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Huawei Kirin XE90 vs Intel Core Ultra X9 388H

Huawei Kirin XE90
—Inno Score
VS
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
69.6Inno Score
—Single-core74.6
—Multi-core61.3
—Efficiencyspec-based81.4
—iGPU88.3
—Platformspec-based56.4
0 spec wins — Huawei Kirin XE901 spec wins — Intel Core Ultra X9 388H

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 X9 388H

  • 300% higher Max TDP: 80 W vs 20 W

General

General comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
Announced20262026
Process—2 nm
Base TDP—25 W
Max TDP20 W80 W+300%

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
Cores—16
Performance cores—4
Efficiency cores—12
Threads—16
Base clock—2.1 GHz
Boost clock—5.1 GHz
L3 cache—18 MB

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
iGPU—Intel Arc B390
iGPU clock—2,500 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
Memory support—LPDDR5X
Max memory—96 GB

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
Geekbench 6 (single)—3,038Top 19%
Geekbench 6 (multi)—17,395Top 15%
Cinebench R23 (single)—2,201Top 7%
Cinebench R23 (multi)—18,911Top 19%
PassMark—36,409Top 16%
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)—6,501Top 3%

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