Kirin 9010 Is Huawei’s Latest Smartphone SoC With A 12-core CPU Cluster, Is Regarded As A Faster Variant To The Kirin 9000S, Lithography Unknown

Huawei did not reveal much about the Kirin 9010, but the company could do little when it comes to controlling information after it officially announced the Pura 70 series. Compared to the Kirin 9000S that debuted in the Mate 60 family last year, the Kirin 9010 is a noteworthy upgrade, offering a 12-core configuration, along with other changes, as you will soon find out.

Kirin 9010 is not found in all Pura 70 flagships but does gain LPDDR5X RAM support and more

The 12-core cluster of the Kirin 9010 is in the ‘2 + 6 + 4’ configuration, making it a significant upgrade over the 8-core Kirin 9000S. In short, we should witness a boost in multi-core performance, though we should dial down the hype when talking about GPU performance. We say this because, like the Kirin 9000S, the Kirin 9010 is equipped with a Maleoon 910 GPU. However, there is a possibility that we are incorrect in our statement because Huawei may have increased the number of GPU cores on the Kirin 9010 compared to the one on the Kirin 9000S.

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You can see in the image below provided by @faridofanani96 that the performance cores are limited to 2.30GHz, whereas the Kirin 9000S’ performance cores could reach 2.62GHz. Huawei likely downgraded this specification of the Kirin 9010 to reduce power consumption but compensated this move with a 12-core configuration, making it a notable upgrade over its predecessor. We have also learned that the new SoC supports the current-generation LPDDR5X standard. However, we cannot find information related to the SoC’s lithography, so our immediate guess is that Huawei is stuck with SMIC’s 7nm process to mass produce the latest silicon.

You should also know that the Kirin 9010 does not power the entire Pura 70 series, with only the more expensive Pura 70+ and Pura 70 Ultra being treated to Huawei’s latest and greatest silicon. We will