz, among other features.