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Huawei Kirin X90 Plus vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100

Huawei Kirin X90 Plus
—Inno Score
VS
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
50.6Inno Score
—Single-core51.7
—Multi-core44.4
67Efficiencyspec-based88.6
—iGPU44.8
—Platformspec-based29.1
1 spec wins — Huawei Kirin X90 Plus1 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Huawei Kirin X90 Plus 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?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Huawei Kirin X90 Plus

No decisive spec advantages — this side competes on price and preference.

Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100

  • 46% lower Base TDP: 15 W vs 28 W

General

General comparison: Huawei Kirin X90 Plus versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
SpecHuawei Kirin X90 PlusQualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
Announced20262024
Process—4 nm
Base TDP28 W15 W+46%
Max TDP—30 W

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: Huawei Kirin X90 Plus versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
SpecHuawei Kirin X90 PlusQualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
Cores—8
Performance cores—8
Threads—8
Base clock—3.2 GHz
Boost clock—3.4 GHz
L3 cache—6 MB

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: Huawei Kirin X90 Plus versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
SpecHuawei Kirin X90 PlusQualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
iGPU—Qualcomm Adreno X1-45
iGPU clock—1,250 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: Huawei Kirin X90 Plus versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
SpecHuawei Kirin X90 PlusQualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
Memory support—LPDDR5X-8448

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Huawei Kirin X90 Plus versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
SpecHuawei Kirin X90 PlusQualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100
Geekbench 6 (single)—2,408Bottom 43%
Geekbench 6 (multi)—11,303Bottom 51%
PassMark—17,824Bottom 42%
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)—918Bottom 34%

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