Kirin 9000 AnTuTu result shows promising GPU results, 3.13 GHz CPU

While Huawei is still hesitant to officially unveil the Kirin 9000 chipset that will power its upcoming flagships, the results from AnTuTu and Geekbench have been leaked in sufficient quantities to give an early look at the performance we can expect.

Let’s start with the GPU, a Mali-G78 (core number unknown). It scores more than 287,000 points, well ahead of the current Android champion, the Snapdragon 865+ of the Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra, which scored 258,171. However, it is a bit behind the Exynos 1080 graphics score.

AnTuTu results: Kirin 9000 • Exynos 1080

Huawei has the first mover advantage as the Mate 40 should be out this year (and likely some Honor models too, assuming chip supply resumes). The new Exynos chips could arrive next year (this depends on when vivo will launch the X60, according to Ice Universe).

This phone, NOH-NX9, has a 90 Hz display and runs Android 10 (with EMUI) on 8 GB LPDDR5 RAM and 256 GB UFS 3.1 storage. It’s not entirely clear which phone this is exactly, although a Huawei Mate 40 is the most likely suspect (as this will be the first with the Kirin 9000).

Comparison: Kirin 9000 vs. Kirin 990 5G vs. Snapdragon 865

AnTuTu is a bit more detailed than Geekbench in its report. It turns out that the large Cortex-A77 cores are clocked at 3.13 GHz. This is even higher than the Snapdragon 865+, which is currently the leader in mobile clock speeds with a Prime Core at 3.09 GHz. This is partly due to the improved 5nm process.

The A77 is an older generation but has been used in some 2020 chipsets. It’s still an upgrade over the outgoing Kirin 990 5G and promises a 20% higher clock speed over the A76 cores.

GeekBench 5.1 (Multi-Core)

Higher is better

• Kirin 9000 (Leck)
  3688
• Asus ROG Phone 3 (144 Hz)
  3357
• Huawei P40 Pro +
  3203
• Exynos 2100 (leak)
  3107
• Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G
  2603

GeekBench 5.1 (Single-Core)

Higher is better

• Exynos 2100 (leak)
  1040
• Kirin 9000 (Leck)
  1016
• Asus ROG Phone 3 (144 Hz)
  975
• Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G
  880
• Huawei P40 Pro +
  781

The Kirin 9000 outperforms current Snapdragons in terms of single-core and multi-core performance, although we should see the first phones using the Snapdragon 875 in the first quarter of next year, which could potentially tip the balance of power in the other direction .

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