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Huawei Kirin 990 5G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6

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34.9Inno Score
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
—Inno Score
33.3CPU100
48.6Benchmarks—
20Efficiencyspec-based100
0 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 990 5G4 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 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 990 5G

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

Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6

  • Stronger CPU score: 100 vs 33
  • 543% higher Max download: 14.8 Gbps vs 2.3 Gbps
  • 75% higher Max clock: 5 GHz vs 2.86 GHz
  • 71% lower process: 2 nm vs 7 nm

General

General comparison: Huawei Kirin 990 5G versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
SpecHuawei Kirin 990 5GQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
Announced20192026
Process7 nm2 nm+71%
ArchitectureARM (Cortex-A76 and Cortex-A55 cores)64-bit Qualcomm Oryon CPU

CPU

CPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 990 5G versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
SpecHuawei Kirin 990 5GQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
Cores88
Core configuration2x2.86 GHz Cortex-A76 + 2x2.36 GHz Cortex-A76 + 4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A552x5.0 GHz Oryon Prime + 6x4.0 GHz Oryon Performance
Max clock2.86 GHz5 GHz+75%

GPU

GPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 990 5G versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
SpecHuawei Kirin 990 5GQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
GPUArm Mali-G76 MP16Adreno GPU

AI

AI comparison: Huawei Kirin 990 5G versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
SpecHuawei Kirin 990 5GQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
NPUHUAWEI Da Vinci NPU (2x Ascend Lite + 1x Ascend Tiny)Hexagon NPU

Memory

Memory comparison: Huawei Kirin 990 5G versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
SpecHuawei Kirin 990 5GQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
Memory typeLPDDR4XLPDDR5X/LPDDR6-5300

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Huawei Kirin 990 5G versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
SpecHuawei Kirin 990 5GQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
ModemIntegrated 5G modem (SA/NSA)Qualcomm X105 5G Modem-RF
Max download2.3 Gbps14.8 Gbps+543%
Wi-Fi—Wi-Fi 8
Bluetooth—6.0

Media

Media comparison: Huawei Kirin 990 5G versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
SpecHuawei Kirin 990 5GQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
Max display—4K+ @ 120Hz / QHD+ @ 240Hz
Video capture—8K@30fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Huawei Kirin 990 5G versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
SpecHuawei Kirin 990 5GQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
AnTuTu778,713Bottom 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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