Google Gets Into Chip Design: The Details
Maybe Google has concluded they can do the design of its own chips themselves now. From leaked papers through an insider source of Prime, it was seen that the Tensor G5 and Tensor G6 models of the future would be exclusive Google creations. These new 3nm chips by TSMC should be faster than all the new 4nm chips that Samsung made for the Pixel 9 series. Such a development would enable Google to claw its way and get close to the levels of the Apple A18, and Snapdragon 8 Elite.
Expected performance: a mixed comparison
According to a report from Notebookcheck, the site has obtained internal performance benchmarks from Google revealing how the search giant sees the performance of future Pixel 10 and Pixel 11 in relation to Apple’s A-series processors, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon, and MediaTek’s Dimensity. The falls, which extend from 2021 to 2026, indicate that, while there are advancements, Google’s chips consistently trail those of competitors.
With regard to saturated performance rates, the source explained that, by the looks of it, Google does not expect Tensor to match this year’s A18 or next year’s A19 and the like in terms of Geekbench data. However, these predictions suggest, most probably, prototype chips that should not yet be on the mass market.
A few newsmakers for the series Pixel
Nevertheless, according to these forecasts, fans of the Google’s Pixel series can rejoice. The next two iterations could be much more impressive and should at least be more on par with Samsung’s and Apple’s main phones even if they are not as powerful.
For the Tensor G6 that will be incorporated to the Pixel 11, efficiency cores are omitted in favor of a new arrangement: ARM Cortex-X930 super core combined with six Cortex-A730 performance cores, should give a good performance boost.
