Kirin 9030 Pro vs Kirin 9020
We compared the 9-core HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro (Maleoon 935) with the older 8-core Kirin 9020 (Maleoon 920) 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
- Performs 67% better in floating-point computations
- Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 7 nm)
- Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Kirin 9020
- Shows better (up to 25%) AnTuTu 11 score β 1725K vs 1383K
- Has 1 more cores
- 10% higher CPU clock speed (2750 vs 2500 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~11%)
- Supports 13% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 68.2 GB/s)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 515961 | 484142 |
| GPU | 484107 | 269177 |
| Memory | 431535 | 340806 |
| UX | 293626 | 289668 |
| Total score | 1725229 | 1383793 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [10 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 197.7 MB/sec | 169.6 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 169.1 pages/sec | 129.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 168.6 Mpixels/sec | 126.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 115.1 images/sec | 85.1 images/sec |
| HDR | 166.1 Mpixels/sec | 118.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 19.3 images/sec | 14.7 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 60.4 images/sec | 43.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 6.14 Mpixels/sec | 5.21 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | Less than 3 | 7 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 10.6 images/sec | 6.04 images/sec |
| Face detection | 5.64 images/sec | 3.28 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.33 Gpixels/sec | 0.24 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.44 Gpixels/sec | 0.32 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.71 Gpixels/sec | 0.26 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.05 Gpixels/sec | 0.03 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 36.9 Gpixels/sec | 20.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 608.9 FPS | 568.2 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Vulkan |
| Samples | Less than 3 | 6 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | - | 454 |
| Graphics test | - | 3 FPS |
Recent User Tests
HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro
No benchmark results yet
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-13 (AndreyK) | AnTuTu 11 | 1372431 |
| π 2026-09-09 -> LeofMate | AnTuTu 11 | 1291607 |
| π 2026-08-22 (A_s_t_r_a) | AnTuTu 11 | 1328024 |
| π 2026-04-18 (Antonio) | AnTuTu 11 | 1395526 |
| π 2026-02-25 (BlizardRx) | AnTuTu 11 | 1337422 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9030 Pro and Kirin 9020CPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.75 GHz β Taishan v124 Big 4x 2.27 GHz β Taishan v124 Mid 4x 1.72 GHz β Taishan v124 Little |
1x 2.5 GHz β TaiShan V121 3x 2.15 GHz β TaiShan V120 4x 1.6 GHz β Taishan-Little |
| Cores | 9 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2750 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 10 MB |
| Process | 5 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Manufacturing | SMIC | SMIC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Maleoon 935 | Maleoon 920 |
| Architecture | Maleoon | Maleoon |
| GPU frequency | 933 MHz | 840 MHz |
| Pipelines | 6 | 4 |
| Shading units | 256 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 1024 |
| FLOPS | 2866.1 Gigaflops | 1720.3 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Da Vinci | Da Vinci |
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 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Balong 6000 | Balong 6000 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | November 2025 | November 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | Hi36C0V110 |
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