New performance claims have emerged for the Tensor G6, which is expected to come with the Google Pixel 11 series. According to the leak, the new chip will bring a significant increase on the CPU side compared to the Tensor G5 in the Pixel 10 family. However, the same picture is not available on the GPU side. Pixel 11 may become a more powerful phone in daily use and artificial intelligence operations, but it may lag behind its 2026 flagship competitors in gaming performance.
Tensor G6 is on the agenda with its powerful CPU and controversial GPU claims for Pixel 11. The latest information shared for Tensor G6, which is expected to be included in the Pixel 11 series, shows that Google has seriously touched the CPU side of the new processor. According to the leak, Tensor G6 will use one Arm C1-Ultra core at 4.11 GHz. It will be accompanied by four 3.38 GHz C1-Pro cores and two 2.65 GHz C1-Pro cores.
Thus, it is stated that the processor will have a seven-core CPU structure in total. This structure points out a different point from the Arm Cortex-X4, Cortex-A725 and Cortex-A520 layout in the Tensor G5. It is reported that Google skipped the Cortex-X925 era and went directly to Arm’s new C1 cores. This change could mean a significant increase, especially in single-core performance. According to the shared evaluation, there is a potential difference of approximately 40 percent between the old and new cores based on Geekbench 6 single-core results.
On the multi-core side, there is a possibility of a larger increase due to higher clock speeds and the structure moving away from very small cores. This table shows that Pixel 11 may be a phone that runs faster in daily use and is more powerful in application switching and processing-intensive tasks. However, this does not mean that Tensor G6 is directly in the same class as the most powerful mobile processors of 2026.
Although the CPU sequence of Tensor G6 is modern, it has a more cautious setup than competing flagship processors. In addition to a C1-Ultra core, more powerful C1-Premium cores are used on the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 side. On Qualcomm’s Snapdragon side, a higher performance structure stands out with special Oryon cores. For this reason, although the Pixel 11’s processor offers a strong daily usage level, it may not be at the top of the list in the race for pure processing power.
On the graphics side, the picture is more controversial. It is claimed that Tensor G6 will come with PowerVR CXTP-48-1536 GPU. Tensor G5 includes PowerVR DXT-48-1536. Although the change here may seem like a new GPU at first glance, the origins of the C series architecture go back further. Therefore, Pixel 11 is not expected to make a big leap in gaming performance. According to claims, the GPU in the Tensor G6 may work more efficiently, but this may not mean higher gaming performance.
Imagination Technologies announced up to 20 percent efficiency gains in frames-per-watt performance in popular graphics workloads for DXTP compared to DXT in 2025. A similar efficiency approach is on the agenda for CXTP, which is mentioned in Tensor G6; However, it is not yet known how this will be reflected in the actual gaming performance of Pixel 11. The possibility of ray tracing support of the new GPU is also unclear.
Although the CXT-based structure can offer ray tracing support, this requires additional cores and more chip space. It is stated that Google may have made a more controlled choice in terms of space and efficiency in Tensor G6. Therefore, the main expectation on the gaming side in Pixel 11 may be more balanced power consumption and longer sustainable performance rather than high peak performance. The prominent changes for Tensor G6 are not limited to the CPU and GPU.
It is stated in the leaks that the chip will come out of the 2 nm TSMC production process, will use the MediaTek M90 modem instead of the Samsung Exynos modem, will switch to the Titan M3 security chip, and will come with a new image processor codenamed Metis and a new TPU codenamed Santafe. These headlines reveal that Pixel 11 can show its real difference in artificial intelligence, on-device processing and computational photography.
The main line in Google’s Tensor series so far has been to shape the Pixel experience around its own hardware and software features, rather than breaking performance records. Tensor G6 claims continue this line. Pixel 11 can stand out as a phone that has been significantly strengthened on the CPU side and whose modem and artificial intelligence units have been renewed. However, in terms of gaming performance and graphics power, it is not expected to reach the same level as competitors such as Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, Dimensity 9500 and Exynos 2600 with AMD graphics unit.
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