Leak says Kirin 9020 chip offers impressive performance over Kirin 9010

After the Huawei Mate 70 series launch event, Kirin 9020 chip has gathered center stage. Now a new leak revealed some exclusive info about the latest processor. This time, Kirin 9020 chip is several steps ahead of its previous versions in performance.

A reliable Weibo tipster has shared the details of the Kirin 9020 chip and its performance improvements. The chipset claims to bring 20% more energy-efficient cores than its predecessors. It also uses some high-end elements for the first time.

The leak describes that the Huawei Kirin 9020 chip uses the industry’s first 3GPP R18 5G-A SoC. This is the first 5G-Advanced processor that expands 5G capabilities for devices. It ensures better network support in air-to-ground communication.

3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) R18 (Release 18) bridges the gap between 5G and 6G. It defines new goals and services for 5G growth beyond 2025.

Notably, this SoC integrates satellite access into 5G systems and supports leading AI techniques for efficient performance at different levels of the network.

Further inputs reveal that the energy efficiency of Kirin 9020 small cores for internal data increased by an average of 50%. Meanwhile, the medium cores can boost energy efficiency by 20% compared to the previous gen Kirin 9010 processor.

Huawei has also greatly improved the energy efficiency of large cores at high frequencies. Users will experience more optimized performance than ever before.

Key points of Kirin 9020 chip:

• Industry’s first 3GPP R18 5G-A SoC
• Small cores efficiency increased by 50%
• Medium cores efficiency increased by 20%
• Large cores’ efficiency is greatly improved

Huawei hasn’t confirmed these details or announced the official info about the chipset so far. Hence, the accuracy of this processor is still in doubt. Yet a teardown may reveal the exact information about the Kirin 9020 chipset in the time ahead.

The tipster also mentioned that the company has significantly enhanced the energy efficiency, CPU performance, NPU computing power, and heavy gaming scenarios with the Kirin 9020 chip, compared to the Kirin 9000s.

The real-time usage of the Kirin 9020 chip will make things clearer. But these details imply that Huawei is getting better day by day in the chipset field. The company may draw level with the foreign flagship chips in the upcoming years with its Kirin power.