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Huawei Kirin 9000S vs Huawei Kirin 9030

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35.5Inno Score
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—Inno Score
32CPU40
31.3GPU—
46.6Benchmarks—
—AIspec-based66.9
34.5Efficiencyspec-based52
0 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 9000S3 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 9030

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Huawei Kirin 9030 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 9000S

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

Reasons to pick the Huawei Kirin 9030

  • Stronger CPU score: 40 vs 32
  • 29% lower process: 5 nm vs 7 nm

General

General comparison: Huawei Kirin 9000S versus Huawei Kirin 9030
SpecHuawei Kirin 9000SHuawei Kirin 9030
Announced20232025
Process7 nm5 nm+29%
TDP (typical)9 W—
Architecture—ARM (ARMv8, Taishan V124 cores)

CPU

CPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 9000S versus Huawei Kirin 9030
SpecHuawei Kirin 9000SHuawei Kirin 9030
Cores88
Core configuration1x2.62 GHz Taishan Big + 3x2.15 GHz Taishan Mid + 4x1.53 GHz Cortex-A5101x2.75 GHz Taishan V124 Big + 3x2.27 GHz Taishan V124 Mid + 4x1.72 GHz Taishan V124 Tiny
Max clock2.62 GHz2.75 GHz+5%

GPU

GPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 9000S versus Huawei Kirin 9030
SpecHuawei Kirin 9000SHuawei Kirin 9030
GPUMaleoon 910HiSilicon Maleoon 935A
GPU clock750 MHz—

AI

AI comparison: Huawei Kirin 9000S versus Huawei Kirin 9030
SpecHuawei Kirin 9000SHuawei Kirin 9030
NPUHiSilicon Da Vinci NPUHiSilicon Ascend NPU
AI performance—29 TOPS

Memory

Memory comparison: Huawei Kirin 9000S versus Huawei Kirin 9030
SpecHuawei Kirin 9000SHuawei Kirin 9030
Memory typeLPDDR5LPDDR5X

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Huawei Kirin 9000S versus Huawei Kirin 9030
SpecHuawei Kirin 9000SHuawei Kirin 9030
ModemIntegrated 5G modem (unannounced)—
Wi-Fi—Wi-Fi 7
Bluetooth—6.0

Media

Media comparison: Huawei Kirin 9000S versus Huawei Kirin 9030
SpecHuawei Kirin 9000SHuawei Kirin 9030
Video capture4K@60fps—

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Huawei Kirin 9000S versus Huawei Kirin 9030
SpecHuawei Kirin 9000SHuawei Kirin 9030
AnTuTu720,000—
Geekbench 6 (single)1,050Top 48%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)3,300Top 42%—
3DMark Wild Life Extreme1,300Bottom 33%—

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