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Huawei Kirin 8000 vs Huawei Kirin 990 5G

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—Inno Score
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34.9Inno Score
30.7CPU33.3
—Benchmarks48.6
20Efficiencyspec-based20
1 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 80001 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 990 5G

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Huawei Kirin 8000 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 8000

No decisive spec advantages — this side competes on price and preference.

Reasons to pick the Huawei Kirin 990 5G

  • 19% higher Max clock: 2.86 GHz vs 2.4 GHz

General

General comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Huawei Kirin 990 5G
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Huawei Kirin 990 5G
Announced20232019
Process7 nm7 nm
Architecture—ARM (Cortex-A76 and Cortex-A55 cores)

CPU

CPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Huawei Kirin 990 5G
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Huawei Kirin 990 5G
Cores88
Core configuration1x2.4 GHz + 3x2.19 GHz + 4x1.84 GHz2x2.86 GHz Cortex-A76 + 2x2.36 GHz Cortex-A76 + 4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A55
Max clock2.4 GHz2.86 GHz+19%

GPU

GPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Huawei Kirin 990 5G
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Huawei Kirin 990 5G
GPU—Arm Mali-G76 MP16

AI

AI comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Huawei Kirin 990 5G
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Huawei Kirin 990 5G
NPU—HUAWEI Da Vinci NPU (2x Ascend Lite + 1x Ascend Tiny)

Memory

Memory comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Huawei Kirin 990 5G
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Huawei Kirin 990 5G
Memory type—LPDDR4X

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Huawei Kirin 990 5G
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Huawei Kirin 990 5G
Modem—Integrated 5G modem (SA/NSA)
Max download—2.3 Gbps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Huawei Kirin 990 5G
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Huawei Kirin 990 5G
AnTuTu—778,713Bottom 27%
AnTuTu 11 (CPU)—267,234Bottom 22%
AnTuTu 11 (GPU)—130,102Bottom 34%
AnTuTu 11 (Memory)—188,134Bottom 50%
AnTuTu 11 (UX)—193,243Bottom 15%
Geekbench 6 (single)—1,023Top 50%
Geekbench 6 (multi)—3,419Top 38%

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