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Huawei
Huawei Kirin 9030 Pro
Huawei's in-house Kirin 9030 Pro headlines the Mate 80 Pro, Pro Max and Mate 80 RS, pairing nine custom Taishan V124 cores with a Maleoon 935 GPU and a 29-TOPS NPU; independent Geekbench 6 testing shows only modest CPU gains over the prior Kirin 9020 despite the extra core and higher clocks, underscoring Huawei's continued sanctions-era manufacturing limits.
Pros
- Nine-core, 14-thread Taishan V124 design is a fully custom, sanctions-resilient CPU built without Arm's stock cores
- Up to 42% overall performance gain over the prior Kirin generation, per Huawei's own figures
- 29 TOPS NPU supports on-device HarmonyOS 6 AI features
- Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.0 keep connectivity modern despite the chip's other constraints
Cons
- Huawei has never disclosed the official process node, exact NPU architecture name, or modem specifications
- Maleoon 935 GPU and CPU benchmark scores still trail Snapdragon and Dimensity flagship-class rivals
- 5G modem download/upload speeds remain unannounced and unverified
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Huawei Kirin 9030 Pro
General
- Announced
- 2025
- Architecture
- ARMv8
CPU
- Cores
- 9
- Core configuration
- 1x2.75 GHz Taishan V124 Prime + 4x2.27 GHz Taishan V124 Mid + 4x1.72 GHz Taishan V124 Tiny
- Max clock
- 2.75 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- HiSilicon Maleoon 935
- GPU clock
- 933 MHz
AI
- NPU
- HiSilicon Ascend NPU
- AI performance
- 29 TOPS
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR5X
Connectivity
- Modem
- Integrated 5G modem (unannounced)
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 7
- Bluetooth
- 6.0
Media
- Video capture
- 4K
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 1,558Top 25%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 5,869Top 19%
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 3,234Top 25%
Devices with the Huawei Kirin 9030 Pro
5 devices in our catalog use this chip
Quick answers
Is the Huawei Kirin 9030 Pro good in 2026?
The Huawei Kirin 9030 Pro earns an Inno Score of 48.3/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Huawei's in-house Kirin 9030 Pro headlines the Mate 80 Pro, Pro Max and Mate 80 RS, pairing nine custom Taishan V124 cores with a Maleoon 935 GPU and a 29-TOPS NPU; independent Geekbench 6 testing shows only modest CPU gains over the prior Kirin 9020 despite the extra core and higher clocks, underscoring Huawei's continued sanctions-era manufacturing limits.
Which devices use the Huawei Kirin 9030 Pro?
5 devices in our catalog use the Huawei Kirin 9030 Pro: Huawei Mate 80 RS Ultimate Design, Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max, Huawei Mate 80 Pro, Huawei Mate X7, Huawei Pura X Max.
What are the key specs of the Huawei Kirin 9030 Pro?
Cores: 9 · GPU: HiSilicon Maleoon 935
What are the closest alternatives to the Huawei Kirin 9030 Pro?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Google Tensor G3, MediaTek Dimensity 9000, Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
