Google has just released the Pixel 10a globally (curr. $499 on Amazon). In previous years, the company has equipped its A series smartphones with the same chipset generation as their flagship counterparts. However, the Pixel 10a arrived with the older Tensor G4 instead of the Tensor G5 found across other Pixel 10 smartphones.

Now, a leaked Geekbench listing suggests that Google is plotting an unusual departure for the forthcoming Pixel 11 series. As always, the benchmarking platform does not provide a retail name. Nonetheless, ‘Google Kodiak’ has already been established as the codename for the Pixel 10 Pro XL.

Previously, the company was expected to have based the Tensor G6 around TSMC’s N3P node with one ARM Cortex-X930 prime core, six Cortex-A730 performance cores and a Cortex-A530 efficiency core. If an early Geekbench leak is anything to go by, then the Tensor G6 may have one fewer CPU core than previously believed.

Specifically, the benchmark listing mentions a prime core clocked at 4.11 GHz, with four cores in cluster 2 hitting 3.38 GHz and two cores in cluster 3 reaching 2.65 GHz. Moreover, the listing references 12 GB of RAM and a PowerVR C-series CXTP-48-1536 iGPU to replace the DXT-48-1536 inside the Tensor G5. At this stage, there is no guarantee that this listing is genuine. The Pixel 11 series is not expected until the summer, nor is the Tensor G6 chipset.