Kirin 9100 performance leaks: Next-gen Kirin SoC to bring major uplift and beat two year old Snapdragon flagship
Huawei is expected to launch the Mate 70 series of smartphones later this year. Rumors have suggested that the company’s new flagship phones will come with the latest Kirin SoC, possibly the Kirin 9100. According to a recent leak by jasonwill on X, the Kirin 9100 could bring a phenomenal performance lead vs Huawei’s current champ, the Kirin 9010.
The leaker claims that Huawei’s next flagship Kirin chip will outperform the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 with “higher overall performance”. Moreover, the Kirin 9100’s performance could result in an improved user experience even though the on-paper specifications of the Kirin SoC “may not match those of the 8gen3”.
If Huawei’s next-gen Kirin SoC is indeed faster than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, this would be a monumental gain from the Kirin 9010 which fails to compete even with mid-range chips like the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2.
While we don’t have a ton of technical details regarding the Kirin 9100 chip, reports have claimed the SoC could utilize the SMIC’s 5 nm process node and new TaiShan small cores which are both more power efficient and performant than the A510 cores found inside the Kirin 9000S.
Since Huawei is yet to share any official details about its new SoC and we’ve heard a rumor about performance that trails the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, take jasonwill's lofty claims with a healthy dose of skepticism.
The next-gen Huawei Kirin flagship chip will undoubtedly have a higher overall performance than the SD8gen2.
— jasonwill (@jasonwill101) July 7, 2024
Although the paper specifications may not match those of the 8gen3, the actual experience will certainly be better.
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![New Huawei TaiShan cores are said to offer a 1.75x performance uplift when compared to the Kirin 9000S (image source: Huawei [edited])](fileadmin/_processed_/1/e/csm_Huawei-Kirin_8695f0011b.jpg)
