Huawei Mate 90 Pro Max: Geekbench test reveals Kirin 9050 Pro performance

Huawei unveiled four new smartphones in its Mate 90 series yesterday in China. The more powerful models, the Huawei Mate 90 Pro Max and Mate 90 RS, are equipped with the latest Kirin 9050 Pro chipset. Although Huawei didn’t reveal many details about the processor in its marketing materials, a recent Geekbench test of the Pro Max now provides all the relevant information.
Huawei Mate 90 Pro Max Geekbench 7 test


The Huawei Mate 90 Pro Max (CMM-AL10) achieved an average of 1,317 points in the Geekbench 7 single-core test and 5,381 points in the multi-core test. At the time of publication, the highest scores were 1,528 points in the single-core test and 6,169 points in the multi-core test. This places the CPU performance of the Kirin 9050 Pro between that of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (2021) and its successor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (2022).


Geekbench reveals that the Kirin 9050 Pro features a nine-core CPU, with its Prime “Ultra” core clocked at 3.1 GHz. It also includes six performance cores clocked at 2.7 GHz and 2.2 GHz, as well as two efficiency cores at 1.75 GHz. Furthermore, it is equipped with a Maleoon 955 GPU, which has six cores clocked at 1.05 GHz.
According to a report by Bernstein Research, the Kirin 9050 Pro is manufactured using SMIC’s 7nm process with either N+2 or N+3 technology. However, Huawei has yet to release any official information regarding clock speeds, chip configurations, or manufacturing processes.
