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Huawei Kirin XE90 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100

Huawei Kirin XE90
—Inno Score
VS
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100
55.1Inno Score
—Single-core51.6
—Multi-core52.1
—Efficiencyspec-based79.3
—iGPU57.4
—Platformspec-based42.4
1 spec wins — Huawei Kirin XE901 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100

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 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100

  • 300% higher Max TDP: 80 W vs 20 W

General

General comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100
Announced20262023
Process—4 nm
Base TDP—23 W
Max TDP20 W80 W+300%

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100
Cores—12
Performance cores—12
Threads—12
Base clock—3.4 GHz
Boost clock—3.4 GHz
L3 cache—6 MB

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100
iGPU—Qualcomm Adreno X1-85
iGPU clock—1,250 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100
Memory support—LPDDR5X-8448
Max memory—64 GB

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Huawei Kirin XE90 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100
SpecHuawei Kirin XE90Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100
Geekbench 6 (single)—2,400Bottom 40%
Geekbench 6 (multi)—14,200Top 31%
PassMark—22,695Top 42%
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)—1,616Top 39%

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