Kirin 9030S vs Kirin 9030 Pro
We compared the 8-core HiSilicon Kirin 9030S (Maleoon 935F) with the older 9-core 9030 Pro (Maleoon 935) 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 8 MB larger L3 cache size than the Kirin 9030S
- Supports 125% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 34.1 GB/s)
- Performs 2x better in floating-point computations
- Shows better (up to 36%) AnTuTu 11 score β 1725K vs 1273K
- Has 1 more cores
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 475726 | 515961 |
| GPU | 246367 | 484107 |
| Memory | 279480 | 431535 |
| UX | 271473 | 293626 |
| Total score | 1273046 | 1725229 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | 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 | 2 tests | 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 | 3 tests | Less than 3 |
Recent User Tests
HiSilicon Kirin 9030S
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-07 -> interno | AnTuTu | 1273046 |
HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9030S and Kirin 9030 ProCPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.7 GHz β Taishan v124 Big 3x 2.15 GHz β Taishan v124 Mid 4x 1.62 GHz β Taishan v124 Little |
1x 2.75 GHz β Taishan v124 Big 4x 2.27 GHz β Taishan v124 Mid 4x 1.72 GHz β Taishan v124 Little |
| Cores | 8 | 9 |
| Frequency | 2700 MHz | 2750 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 12 MB |
| Process | 5 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Manufacturing | SMIC | SMIC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Maleoon 935F | Maleoon 935 |
| Architecture | Maleoon | Maleoon |
| GPU frequency | 933 MHz | 933 MHz |
| Pipelines | 3 | 6 |
| Shading units | 256 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 768 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | 1433.1 Gigaflops | 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 | 4266 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gb/s | 76.8 Gb/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 |
| 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 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | April 2026 | November 2025 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
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