With the release of the Huawei Mate 60 series and Huawei Nova 12 series, many users of mobile phones using Kirin chips have begun to pay attention to their performance compared to Huawei phones with Kirin 8000, Kirin 9000SL and Kirin 9000S.
First, let's take a look at the models that outperform the Kirin 9000SL. The Kirin 9000SL is a castrated version of the Kirin 9000S, so the Mate60 series equipped with the Kirin 9000S is naturally more powerful than the Huawei Nova 12 series in terms of performance. In addition, since the Kirin 9000 is better than the Kirin 9000S in terms of performance, the Mate40 Pro, Mate 40 Pro+, Mate40 RS Porsche, Mate X2, and P50 Pro (Kirin Edition) equipped with the Kirin 9000 all have excellent performance.
Now the question becomes, how does the Kirin 9000SL perform compared to the Kirin 9000SL, the two castrated versions of the Kirin 9000E and Kirin 9000L.
First of all, the Kirin 9000E has two less cores in the GPU part, and one less NPU large core, so the overall performance is significantly better than that of the Kirin 9000SL. Therefore, users of the Mate 40 series can use it with confidence.
However, the Kirin 9000L's performance is relatively weak. In the CPU section, it castrates one medium core and one small core, while in the GPU section, it also castrates two cores. As a result, its CPU multi-core performance is weaker than that of the Kirin 9000SL, but the GPU performance is better than that of the Kirin 9000SL.
Overall, the Kirin 9000E can be seen as a GPU flawed version of the Kirin 9000, while the Kirin 9000L is a bad CPU for the Kirin 9000E (both of which are the same as the NPU), but only one Mate40E Pro is equipped with this chip.
Next, let's take a look at the models that outperform the Kirin 8000. After comparison, the Kirin 990, Kirin 990 5G, Kirin 990E 5G are the only winners. Among them, the Kirin 990E 5G is a castrated version of the Kirin 990 5G, with two GPU cores and one NPU large core missing, and its GPU performance is slightly weaker than the first two.
However, the overall performance of these three chips is still significantly better than that of the Kirin 8000. Especially in terms of CPU multi-core performance, the Kirin 990 series of these three chips are more powerful than the Kirin 9000SL.
The strongest Kirin 990 5G surpasses the Kirin 8000 by about 20% in terms of CPU multi-core performance, and the GPU performance is 35.7% ahead. Models equipped with this chip include the Mate30 5G series, Mate Xs, P40 5G series, Honor V30 Pro, Honor 30 Pro series, etc.
For models close to the Kirin 8000, the Kirin 980 and Kirin 985 are the two major challengers, and the overall performance is no more than 5% behind the Kirin 8000. The Kirin 980 is equipped with the Mate 20 series, Mate X, P30 series, Honor 20 series, Honor V20, Honor Magic2, and Nova5 Pro, and the Kirin 985 is equipped with the Honor 30, Nova7 series, and Nova8 series.
Combined with the latest information, it should be noted that the Kirin 8000, Kirin 9000SL and Kirin 9000S chips are very likely to be equivalent to 7nm chips with multiple exposures through lithography machines that support 14nm, and Kirin 9000 is TSMC's first 5nm chip, and Kirin 990 is TSMC's 7nm chip, so the process advantages make the old model more advantageous in performance. In addition, the progress of the Huawei Mate 60 series and Huawei Nova 12 series is to support Beidou two-way communication capabilities.
Overall, owners of the Kirin 990 series can rest assured that the owners of the Kirin 980 and Kirin 985 still maintain strong performance. Although the Kirin 8000 does not have a significant advantage in terms of performance, the new model brings some hardware advantages that the older model does not have, such as basic configurations such as a 120Hz screen with a high brush and 100W fast charging. The release of the Nova 12 series further demonstrates Huawei's great progress in chip design and mobile phone performance, giving users more peace of mind in future use.