Tipster says rumors about Huawei Kirin 9100 surpassing Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 were false

Past reports have hinted that the Huawei Kirin 9100 will bring a major performance uplift compared to the Kirin 9000S. A previous rumor claimed that it would perform better than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, and the power efficiency was said to be better than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (Galaxy S24 curr. $599.99 on Amazon).

However, now, another tipster named MyplaceMyworld on X says that these rumors are false. While it was believed that SMIC was able to develop a 5 nm node without EUV and that the new SoC would use it, this latest report suggests that we may see the Kirin 9100 relying on the old 7 nm node instead.

If that stands true, the performance improvement may not be as high as the previous leaks were pointing to. Instead, the Kirin 9100 that will be powering the upcoming Huawei Mate 70 series could only offer a slight uplift. Worth noting that previous reports suggest that the SMIC's 5 nm node without EUV would be 50% more expensive than TSMC's 5 nm node.

This could be a major obstacle for Huawei if the company wants to manufacture the Kirin 9100 with a 5 nm node. The yield wouldn't make much sense even if the new SoC can deliver much better performance than the Kirin 9000S with the new TaiShan cores.

Of course, all of these are still rumors, including the report about the Kirin 9100 shared by MyplaceMyworld on X. So, you should take these with a grain of salt.