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Huawei Kirin XE90 vs Intel Core 5 120U

Huawei Kirin XE90
—Inno Score
VS
Intel Core 5 120U
51.6Inno Score
—Single-core59.8
—Multi-core36.2
—Efficiencyspec-based75.3
—Platformspec-based50.3
1 spec wins — Huawei Kirin XE901 spec wins — Intel Core 5 120U

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?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Huawei Kirin XE90

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

Reasons to pick the Intel Core 5 120U

  • 175% higher Max TDP: 55 W vs 20 W

General

General comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Intel Core 5 120U
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Intel Core 5 120U
Announced20262024
Process—10 nm
Base TDP—15 W
Max TDP20 W55 W+175%

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Intel Core 5 120U
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Intel Core 5 120U
Cores—10
Performance cores—2
Efficiency cores—8
Threads—12
Base clock—1.4 GHz
Boost clock—5 GHz
L3 cache—12 MB

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Intel Core 5 120U
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Intel Core 5 120U
iGPU—Intel Iris Xe (80 EU)
iGPU clock—1,300 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Intel Core 5 120U
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Intel Core 5 120U
Memory support—LPDDR5X-5200 / DDR5-5200 / DDR4-3200 / LPDDR4X-4267
Max memory—96 GB

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Intel Core 5 120U
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Intel Core 5 120U
Geekbench 6 (single)—2,469Bottom 50%
Geekbench 6 (multi)—9,070Bottom 33%
Cinebench R23 (single)—1,757Top 44%
Cinebench R23 (multi)—6,659Bottom 19%
PassMark—14,877Bottom 30%

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