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Apple M1 (8-core) vs Huawei Kirin XE90

Apple M1 (8-core)
47.3Inno Score
VS
Huawei Kirin XE90
—Inno Score
53.6Single-core—
35.8Multi-core—
80Efficiencyspec-based—
31.1Platformspec-based—
0 spec wins — Apple M1 (8-core)1 spec wins — Huawei Kirin XE90

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Huawei Kirin XE90 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

General

General comparison: Apple M1 (8-core) versus Huawei Kirin XE90
SpecApple M1 (8-core)Huawei Kirin XE90
Announced20202026
Process5 nm—
Max TDP—20 W

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: Apple M1 (8-core) versus Huawei Kirin XE90
SpecApple M1 (8-core)Huawei Kirin XE90
Cores8—
Performance cores4—
Efficiency cores4—
Threads8—
Boost clock3.2 GHz—

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: Apple M1 (8-core) versus Huawei Kirin XE90
SpecApple M1 (8-core)Huawei Kirin XE90
iGPUApple 8-core GPU—

Memory

Memory comparison: Apple M1 (8-core) versus Huawei Kirin XE90
SpecApple M1 (8-core)Huawei Kirin XE90
Memory supportLPDDR4X-4266—
Max memory16 GB—

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Apple M1 (8-core) versus Huawei Kirin XE90
SpecApple M1 (8-core)Huawei Kirin XE90
Geekbench 6 (single)2,340Bottom 38%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)8,350Bottom 28%—
Cinebench R23 (single)1,500Bottom 32%—
Cinebench R23 (multi)7,760Bottom 25%—
PassMark14,122Bottom 29%—

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