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Huawei Kirin 980
The world's first 7nm mobile chip (Mate 20, P30 Pro): dual-NPU AI ambitions and Cortex-A76 cores a full cycle before rivals. Historically important - and the last Kirin generation with unrestricted global reach.
Pros
- First to 7nm and first A76 implementation
- Strong dual-NPU story for 2018
- Powered Huawei's imperial-phase flagships
Cons
- Mali-G76 MP10 trailed Adreno
- Pre-sanctions ecosystem only
- No modern support path
Awaiting benchmarks
No Inno Score yet: CPU still needs a published benchmark result.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Huawei Kirin 980
General
- Announced
- 2018
- Process
- 7 nm
- TDP (typical)
- 8 W
- Architecture
- Armv8.2
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 2x2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 + 2x1.92 GHz Cortex-A76 + 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55
- Max clock
- 2.6 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Arm Mali-G76 MP10
AI
- NPU
- Dual NPU (Da Vinci predecessor)
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR4X-2133
- Max bandwidth
- 34.1 GB/s
Connectivity
- Modem
- Integrated LTE Cat-21
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 5
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
Media
- Max display
- FHD+ @ 60Hz
- Video capture
- 4K@30fps
Benchmarks
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 676Bottom 45%
Devices with the Huawei Kirin 980
1 device in our catalog uses this chip
Quick answers
Is the Huawei Kirin 980 good in 2026?
We haven't scored the Huawei Kirin 980 yet: there are no published CPU benchmark results for it in our database, and we don't score chips on their spec sheet alone. The world's first 7nm mobile chip (Mate 20, P30 Pro): dual-NPU AI ambitions and Cortex-A76 cores a full cycle before rivals. Historically important - and the last Kirin generation with unrestricted global reach.
Which devices use the Huawei Kirin 980?
One device in our catalog uses the Huawei Kirin 980: Huawei P30 Pro.
What are the key specs of the Huawei Kirin 980?
Cores: 8 · Process: 7 nm · GPU: Arm Mali-G76 MP10
What are the closest alternatives to the Huawei Kirin 980?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Huawei Kirin 990 5G, Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
