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Huawei Kirin XE90 vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX

Huawei Kirin XE90
—Inno Score
VS
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
72.2Inno Score
—Single-core76.8
—Multi-core83.4
—Efficiencyspec-based44.4
—iGPU60.5
—Platformspec-based73.9
1 spec wins — Huawei Kirin XE901 spec wins — Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX

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 9 285HX

  • 700% higher Max TDP: 160 W vs 20 W

General

General comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
Announced20262025
Process—3 nm
Base TDP—55 W
Max TDP20 W160 W+700%

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
Cores—24
Performance cores—8
Efficiency cores—16
Threads—24
Base clock—2.8 GHz
Boost clock—5.5 GHz
L3 cache—36 MB

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
iGPU—Intel Graphics (4 Xe-cores)
iGPU clock—2,000 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
Memory support—DDR5-6400
Max memory—256 GB

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
Geekbench 6 (single)—3,150Top 12%
Geekbench 6 (multi)—20,500Top 11%
Cinebench R23 (single)—2,250Top 4%
Cinebench R23 (multi)—37,500Top 3%
PassMark—56,512Top 4%
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)—1,855Top 36%

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