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Huawei Kirin 9030S vs Samsung Exynos 1680

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—Inno Score
VS
Samsung Exynos 1680
50.2Inno Score
38.7CPU38.7
—GPU40.8
—Benchmarks62.7
—AIspec-based56.5
—Efficiencyspec-based68
0 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 9030S1 spec wins — Samsung Exynos 1680

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Huawei Kirin 9030S 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?

General

General comparison: Huawei Kirin 9030S versus Samsung Exynos 1680
SpecHuawei Kirin 9030SSamsung Exynos 1680
Announced20262026
Process—4 nm
ArchitectureARM (Taishan V124 cores)Armv9.2

CPU

CPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 9030S versus Samsung Exynos 1680
SpecHuawei Kirin 9030SSamsung Exynos 1680
Cores88
Core configuration1x2.7 GHz Taishan V124 Big + 3x2.15 GHz Taishan V124 Mid + 4x1.62 GHz Taishan V124 Little1x2.9 GHz Cortex-A720 + 4x2.6 GHz Cortex-A720 + 3x1.95 GHz Cortex-A520
Max clock2.7 GHz2.9 GHz+7%

GPU

GPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 9030S versus Samsung Exynos 1680
SpecHuawei Kirin 9030SSamsung Exynos 1680
GPU—Samsung Xclipse 550
GPU clock—1,200 MHz

AI

AI comparison: Huawei Kirin 9030S versus Samsung Exynos 1680
SpecHuawei Kirin 9030SSamsung Exynos 1680
NPU—Samsung NPU
AI performance—20 TOPS

Memory

Memory comparison: Huawei Kirin 9030S versus Samsung Exynos 1680
SpecHuawei Kirin 9030SSamsung Exynos 1680
Memory type—LPDDR5X

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Huawei Kirin 9030S versus Samsung Exynos 1680
SpecHuawei Kirin 9030SSamsung Exynos 1680
Modem—Integrated Exynos 5G modem
Max download—5.1 Gbps
Wi-Fi—Wi-Fi 6E
Bluetooth—6.1

Media

Media comparison: Huawei Kirin 9030S versus Samsung Exynos 1680
SpecHuawei Kirin 9030SSamsung Exynos 1680
Max display—FHD+ @ 144Hz
Video capture—4K@60fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Huawei Kirin 9030S versus Samsung Exynos 1680
SpecHuawei Kirin 9030SSamsung Exynos 1680
AnTuTu—1,363,464
Geekbench 6 (single)—1,376Top 35%
Geekbench 6 (multi)—4,411Top 29%
3DMark Wild Life Extreme—1,742Top 62%

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