The foundations of Google’s Tensor G3 chip will once again be laid by an architecture from Samsung.
As the first leaks for the Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 8 are starting to emerge, we are now getting information about the SoC Tensor G3, which will power them.
A chip with… nine cores?
According to Jasona specialist in the mobile industry, the chip will be a modified version of the Samsung Exynos 2300, an SoC in development that may never be released under this name given that the South Korean manufacturer now equips its high-end smartphones with Qualcomm chips.
In any case, this is not a surprise, since the first two generations of Tensor SoCs had already been designed in partnership with Samsung, which made its platform available to Google. Previous rumors mentioned a 3 nm engraving for this chip, suggesting a serious gain in energy efficiency and performance, but the source is more specific regarding this new component.
The Tensor G3 CPU would indeed consist of nine cores, an anomaly on the market. We would have an ultra high performance Cortex-X3 core clocked at 3.09 GHz, supported by four high performance Cortex-A715 cores at 2.65 GHz clock rate, and finally four Cortex-A510 cores running at 2.10 GHz for less demanding tasks.
A GPU made in Samsung
We also learn that the Tensor G3 would feature an Xclipse 930 GPU, whereas previous generations relied on a Mali GPU from ARM. The chip’s graphics performance will be scrutinized carefully, because the Xclipse 920 of the Exynos 2200 was not completely convincing.
As a reminder, Samsung had announced with great fanfare the integration of a proprietary GPU designed in collaboration with AMD, promising increased performance and new features on smartphones, such as ray tracing and VRS (Variable Rate Shading).
We don’t have details on the chip’s AI capabilities, but no doubt Google will make it one of its priorities.
Source : Jason
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