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Huawei Kirin 9030 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

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—Inno Score
VS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
52.1Inno Score
42.8CPU34.1
63.3GPU—
—Benchmarks62.8
66.9AIspec-based—
—Efficiencyspec-based73.8
3 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 9030 Pro1 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Huawei Kirin 9030 Pro 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 9030 Pro

  • Stronger CPU score: 43 vs 34
  • 78% higher Geekbench 6 (multi): 5,869 vs 3,300
  • 30% higher Geekbench 6 (single): 1,558 vs 1,200
  • 13% higher cores: 9 vs 8

Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

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

General

General comparison: Huawei Kirin 9030 Pro versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
SpecHuawei Kirin 9030 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Announced20252025
Process—4 nm
TDP (typical)—6 W
ArchitectureARMv8Armv9

CPU

CPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 9030 Pro versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
SpecHuawei Kirin 9030 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Cores9+13%8
Core configuration1x2.75 GHz Taishan V124 Prime + 4x2.27 GHz Taishan V124 Mid + 4x1.72 GHz Taishan V124 Tiny1x2.8 GHz Cortex-A720 + 3x2.4 GHz Cortex-A720 + 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A520
Max clock2.75 GHz2.8 GHz+2%

GPU

GPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 9030 Pro versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
SpecHuawei Kirin 9030 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
GPUHiSilicon Maleoon 935Qualcomm Adreno 722
GPU clock933 MHz—

AI

AI comparison: Huawei Kirin 9030 Pro versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
SpecHuawei Kirin 9030 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
NPUHiSilicon Ascend NPUQualcomm Hexagon
AI performance29 TOPS—

Memory

Memory comparison: Huawei Kirin 9030 Pro versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
SpecHuawei Kirin 9030 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Memory typeLPDDR5XLPDDR5
Max bandwidth—25.6 GB/s

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Huawei Kirin 9030 Pro versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
SpecHuawei Kirin 9030 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
ModemIntegrated 5G modem (unannounced)Snapdragon X63 5G
Wi-FiWi-Fi 7Wi-Fi 6E
Bluetooth6.05.4

Media

Media comparison: Huawei Kirin 9030 Pro versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
SpecHuawei Kirin 9030 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Max display—FHD+ @ 144Hz
Video capture4K4K@30fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Huawei Kirin 9030 Pro versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
SpecHuawei Kirin 9030 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
AnTuTu—1,369,654Top 48%
AnTuTu 11 (CPU)—468,458Top 45%
AnTuTu 11 (GPU)—326,383Top 48%
AnTuTu 11 (Memory)—225,557Top 48%
AnTuTu 11 (UX)—349,256Top 50%
Geekbench 6 (single)1,558+30%Top 29%1,200Top 39%
Geekbench 6 (multi)5,869+78%Top 20%3,300Top 40%

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