The Google Tensor G2 chip is now officially launched with it being used in the Google Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro and Pixel Tablet. With the second generation of Google Tensor, the chip is now manufactured using 4nm technology which provides better energy savings compared to the first generation Tensor chip which uses 5nm technology.
The Tensor G2 is equipped with two 2.85GHz Cortex-X1 CPU cores, two 2.35Ghz Cortex-A76 CPU cores and four 1.8GHz Cortex-A55 CPU cores. This is the same core used on the Tensor G1. Changes are made to the core speed and the GPU now switches to ARM Mali G710 MP07 from the previous Mali G78 MP20.
The capabilities of artificial intelligence are also improved with a new TPU that allows various features such as translating, and deleting objects in the picture to be done faster.
With increased power, the G2 can speed up the process of taking Night Sight photos and ensure the images taken using machine learning. This activates a new Photo Unblur mode that can restore the sharpness of blurry photos or old photos taken with an old camera with low resolution. All pictures taken are also at 10-bit settings as opposed to just 8-bit on the Tensor G1.
In terms of security, there is still a Titan M2 security chip to ensure user data is always safe in the device. On paper the performance and specification improvements are slight but Google seems to be focusing on software to give their devices an edge over other manufacturers' Android devices.