The wait is over! Huawei’s highly anticipated Pura 70 series smartphones has finally been launched in China. The top-tier Huawei Pura 70 Pro+ and Ultra comes equipped with a brand new processor inside — the Kirin 9010. 

While Huaewi remained mum about the processor details,  users in China who already got their hands on the phone are sharing details about the Kirin 9010.

Huawei Kirin 9010 processor

A quick look at the processor reveals that the Kirin 9010 boasts a 12-core CPU with a 4+6+2 architecture. Here’s the breakdown:

  • 4 efficiency cores running at 1.55 GHz
  • 6 performance cores clocking in at 2.18 GHz
  • 2 high-performance cores maxing out at 2.30 GHz

The core setup closely resembles that of the Kirin 9000 processors found in the Huawei Mate 60 series but with a few minor tweaks. 

For instance, the Kirin 9010 has a slight bump in base clock speed for its efficiency cores compared to the Kirin 9000’s 1.53 GHz.

Furthermore, the performance cores’ clock speed sees a modest increase to 2.18 GHz from 2.15 GHz on the Kirin 9000. However, interestingly, the high-performance core takes a slight dip in clock speed compared to the Kirin 9000. 

However, benchmark tests on Geekbench 6.2 show impressive results, with the Kirin 9010 outperforming the 9000s by a significant margin.

Despite these changes, on Geekbench 6.2, the processor achieves 1447 points in single-core tests and 4765 points in multi-core tests and surpasses the Kirin 9000s, which typically scores below 1350 points in single-core and maxes out around 4200 points in multi-core.

On AnTuTu (V10.2.4) benchmark, the Kirin 9010 achieves an overall score exceeding 970,000, with a CPU score exceeding 330,000 and a GPU score exceeding 190,000. It’s a significant jump from 700,000 points of the Kirin 9000s on Huawei Mate 60. 

While the real-world performance of the new SoC is yet to be seen, it appears that Huawei has optimized the Kirin 9010 to perform exceptionally well, at least in benchmark tests.

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