Kirin 9010 performance
In the field of smartphone chips, performance has always been a key indicator to measure the strength of chips. Huawei's latest Kirin 9010 chip has shown remarkable results in this regard. According to the evaluation data of authoritative testing institutions, the Kirin 9010 achieved a high score of 1442 points in the GeekBench 6.2 single-core test, and runs at a frequency of up to 2.3 GHz. This achievement not only greatly surpasses the predecessor Kirin 9000S, but also achieves a significant improvement of 25% in the instruction set per cycle (IPC).
IPC is an important indicator of the level of microarchitecture design of a chip, representing the number of instructions that a chip can execute in a single clock cycle. The higher the IPC value of a chip, the more sophisticated its microarchitecture design is, and the more computing power it can exert at the same frequency. The Kirin 9010 has achieved a 25% improvement in IPC, which means that its microarchitecture design has reached a new level, fundamentally improving the computing efficiency of the chip.
In addition to single-core performance, the Kirin 9010 has also improved to varying degrees in multiple dimensions such as multi-core performance, GPU performance, and AI computing power. These are all due to Huawei's innovations in chip architecture, process technology, and computing power design. The Kirin 9010 is a true all-rounder flagship chip that delivers exceptional performance whether you're running a game on your phone or performing AI tasks.
Challenge Snapdragon supremacy
For a long time, Qualcomm's Snapdragon mobile chips have occupied an absolute dominant position in the smartphone chip market. Whether it is performance, functionality, or availability, the Snapdragon series chips are at the top of the industry. But with the introduction of the Kirin 9010, that began to change.
The Kirin 9010's outstanding performance makes it a serious contender to challenge the supremacy of the Snapdragon series of chips. In terms of single-core performance, the most important indicator, the Kirin 9010 not only significantly surpasses its predecessor, but also leaves Qualcomm's latest generation flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 far behind. This will undoubtedly put tremendous pressure on Qualcomm to speed up the pace of new product launches and prevent Huawei from completely opening up the gap in performance.
In addition to the competition of hard power, there is also fierce competition between Kirin 9010 and Snapdragon 8 series chips in terms of functional innovation. For example, the Kirin 9010 introduces generative AI technology on the mobile phone chip for the first time, which enables the mobile phone to generate images, videos and other content based on text descriptions, greatly expanding the use scenarios of mobile phones.
Driven by Kirin 9010, the mobile phone chip market will set off a new competitive storm in the next few years. This will not only promote the continuous improvement of chip performance and functionality, but also bring more and better choices to consumers.
Future development prospects
The outstanding performance of the Kirin 9010 has laid a solid foundation for the development of Huawei's flagship chips in the future. Industry insiders generally believe that with the achievements of Kirin 9010 in architecture innovation and performance improvement, Huawei's future generations of chip products are expected to further widen the gap with Qualcomm, and eventually surpass its opponents and become the new "hegemon" of the industry.
At present, Huawei has started to develop next-generation chips such as the Kirin 9020. According to the information that has been revealed, the Kirin 9020 will use TSMC's 3nm process technology, and the chip design will further optimize IPC and power consumption. The Kirin 9020 will also add support for RF systems to enable seamless integration of 5G baseband and application processors.
If all goes according to plan, the Kirin 9020 is expected to come out in the first half of 2025 and will be the industry's first truly "all-in-one" 5G chip. At that time, Huawei's mobile phones will not only lead the group core in terms of performance and functions, but will also occupy an absolute advantage in 5G communication and RF integration, further consolidating its position in the high-end mobile phone market.
The Kirin 9010 is a beginning, marking the full rise of Huawei's mobile phone chip strength. In the next few years, Huawei will continue to innovate on this basis, and strive to achieve breakthroughs in chip performance, functions, and processes, and ultimately achieve a breakthrough in traditional mobile phone chip hegemony.
Huawei's latest Kirin 9010 chip has demonstrated outstanding strength in terms of performance and functions, not only greatly surpassing its predecessor, but also bringing unprecedented challenges to the Qualcomm Snapdragon series, which has long occupied the supremacy of mobile phone chips. The outstanding performance of Kirin 9010 has laid a solid foundation for the development of Huawei's flagship chips in the future, and the next few generations of products are expected to further expand the gap with Qualcomm, and finally achieve the overtaking of the traditional mobile phone chip hegemon, triggering a new round of fierce competition in the mobile phone industry.