Huawei Kirin XE90 vs Intel Core 5 120U
—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
| Spec | Huawei Kirin XE90 | Intel Core 5 120U |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2026 | 2024 |
| Process | — | 10 nm |
| Base TDP | — | 15 W |
| Max TDP | 20 W | 55 W+175% |
Cores & Clocks
| Spec | Huawei Kirin XE90 | Intel 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
| Spec | Huawei Kirin XE90 | Intel Core 5 120U |
|---|---|---|
| iGPU | — | Intel Iris Xe (80 EU) |
| iGPU clock | — | 1,300 MHz |
Memory
| Spec | Huawei Kirin XE90 | Intel Core 5 120U |
|---|---|---|
| Memory support | — | LPDDR5X-5200 / DDR5-5200 / DDR4-3200 / LPDDR4X-4267 |
| Max memory | — | 96 GB |
Benchmarks
| Spec | Huawei Kirin XE90 | Intel 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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