With just a single day remaining until the launch of the Pixel 8 series smartphones, the Pixel 8 Pro has recently appeared in a Geekbench 6 listing, providing insights into the specifications and performance of the Google Tensor G3 SoC.
This unveils a new configuration of 1+4+4 instead of the 2+2+4 setup in the Tensor G2. It comprises a single Cortex-X3 prime core running at 2.91GHz, four Cortex-A715 performance cores at 2.37GHz, and four Cortex-A510 power-efficient cores at 1.7GHz. The clock speed disclosed in the benchmarks is lower than what was previously rumored. The chip is reported to feature a Mali-G715 (Immortalis) 10-core GPU with support for hardware-based ray tracing.
These benchmarks reveal a single-core score of 1760 and a multi-core score of 4442, marking a significant improvement over the Tensor G2 in the Pixel 7 Pro. It's worth noting that this chip employs 3rd Gen 4nm Samsung process technology, in contrast to the 5nm process used in the G2.
Even the specifications provided by apps on the phone match those of the Tensor G3, thanks to M. Brandon Lee. Both configurations indicate 12GB of RAM and a base storage capacity of 128GB, with a 256GB model likely for the global market and a 512GB model for the US market.
The Google Pixel 8 is also expected to utilize the same chip but with 8GB of RAM. We will have the official Tensor G3 specifications when the phones are officially announced tomorrow, October 4th.
