Kirin 9050 Pro vs Tensor G6

We compared the 9-core HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro (Maleoon 955) with the older 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

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
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

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro
  • Performs 63% better in floating-point computations
  • Has 2 more cores
Pros of Google Tensor G6
  • Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 7 nm)
  • 33% higher CPU clock speed (4110 vs 3100 MHz)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~22%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
1902468
Tensor G6 +2%
1933536
CPU 579000 876037
GPU 543500 288736
Memory 440168 304202
UX 319800 464561
Total score 1902468 1933536
Samples Less than 3 [4 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Tensor G6 +68%
2755
Multi-Core Score
Tensor G6 +31%
7563
Samples - 6 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
8603
6216
Samples - 3 tests

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro
No benchmark results yet
Google Tensor G6
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-23 (Roni)Geekbench 6 CPU2888 / 7641
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-14 (Flxen)Geekbench 6 CPU2755 / 7563

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9050 Pro and Tensor G6

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.1 GHz –
2x 2.7 GHz –
4x 2.2 GHz –
2x 1.75 GHz –
1x 4.11 GHz – C1-Ultra
4x 3.38 GHz – C1-Pro
2x 2.65 GHz – C1-Pro
Cores 9 7
Frequency 3100 MHz 4110 MHz
Instruction set - ARMv9.3-A
L3 cache - 8 MB
Process 7 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing SMIC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Maleoon 955 PowerVR CXTP-48-1536
Architecture Maleoon -
GPU frequency 1050 MHz 1286 MHz
Pipelines 6 6
Shading units 256 128
Total shaders 1536 768
FLOPS 3225.6 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 LPDDR6 LPDDR5X
Memory frequency - 4266 MHz
Bus - 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth - 68.2 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 4.1, UFS 5.0 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 MediaTek M90
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed - Up to 12000 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced September 2026 August 2026
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number - GS601

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Zero October 5, 2026 at 02:48 PM
This is it guys... Kirin 9050 Pro with less advanced manufacturing managed to be near the Tensor with better tech. This shows how Huawei has advanced and how Google screwed HARD their own proccess.
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