Google is all set to announce the Pixel 9 series of smartphones on Aug. 13. Already the rumor mill has leaked a lot of details about the upcoming Pixel 9 series and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold foldable phone. Surprisingly, the rumor mill has not revealed much about the Tensor G4 that will power the next-generation Pixel phones. A new report by Android Authority reveals that the Tensor G4 will not be a major upgrade over the Tensor G3.
Tenso G4 details leaked
According to the report, the Tensor G4 will have a 4+3+1 layout, which consists of newer ARMv9.2 cores: the Cortex-A520, Cortex-A720, and Cortex-X4. These cores are clocked slightly higher than those in the G3, which includes four Cortex-A510, four Cortex-A715, and one Cortex-X3 core.
Preliminary Geekbench results suggest about an 11% improvement in single-core performance and a 3% improvement in multi-core performance, although these results should be viewed with caution until more data is available.
The Tensor G4 will arrive with the new Exynos Modem 5400, which brings satellite connectivity support and efficiency improvements, reportedly offering up to 50% better power consumption than the Exynos Modem 5300 used in the Pixel 8. The GPU in the Tensor G4 remains the same Mali-G715 as in the Tensor G3, though it is clocked higher at 940MHz compared to 890MHz.
The full specifications of the Tensor G4’s CPU and GPU are as follows:
- CPU (little cluster): 4x Cortex-A520 @ 1.95GHz
- CPU (mid cluster): 3x Cortex-A720 @ 2.6 GHz
- CPU (big cluster): 1x Cortex-X4 @ 3.1 GHz
- GPU: Mali-G715 (unknown core number) @ 940MHz
Despite these hardware updates, many of the custom IP blocks that define the Tensor chips, such as the Edge TPU, GXP, BigWave, and Titan M2 security chip, remain unchanged. The packaging technology for the Tensor G4 is still identified as FOPLP.
Originally, the Tensor G4 was supposed to be an entirely different chip built independently of Samsung, codenamed “redondo,” but delays led to the decision to collaborate with Samsung once more. The Tensor G4 (“zumapro”) thus represents a minimal upgrade over the Tensor G3 (“zuma”). To sum up, while the Tensor G4 might not be a major leap forward, it does bring some improvements, such as the new modem, providing some enhancements over its predecessor.
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