Huawei has officially launched its Mate 90 series, featuring the new Kirin 9050 Pro chip in the Pro Max and RS Ultimate models. This processor utilizes a logic-folding architecture, allowing for a higher transistor density and increased clock speeds. The chip features a 9-core, 16-thread design, delivering a 31% increase in overall system performance compared to previous generations.
Technical benchmarks indicate significant improvements: CPU multi-core performance is up by 23%, GPU rendering by 40%, and NPU capabilities by 140%. The Kirin 9050 Pro architecture consists of four clusters, including one super-core, two performance cores, four efficiency cores, and two low-power cores. The chip supports hyper-threading across all large cores to optimize multitasking.
In gaming tests, the Mate 90 Pro Max demonstrates competitive efficiency. In Genshin Impact, the device maintains full frame rates at 890P resolution with a power consumption of 4.2W. While performance is highly efficient with native HarmonyOS games, performance may vary when using translation layers for non-native applications.
The device includes a 6800mAh battery, providing 9 hours and 56 minutes of usage, which is 1 hour and 42 minutes longer than the previous model. Additional hardware upgrades include enhanced AI super-resolution algorithms, improved hardware-based ray tracing, and intelligent HDR features for dynamic range expansion in games.
The standard Mate 90 and Mate 90 Pro models are equipped with Kirin 9030 and 9035 processors, respectively. While these chips share the same CPU architecture as the 9050 Pro, they do not utilize the logic-folding design. The Kirin 9035 offers a 20% performance boost over the Kirin 9030, which itself is 27% faster than the Kirin 9020.
