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Huawei Kirin XE90 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

Huawei Kirin XE90
—Inno Score
VS
Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
53.7Inno Score
—Single-core57.6
—Multi-core39.3
—Efficiencyspec-based88.5
—iGPU73.7
—Platformspec-based32.7
1 spec wins — Huawei Kirin XE901 spec wins — Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

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 Ultra 5 226V

  • 85% higher Max TDP: 37 W vs 20 W

General

General comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
Announced20262024
Process—3 nm
Base TDP—17 W
Max TDP20 W37 W+85%

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
Cores—8
Performance cores—4
Efficiency cores—4
Threads—8
Base clock—2.1 GHz
Boost clock—4.5 GHz
L3 cache—8 MB

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
iGPU—Intel Arc 130V
iGPU clock—1,850 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
Memory support—LPDDR5X-8533 (on-package)
Max memory—16 GB

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
Geekbench 6 (single)—2,450Bottom 48%
Geekbench 6 (multi)—9,700Bottom 37%
Cinebench R23 (single)—1,650Bottom 45%
Cinebench R23 (multi)—8,700Bottom 30%
PassMark—17,934Bottom 43%
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)—3,371Top 10%

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