Huawei Unveils Kirin 9030 Flagship Chip with CPU, GPU and NPU Upgrades

On October 1, Huawei announced at its Mate 90 series and all-scenario new product launch event that the Mate 90 standard edition is powered by the Kirin 9030 flagship τ chip. Richard Yu, Huawei's Executive Director and Chairman of the Consumer Business Group, detailed the chip's performance during the event.

Compared with the previous-generation Kirin 9020, the Kirin 9030 delivers a 13% improvement in CPU performance, a 54% improvement in GPU performance, and a 13% improvement in NPU performance. The chip also supports FFRT software-hardware coordinated scheduling, which doubles image loading speed.

In addition, the Kirin 9030 includes a mobile security processor (MSP) with support for post-quantum cryptographic algorithms, designed to address potential future quantum computing threats.