Huawei launched four new Mate 90 series phones in China yesterday, with the more capable Pro Max and RS models featuring the brand's latest Kirin 9050 Pro chipset. A fresh Geekbench test run for the Mate 90 Pro Max (CMM-AL10) reveals the Kirin 9050 Pro's CPU performance falls between the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. On Geekbench 7, the device scored an average of 1,317 single-core points and 5,381 multi-core points, with a peak of 1,528 single-core and 6,169 multi-core.
Geekbench reveals the Kirin 9050 Pro features a nine-core CPU with a Prime ultra core clocked at 3.1GHz, joined by 6x performance cores @2.7GHz and 2.2GHz alongside 2x efficiency cores at 1.75GHz. It also boasts a Maleoon 955 GPU with six cores clocked at 1.05 GHz. According to Bernstein Research, the Kirin 9050 Pro is fabbed on a 7nm class process node using SMIC's N+2 or N+3 process tech.
This information remains unconfirmed by Huawei but represents the best available data. The launch marks Huawei's return to domestic chip production after U.S. sanctions restricted access to advanced manufacturing.
Source: GSMArena · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing