Huawei has been getting more comfortable putting its in-house processors back in the spotlight. This year’s Pura 80 lineup is the first time in a while to list its chip again.
With the Mate 80 series, Huawei is now openly talking about its new Kirin SoCs. In fact, the company announced two new chips that power the Mate 80 phones: the Kirin 9030 and Kirin 9030 Pro.
Huawei revealed the performance jump of the Kirin 9030 over its predecessor, but it kept under wraps what differences the two new processors actually have.
A few images of the new Huawei Mate 80 Pro showing their chip specifications have cleared the doubt now.
Kirin 9030 vs Kirin 9030 Pro
On the surface, the chips appear almost identical. Each uses the same Maleoon 935 GPU, and each has a 9-core CPU layout. But the Pro model stretches that design a little further.
The Kirin 9030 Pro comes with 14 threads, while the standard Kirin 9030 settles for 12 threads. The core arrangement is familiar across both: two big cores at 2.75GHz and four mid cores at 1.72GHz. The difference shows up in the smallest cluster. The Pro version carries eight efficiency cores clocked at 2.27GHz, while the regular model drops that number to six.
It’s not a dramatic split, but it’s enough for Huawei to push the Pro chip into its more premium devices. According to the latest listings, Huawei pairs 12GB RAM variants with the baseline 9030, while 16GB RAM units get the 9030 Pro.
The highest-end Mate 80 models, including the Pro Max and RS Ultimate Design, ship with the Pro chip no matter which RAM configuration you choose.
And Huawei isn’t limiting the upgrade to slab phones. The full Mate X7 foldable lineup is also running the 9030 Pro.
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