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Huawei Kirin XE90
The Kirin XE90 is Huawei's new efficiency-tier PC processor, launched in the China-only MateBook Pro S in August 2026. Huawei says it delivers 23% higher single-core performance, 25% better power efficiency and 40% higher NPU throughput than the Kirin X90, within a 20W TDP ceiling, but has not disclosed the chip's core layout.
Pros
- Positioned as Huawei's efficiency-tier counterpart to the performance-focused Kirin X90 Plus
- Huawei claims 23% higher single-core performance than the Kirin X90
- Huawei claims 25% better power efficiency than the Kirin X90
- Huawei claims 40% higher NPU throughput than the Kirin X90
- Capped at a 20W TDP to fit Huawei's thin-and-light MateBook Pro S chassis, per Huawei
Cons
- Huawei has not disclosed core count, clock speeds, cache size, integrated GPU, or the manufacturing process node
- Independent reports on the core configuration disagree with each other, and none is officially confirmed
- No independent Geekbench or Cinebench results have been published yet
- Sold only in China so far, in the MateBook Pro S starting at 7,999 yuan
Awaiting benchmarks
No Inno Score yet: single-core and multi-core still need a published benchmark result.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Huawei Kirin XE90
General
- Announced
- 2026
- Max TDP
- 20 W
Quick answers
Is the Huawei Kirin XE90 good in 2026?
We haven't scored the Huawei Kirin XE90 yet: there are no published single-core and multi-core benchmark results for it in our database, and we don't score chips on their spec sheet alone. The Kirin XE90 is Huawei's new efficiency-tier PC processor, launched in the China-only MateBook Pro S in August 2026. Huawei says it delivers 23% higher single-core performance, 25% better power efficiency and 40% higher NPU throughput than the Kirin X90, within a 20W TDP ceiling, but has not disclosed the chip's core layout.
What are the closest alternatives to the Huawei Kirin XE90?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Apple M5 Max (18-core), Apple M5 Pro (18-core), Apple M6 (12-core) — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
