Kirin 9020A chip powers Huawei Mate 70 Pro Premium Edition

Huawei Mate 70 Pro Premium Edition’s chip name remained a mystery, but new input reveals that the device runs on the Kirin 9020A. The 5G SoC powers the smartphone with improved performance and claims significant phone functionality.

A Weibo tipster recently showed the difference between the Mate 70 Pro and the Premium Edition. He shared the mobile information page, revealing the chip details.

While the original variant runs on the Kirin 9020 5G processor, the Huawei Mate 70 Pro Premium Edition uses a new Kirin 9020A 5G chip. The major difference is in the large and medium core frequency, which has been reduced by 100MHz.

The Chinese phone maker has developed the A-tagged with hyperthreading technique. It is an efficient method that allows more than one thread to function on each core. Simply put, the process provides a powerful and smooth performance.

Kirin 9020A has a 12-core architecture including two large cores with 2.40GHz frequency, six medium cores with 2.00GHz frequency, and four small cores with 1.60GHz frequency. It further holds a Maleoon 920 graphics processing chip.

• Kirin 9020A: 2 large core @ 2.40GHz + 6 medium cores @ 2.00GHz + 4 small cores @ 1.60GHz

Following the leak, netizens said that the minor CPU difference wouldn’t majorly affect the device performance. Consumers can purchase the device if they want to experience efficient performance at a lower price. Tap HERE for sale details.

New Kirin 9 series chips coming

Huawei is preparing new smartphones to launch in the first half of this year. The list includes the Pura 80 series, Nova 14 models, Pocket 3 foldable, and more.

The company will likely upgrade its Kirin 5G performance for the newbies of the family. Meanwhile, we may find a new powerful processor with the Pura 80 lineup, offering more improved performance than the 9020 chipset.