Huawei will reportedly unveil its first 5nm chipset for the Mate 70 flagship series in October later this year, but previous rumors did not divulge the official name of the silicon.
Fortunately, just a short time passed, and new information came through, claiming that the SoC would be called Kirin 9100, and it obtained a score of 1.1 million in AnTuTu as part of its initial performance run.
Kirin 9100 was previously said to match the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1’s performance, but no benchmark was specified at the time The rumor originated from Weibo, with an individual going by the name @DirectorShiGuan claiming on the overseas microblogging social network that the Kirin 9100 obtained a score of 1.1 million.
The post was spotted by Huawei Central, but if you notice, there is no mention of the AnTuTu benchmark. Fortunately, that is unnecessary because the only testing suite that provides the results in millions is AnTuTu. Related Story Huawei Witnessed A Mammoth 70 Percent Growth In Tablet Sales For Q1 2024, Eating Into Apple’s Market Share, But Samsung Remains UnharmedWhen we checked the benchmarking website’s leaderboards, we discovered that the score matches what Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 would obtain when running on various Android-based smartphones.
In comparison, the Kirin 9010 that powers Huawei’s latest Pura 70 series can attain a score of 960,000 and 980,000, making the Kirin 9100 between 12-14 percent faster.