New Huawei Kirin 8000A chip benchmarked on Geekbench

Huawei Kirin 8000A chipset has appeared on the Geekbench, showing its significant grades. The processor debuted with the Enjoy 70X smartphone and claims to offer considerable performance. Let’s explore the latest scores of the new chip.

Looking into the Geekbench 6 listing, the Huawei Kirin 8000A has scored 919 points in the single-core test and 2378 points in the multi-core test.

Many netizens said that the new Kirin chip could be called as Kirin 720A of the 5G era. To understand the performance, let’s compare Kirin 8000A with 8000.

New Huawei Kirin 8000A chip benchmarked on Geekbench (Image Credits: Weibo)

Kirin 8000A features a hexa-core architecture. Unlike the 8000 chip which has an octa-core framework, the new processor comes with six cores: three cores of Cortex-A77 @2.19GHz and three cores of Cortex-A55 @1.84GHz.

CPU Configurations:

• Kirin 8000: 4 cores @ 1.84GHz + 3 cores @ 2.19GHz + 1 core @ 2.40GHz
• Kirin 8000A: 3 cores @ 1.84GHz + 3 cores @ 2.19GHz

Kirin 8000 is paired with Maleoon 910 GPU. However, the new 8000A 5G chip uses Mali-G610 with a frequency of 864MHz. The new chip seems more like the Kirin 9000L launched for the Mate 40E Pro with a lower frequency rate.

Simply put, the performance of the Kirin 8000A is inferior to the Kirin 8000 and draws the level with the Snapdragon 695 chipset. For an entry-level device like Enjoy 70X, the new chip will probably deliver improved performance.

As of now, Huawei has ditched Qualcomm support and implemented its Kirin chip in all the device lineup. Whether it’s the flagship Mate/P series, mid-range Nova models, or the entry-level Enjoy handsets.

The company is taking steps towards a self-developed ecosystem for both hardware and software. It would be interesting to see if the OEM achieves this goal this year.