Huawei recently launched the MatePad Pro 13.2 tablet overseas with the Kirin 9000S processor, which is significantly different from the Kirin 9000 released three years ago.
Foreign media Nanoreview.net conducted tests on this new chip, and the results were quite interesting.
The Kirin 9000S is believed to be manufactured using TSMC’s second-generation 7nm process, integrating one Taishan V120 2.62GHz core, three Taishan V120 2.15GHz cores, and four A510 1.53GHz cores, totaling eight CPU cores based on the ARMv8-A instruction set.
Compared to the Kirin 9000, it has slightly inferior instructions, with a similar big.LITTLE core configuration but notably lower frequencies. The predecessor featured one A77 3.13GHz core, three A77 2.54GHz cores, and four A55 2.05GHz cores.
The GPU graphics core is the new Maleoon 910, running at 750MHz, whereas the Kirin 9000 featured a Mali-G78 MP24 clocked at 759MHz.
It supports LPDDR5X memory and UFS 4.0 storage, both more advanced than those of the Kirin 9000, while still equipped with the Balong 5000 baseband.
The estimated power consumption of the Kirin 9000S is around 7W, just 1W higher than its predecessor.
The Kirin 9000S scored 897,496 in AnTuTu benchmarks, nearly 3,000 points higher than the Kirin 9000, almost on par.
It leads in CPU performance by approximately 15.5%, exhibits a significantly superior memory performance of 45%, and has a nearly identical UI performance, but falls behind in GPU performance by as much as 36%.
The GeekBench 6 results were surprising, with the lower-frequency Kirin 9000S taking the lead—4% higher in single-core and 17% higher in multi-core performance.
However, its GPU computational performance lagged by a significant 80%, indicating inadequate optimization.
In the 3DMark Wild Life GPU test, the Kirin 9000S trailed by less than 17%, demonstrating commendable performance.
In practical mobile gaming, high-quality settings achieved 81 frames in “PUBG,” 44 frames in “Call of Duty,” 51 frames in “World of Tanks,” 58 frames in “Genshin Impact,” and 60 frames in “Arena of Valor,” which are quite impressive.
Additionally, even in the low-quality settings of “Fortnite,” it reached 29 frames.
Overall, in comparison to the Kirin 9000, the Kirin 9000S manages a slightly superior CPU performance despite lagging in specifications. Its GPU performance is about 30% lower, yet the overall efficiency differs by less than 10%, making this achievement notably challenging!
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