Huawei
Huawei Kirin 9030
The standard chip in Huawei's Mate 80 Pro base configuration, built on SMIC's N+3 process (roughly 5nm-class). Its 8-core Taishan V124 CPU has one fewer mid-core than the Kirin 9030 Pro, pairing a Maleoon 935A GPU and a 29 TOPS Ascend NPU; Huawei has not published official specifications.
Pros
- Fabricated on SMIC's N+3 process, roughly a 5nm-class node, despite US sanctions
- Custom 8-core Taishan V124 CPU with simultaneous multithreading for 12 threads
- Integrated Ascend NPU rated at 29 TOPS of INT8 performance
- Supports LPDDR5X-9600 memory and Wi-Fi 7
Cons
- One fewer mid-core than the Kirin 9030 Pro limits multi-threaded headroom
- Huawei has not disclosed official specifications or benchmark results
- SMIC's N+3 node still trails true 5nm nodes from TSMC and Samsung in efficiency
Awaiting benchmarks
No Inno Score yet: CPU and GPU still need a published benchmark result.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Huawei Kirin 9030
General
- Announced
- 2025
- Process
- 5 nm
- Architecture
- ARM (ARMv8, Taishan V124 cores)
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 1x2.75 GHz Taishan V124 Big + 3x2.27 GHz Taishan V124 Mid + 4x1.72 GHz Taishan V124 Tiny
- Max clock
- 2.75 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- HiSilicon Maleoon 935A
AI
- NPU
- HiSilicon Ascend NPU
- AI performance
- 29 TOPS
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR5X
Connectivity
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 7
- Bluetooth
- 6.0
Quick answers
Is the Huawei Kirin 9030 good in 2026?
We haven't scored the Huawei Kirin 9030 yet: there are no published CPU and GPU benchmark results for it in our database, and we don't score chips on their spec sheet alone. The standard chip in Huawei's Mate 80 Pro base configuration, built on SMIC's N+3 process (roughly 5nm-class). Its 8-core Taishan V124 CPU has one fewer mid-core than the Kirin 9030 Pro, pairing a Maleoon 935A GPU and a 29 TOPS Ascend NPU; Huawei has not published official specifications.
What are the key specs of the Huawei Kirin 9030?
Cores: 8 · Process: 5 nm · GPU: HiSilicon Maleoon 935A
What are the closest alternatives to the Huawei Kirin 9030?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4, Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4, Dimensity 7400 Ultra — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
