Kirin 9025 vs Tensor G6

We compared the 8-core HiSilicon Kirin 9025 (Maleoon 920) with the older 7-core Google Tensor G6 (PowerVR CXTP-48-1536) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 9025
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Tensor G6
  • Has 1 more cores
Pros of Google Tensor G6
  • Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 7 nm)
  • 58% higher CPU clock speed (4110 vs 2600 MHz)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 46%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1933K vs 1325K
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
1325732
Tensor G6 +46%
1933536
CPU 370183 876037
GPU 295489 288736
Memory 434593 304202
UX 225467 464561
Total score 1325732 1933536
Samples Less than 3 [4 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
1420
Tensor G6 +94%
2755
Multi-Core Score
4199
Tensor G6 +80%
7563
Samples - 6 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Samples - 3 tests

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
HiSilicon Kirin 9025
No benchmark results yet
Google Tensor G6
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-23 (Roni)Geekbench 6 CPU2888 / 7641
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-14 (Flxen)Geekbench 6 CPU2755 / 7563

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9025 and Tensor G6

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.6 GHz – TaiShan V121
3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little
1x 4.11 GHz – C1-Ultra
4x 3.38 GHz – C1-Pro
2x 2.65 GHz – C1-Pro
Cores 8 7
Frequency 2600 MHz 4110 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.3-A
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 10 MB 8 MB
Process 7 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing SMIC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Maleoon 920 PowerVR CXTP-48-1536
Architecture Maleoon -
GPU frequency - 1286 MHz
Pipelines 4 6
Shading units 256 128
Total shaders 1024 768
FLOPS - 1975.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
DirectX version 12 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Da Vinci Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 4266 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 68.2 Gb/s 68.2 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2400
Max camera resolution - 1x 200MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 6000 MediaTek M90
4G support LTE Cat. 24 -
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 12000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 5.4 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced October 2026 August 2026
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number Hi36C0V110 GS601

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Tera47 November 5, 2026 at 05:05 PM
I prefer Kirin 9025 over Tensor G(arbage)6 due to the GPU and "hyperthreading".
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