Pixel 5 was a big disappointment last year in terms of performance. Google chose to forget the best Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm and instead used the mid-range chip. This is a very good chip for cheaper pixel phones, but not a mainstay device. Fortunately, Google guessed this year, returning pixels 6 and Pixel 6 Pro to the superior status. It includes a significant redesign and unseen key components on other Google phones: special-on-chip (SOC) systems that must take A15 BIONIC on the iPhone 13. And the first benchmark for SOC Tensor provides good news of the Pixel 6 series.
Google Tensor Chip
Google quietly launched the Pixel 6 series in early August, a step that allows it to increase the number of rumors and control narratives. And Google does confirm all the rumors of pixel 6 and the previous Pixel 6. The company shows a new design and reveals some of the main specifications. It includes a new custom tensor chip that appears in various rumors running back to 2020.
We did not have a commercial name for the tensor chip at that time, but rumors said the new SOC would be a collaboration between Samsung and Google. At that time, we speculate that Google will use the brand new Cortex-X1 reference design in Tensor, just like all 2021 mainstay chips.
A few days ago, the results of benchmark revealed that the Pixel 6 series will display an unusual SOC 8 settings. Tensor will have a core design 2-2-4, featuring two chip-x1 cortex, two cortex-A76, and four Cortex-A55 chips. The inclusion of two x1 chips might sound interesting, but the A76 is an older generation chip
Snapdragon 888, which encourages superior cellphones such as the Galaxy S21, displays 1-3-4 core designs. It includes one strong cortex-x1 core, three core-A78 cortex performance, and four core efficiency of Cortex-A55.
That said, the tensor chip in Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro must provide performance that is comparable to Snapdragon 888 and Samsung Equivalent, Exynos 2100. At least that is the new Geekbench 5 test score.
Tensor chip reaches 1034 points in a single core test and 2756 in multi-core tests. The results are almost in line with what you expect from the Galaxy S21 SOCs.