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Huawei Kirin T90A vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

Huawei Kirin T90A
31.7Inno Score
VS
WINNER
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
31.9Inno Score
34.4CPU31.5
28.4GPU25.4
—Benchmarks42
—AIspec-based29
—Efficiencyspec-based32.1
4 spec wins — Huawei Kirin T90A1 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

InnoReviews verdict

This one is close to a dead heat: Huawei Kirin T90A scores 31.7 against 31.9 for Qualcomm Snapdragon 855. Pick by the categories that matter to you, or by price.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Huawei Kirin T90A

  • Stronger GPU score: 28 vs 25
  • 45% higher Geekbench 6 (multi): 3,987 vs 2,757
  • 42% higher 3DMark Wild Life Extreme: 1,233 vs 867
  • 22% higher Geekbench 6 (single): 1,229 vs 1,008

Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

  • 14% higher Max clock: 2.84 GHz vs 2.5 GHz

General

General comparison: Huawei Kirin T90A versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
SpecHuawei Kirin T90AQualcomm Snapdragon 855
Announced20242019
Process—7 nm
TDP (typical)—10 W
ArchitectureARM (HiSilicon cores + Cortex-A510)Armv8.2

CPU

CPU comparison: Huawei Kirin T90A versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
SpecHuawei Kirin T90AQualcomm Snapdragon 855
Cores88
Core configuration1x2.5 GHz Big + 3x2.2 GHz Mid + 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A510 Little1x2.84 GHz Cortex-A76 + 3x2.42 GHz Cortex-A76 + 4x1.79 GHz Cortex-A55
Max clock2.5 GHz2.84 GHz+14%

GPU

GPU comparison: Huawei Kirin T90A versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
SpecHuawei Kirin T90AQualcomm Snapdragon 855
GPUHiSilicon Maleoon 910Qualcomm Adreno 640

AI

AI comparison: Huawei Kirin T90A versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
SpecHuawei Kirin T90AQualcomm Snapdragon 855
NPU—Qualcomm Hexagon 690
AI performance—7 TOPS

Memory

Memory comparison: Huawei Kirin T90A versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
SpecHuawei Kirin T90AQualcomm Snapdragon 855
Memory type—LPDDR4X-2133
Max bandwidth—34.1 GB/s

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Huawei Kirin T90A versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
SpecHuawei Kirin T90AQualcomm Snapdragon 855
Modem—Snapdragon X24 LTE
Wi-FiWi-Fi 6Wi-Fi 5
Bluetooth5.25.0

Media

Media comparison: Huawei Kirin T90A versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
SpecHuawei Kirin T90AQualcomm Snapdragon 855
Max display—4K @ 60Hz
Video capture—4K@60fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Huawei Kirin T90A versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
SpecHuawei Kirin T90AQualcomm Snapdragon 855
AnTuTu—600,000
Geekbench 6 (single)1,229+22%Top 38%1,008Bottom 48%
Geekbench 6 (multi)3,987+45%Top 32%2,757Bottom 48%
3DMark Wild Life Extreme1,233+42%Bottom 48%867Bottom 36%

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