Tensor G5 leak confirms core specs for Google Pixel 10

The core specifications of the upcoming Google Tensor G5 chipset has leaked. They indicate Google could be taking a cautious approach to balance performance and power efficiency, and perhaps allow high-res gaming.

Google Tensor G5 SoC specs and features

Google recently launched the Pixel 9 series. These flagship smartphones pack the Tensor G4 chipset, designed in collaboration with other companies. The next generation of Tensor chipsets, notably the Tensor G5 and Tensor G6 would be completely designed by Google, and manufactured by TSMC.

According to Android Authority, several details about the specs of the Google Tensor G5 have leaked from Google’s Tensor Chips division. It appears Google is sticking to the basics when it comes to designing chips.

The Tensor G4 chipset, powering the Pixel 9 series of smartphones, has a 1+3+4 configuration, wherein there is a single prime performance core, three performance cores, and the remaining four are efficiency cores.

The Google Tensor G5 SoC, codenamed Laguna, will reportedly feature a 1+5+2 CPU cluster. Specifically speaking, this chipset would have a single prime performance core, and five performance cores, and the remaining two would be efficiency cores.

Google seems to be using five Cortex-A725 CPU cores for performance. The two Cortex-A520 CPU cores are intended for routine operations as they are efficiency cores.

Will the Pixel 10 smartphone have a powerful GPU?

Google has been using Arm Mali GPUs for all its past Tensor chips. Incidentally, Arm Mali GPUs power a large number of Android smartphones. They are available in multiple tiers of performance and are optimized for Android.

For the Tensor G5, Google has embedded a GPU from Imagination Technologies (IMG). The company has tagged the GPU internally as DXT-48-1536. It appears to be a powerful GPU, running at 1.1GHz.

Owing to the IMG GPU, the Google Pixel 10 series smartphones should have ray tracing support, which is a first for any Pixel device as well as a Tensor chipset. The upcoming Pixel smartphone would also support GPU Virtualization, which allows accelerated graphics in a virtual machine. Such specifications suggest the Google Pixel 10 series devices could support high-res gaming.