Kirin 9030 Pro vs Tensor G6
We compared the 9-core HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro (Maleoon 935) with the newer 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
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
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro
- Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size than the Tensor G6
- Performs 45% better in floating-point computations
- Has 2 more cores
- Supports 13% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 68.2 GB/s)
Pros of Google Tensor G6
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 5 nm)
- 49% higher CPU clock speed (4110 vs 2750 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~38%)
- Better instruction set architecture
- Shows better (up to 12%) AnTuTu 11 score โ 1933K vs 1725K
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 515961 | 876037 |
| GPU | 484107 | 288736 |
| Memory | 431535 | 304202 |
| UX | 293626 | 464561 |
| Total score | 1725229 | 1933536 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [4 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 197.7 MB/sec | - |
| HTML 5 Browser | 169.1 pages/sec | - |
| PDF Renderer | 168.6 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Image detection | 115.1 images/sec | - |
| HDR | 166.1 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Background blur | 19.3 images/sec | - |
| Photo processing | 60.4 images/sec | - |
| Ray tracing | 6.14 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Samples | Less than 3 | 6 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 10.6 images/sec | - |
| Face detection | 5.64 images/sec | - |
| Horizon detection | 0.33 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Edge detection | 0.44 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Gaussian blur | 0.71 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Feature matching | 0.05 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Stereo matching | 36.9 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Particle physics | 608.9 FPS | - |
| API | Vulkan | - |
| Samples | Less than 3 | 3 tests |
Recent User Tests
HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro
No benchmark results yet
Google Tensor G6
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-08-23 (Roni) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2888 / 7641 |
| ๐ 2026-08-14 (Flxen) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2755 / 7563 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9030 Pro and Tensor G6CPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.75 GHz โ Taishan v124 Big 4x 2.27 GHz โ Taishan v124 Mid 4x 1.72 GHz โ Taishan v124 Little |
1x 4.11 GHz โ C1-Ultra 4x 3.38 GHz โ C1-Pro 2x 2.65 GHz โ C1-Pro |
| Cores | 9 | 7 |
| Frequency | 2750 MHz | 4110 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv9.3-A |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| Process | 5 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Manufacturing | SMIC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Maleoon 935 | PowerVR CXTP-48-1536 |
| Architecture | Maleoon | - |
| GPU frequency | 933 MHz | 1286 MHz |
| Pipelines | 6 | 6 |
| Shading units | 256 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 768 |
| FLOPS | 2866.1 Gigaflops | 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 | 4800 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gb/s | 68.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | 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 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | November 2025 | August 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | GS601 |
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