Kirin 9035 vs Kirin 9030S
We compared the 9-core HiSilicon Kirin 9035 (Maleoon 935) with the older 8-core Kirin 9030S (Maleoon 935F) 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 9035
- Supports 125% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 34.1 GB/s)
- Shows significantly better (up to 42%) AnTuTu 11 score β 1811K vs 1273K
- Has 1 more cores
- 6% higher CPU clock speed (2850 vs 2700 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 541759 | 475726 |
| GPU | 508312 | 246367 |
| Memory | 453112 | 279480 |
| UX | 308307 | 271473 |
| Total score | 1811490 | 1273046 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [2 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Samples | - | 2 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Samples | - | 3 tests |
Recent User Tests
HiSilicon Kirin 9035
No benchmark results yet
HiSilicon Kirin 9030S
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-07 -> interno | AnTuTu 11 | 1273046 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9035 and Kirin 9030SCPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.85 GHz β 4x 2.27 GHz β 4x 1.72 GHz β |
1x 2.7 GHz β Taishan v124 Big 3x 2.15 GHz β Taishan v124 Mid 4x 1.62 GHz β Taishan v124 Little |
| Cores | 9 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2850 MHz | 2700 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| L2 cache | - | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | - | 4 MB |
| Process | 5 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Manufacturing | SMIC | SMIC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Maleoon 935 | Maleoon 935F |
| Architecture | Maleoon | Maleoon |
| GPU frequency | - | 933 MHz |
| Pipelines | 6 | 3 |
| Shading units | 256 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 768 |
| FLOPS | - | 1433.1 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 | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gb/s | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | UFS 3.1, 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 | October 2026 | April 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
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