Pixel 11 Tensor G6 Trails Rivals by 52% in CPU Tests as TPU Jumps 50%
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Updated · Android Authority · Aug 18
Pixel 11 Tensor G6 Trails Rivals by 52% in CPU Tests as TPU Jumps 50%
3 articles · Updated · Android Authority · Aug 18
Summary
Geekbench 6 tests show Tensor G6 lifts Pixel 11 CPU performance only modestly—about 18% single-core and 21% multi-core year on year—while still lagging Samsung’s Exynos 2600 by 18% and 51% respectively.
3DMark results paint a weaker gaming picture: GPU gains are just 7% to 10%, and performance falls below last year’s Pixel 10 after a few minutes of stress testing despite improved peak clocks.
Snapdragon rivals keep a 37% single-core and 52% multi-core lead, while their graphics often more than double Tensor G6; Apple holds a 44% CPU edge and Samsung’s Xclipse GPU is about 90% faster.
Google appears to have traded raw CPU and GPU muscle for AI, boosting TPU performance by 50%, but the strategy is harder to justify with the Pixel 11 Pro cut to 12GB of RAM from 16GB.
The gap matters beyond benchmarks because Google sells Pixel phones on seven-year longevity, yet the latest chip still lacks ray tracing and remains a generation or two behind flagship competitors on sustained performance.