Kirin 9030 Pro vs Kirin 9025
We compared the 9-core HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro (Maleoon 935) with the newer 8-core Kirin 9025 (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
- Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 7 nm)
- Shows better (up to 30%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1725K vs 1325K
- Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Kirin 9025
- Has 1 more cores
- 6% higher CPU clock speed (2750 vs 2600 MHz)
- Supports 13% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 68.2 GB/s)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 515961 | 370183 |
| GPU | 484107 | 295489 |
| Memory | 431535 | 434593 |
| UX | 293626 | 225467 |
| Total score | 1725229 | 1325732 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
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 | - |
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 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9030 Pro and Kirin 9025CPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.75 GHz – Taishan v124 Big 4x 2.27 GHz – Taishan v124 Mid 4x 1.72 GHz – Taishan v124 Little |
1x 2.6 GHz – TaiShan V121 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little |
| Cores | 9 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2750 MHz | 2600 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 | - |
| Pipelines | 6 | 4 |
| Shading units | 256 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 1024 |
| FLOPS | 2866.1 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 | October 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | - | Hi36C0V110 |
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