Google's Tensor G6 inside the Pixel 11 series isn't a 2nm chip
Google unveiled the Pixel 11 series smartphones a couple of days ago, with the Tensor G6 inside. While Google didn't explicitly mention it anywhere, the Tensor G6 was widely believed to be a 2nm chip. Turns out that's not the case.
Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold
| 256GB 16GB RAM | $ 1,649.00 | £ 1,429.00 |
| 512GB 16GB RAM | $ 1,769.00 | £ 1,919.00 |
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This revelation comes from Google's VP of Hardware, Peng Yu-Chun, who confirmed that the Tensor G6 inside all the Pixel 11 series smartphones is based on TSMC's 3nm process. Last year's Tensor G5 is also a 3nm chip.
Google Pixel 11 Pro XL
| 256GB 12GB RAM | $ 949.00 | £ 1,279.00 |
| 512GB 16GB RAM | $ 1,069.00 | £ 1,399.00 |
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Even if the Tensor G6 was based on a 2nm process, it wouldn't have been the first 2nm mobile chip. That crown goes to Samsung's Exynos 2600 announced last December.
That said, while a 2nm process has its benefits, the 3nm Tensor G6 isn't without its upgrades. Google says the Tensor G6 "delivers 50% more TPU compute and an upgraded CPU compute delivers up to 30% better power efficiency" compared to Tensor G5. How exactly that improves the real-world experience remains to be seen when we test the Pixel 11 series ourselves.
Google Pixel 11 Pro
| 256GB 12GB RAM | $ 799.00 | £ 958.99 |
| 512GB 16GB RAM | $ 919.00 | £ 1,068.99 |
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The Pixel 11 series includes four smartphones - the Pixel 11, the Pixel 11 Pro, the Pixel 11 Pro XL, and the Pixel 11 Pro Fold. You can read more about them here and here.
Google Pixel 11
| 256GB 12GB RAM | $ 699.00 | £ 749.00 |
| 512GB 12GB RAM | $ 819.00 | £ 899.00 |
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Source (in Chinese)
Reader comments
- ahwhocares
- bxY
its 3026 and google makes a crappy product . and we wonder how that for a news? im so shocked. duh.
- alcatraz
- mvg
Yeah but in the article they're "giving the crown" to Samsung. Laughable. Their performance barely matched tsmc's 3nm.
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