Huawei
Huawei Kirin 990 5G
HiSilicon's flagship 5G chip, announced at IFA in September 2019 for the Huawei Mate 30 series and later used in the P40 Pro. It pairs two 2.86GHz and two 2.36GHz Cortex-A76 cores with four Cortex-A55 cores, a 16-core Mali-G76 GPU and an integrated 5G modem, built on a 7nm+ EUV process.
Pros
- Integrated 5G modem supporting SA and NSA networks, with peak downloads of 2.3Gbps quoted at launch
- Da Vinci NPU with two Ascend Lite cores and one Ascend Tiny core for on-device AI
- Geekbench 6 multi-core of 3,419 in review testing, ahead of the Snapdragon 870's 3,357 in the same comparison
- Eight-core CPU with two Cortex-A76 cores at 2.86GHz, built on a 7nm+ EUV process
Cons
- Cortex-A76 and Cortex-A55 cores, a Mali-G76 GPU and LPDDR4X memory date from 2019
- Reported GPU clock differs between sources (600MHz in one, up to 700MHz in another) and Huawei does not state it
- The P40 Pro 5G scored 778,713 in AnTuTu 11, the last of 127 entries in AnTuTu's August 2026 Android ranking
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Huawei Kirin 990 5G
General
- Announced
- 2019
- Process
- 7 nm
- Architecture
- ARM (Cortex-A76 and Cortex-A55 cores)
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 2x2.86 GHz Cortex-A76 + 2x2.36 GHz Cortex-A76 + 4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A55
- Max clock
- 2.86 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Arm Mali-G76 MP16
AI
- NPU
- HUAWEI Da Vinci NPU (2x Ascend Lite + 1x Ascend Tiny)
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR4X
Connectivity
- Modem
- Integrated 5G modem (SA/NSA)
- Max download
- 2.3 Gbps
Benchmarks
- AnTuTu 11
- 778,713Bottom 27%
- AnTuTu 11 (CPU)
- 267,234Bottom 22%
- AnTuTu 11 (GPU)
- 130,102Bottom 34%
- AnTuTu 11 (Memory)
- 188,134Bottom 50%
- AnTuTu 11 (UX)
- 193,243Bottom 15%
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 1,023Top 50%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 3,419Top 38%
Devices with the Huawei Kirin 990 5G
1 device in our catalog uses this chip
Quick answers
Is the Huawei Kirin 990 5G good in 2026?
The Huawei Kirin 990 5G earns an Inno Score of 34.9/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. HiSilicon's flagship 5G chip, announced at IFA in September 2019 for the Huawei Mate 30 series and later used in the P40 Pro. It pairs two 2.86GHz and two 2.36GHz Cortex-A76 cores with four Cortex-A55 cores, a 16-core Mali-G76 GPU and an integrated 5G modem, built on a 7nm+ EUV process.
What is the Huawei Kirin 990 5G AnTuTu score?
The Huawei Kirin 990 5G scores 778,713 points in AnTuTu 11 (CPU 267,234, GPU 130,102, Memory 188,134, UX 193,243). In Geekbench 6 it reaches 1,023 single-core and 3,419 multi-core.
Which devices use the Huawei Kirin 990 5G?
One device in our catalog uses the Huawei Kirin 990 5G: Huawei P40 Pro.
What are the key specs of the Huawei Kirin 990 5G?
Cores: 8 · Process: 7 nm · AnTuTu: 778,713 · GPU: Arm Mali-G76 MP16
What are the closest alternatives to the Huawei Kirin 990 5G?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are MediaTek Dimensity 7050, Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2, Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
