Google Pixel 11 leak points to Tensor G6 PowerVR CXT GPU

Google's Pixel 11 series is expected to use the Tensor G6 chip, and an Android Authority report says a new leak points to a PowerVR CXT GPU in that processor. The report says the Pixel 11 phones are still a few months away and links the new leak to earlier 2024 reports about Tensor G6 design trade-offs.

Android Authority says the leaked Tensor G6 details support older claims that Google may switch from the DXT GPU used in Tensor G5 to a PowerVR CXT GPU. Based on that comparison, the report says Tensor G6 may deliver no graphics performance gains over Tensor G5. The same leak also suggests Tensor G6 could move to Arm's C1-Ultra and C1-Pro CPU cores.

The report concerns a smartphone application processor rather than eSIM-specific hardware, but it matters to the device market because Google's Pixel 11 series is expected to be one of the next flagship Android launches. For the eSIM sector, new Pixel devices are relevant because Pixel phones are established eSIM-capable smartphones, although this report does not add any new eSIM specifications, eUICC details, or Remote SIM Provisioning (RSP, the system that downloads and manages eSIM profiles) information for the Pixel 11.