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Huawei Kirin 9000S
The sanctions-defying surprise inside the Mate 60 Pro: SMIC's 7nm N+2 process, Huawei's own Taishan cores with SMT and a Maleoon 910 GPU. Performance lands near 2021 flagships, but its mere existence rewrote the chip-war narrative.
Pros
- Made on SMIC 7nm despite US sanctions
- Custom Taishan cores with SMT for 12 threads
- Returned 5G to Huawei flagships
- Solid multi-core for its process node
Cons
- GPU only matches 2021 flagships
- 7nm efficiency penalty versus 4nm rivals
- Huawei never disclosed official specs
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Huawei Kirin 9000S
General
- Announced
- 2023
- Process
- 7 nm
- TDP (typical)
- 9 W
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 1x2.62 GHz Taishan Big + 3x2.15 GHz Taishan Mid + 4x1.53 GHz Cortex-A510
- Max clock
- 2.62 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Maleoon 910
- GPU clock
- 750 MHz
AI
- NPU
- HiSilicon Da Vinci NPU
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR5
Connectivity
- Modem
- Integrated 5G modem (unannounced)
Media
- Video capture
- 4K@60fps
Benchmarks
- AnTuTu 10
- 720,000
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 1,050
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 3,300
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 1,300
Quick answers
Is the Huawei Kirin 9000S good in 2026?
The Huawei Kirin 9000S earns an Inno Score of 28.7/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The sanctions-defying surprise inside the Mate 60 Pro: SMIC's 7nm N+2 process, Huawei's own Taishan cores with SMT and a Maleoon 910 GPU. Performance lands near 2021 flagships, but its mere existence rewrote the chip-war narrative.
What are the key specs of the Huawei Kirin 9000S?
Cores: 8 · Process: 7 nm · AnTuTu 10: 720,000 · GPU: Maleoon 910
What are the closest alternatives to the Huawei Kirin 9000S?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Qualcomm Snapdragon 870, Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1, MediaTek Dimensity 7200 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
