The Huawei Mate 70 series phones have started sales, with the company revealing that every chip in the Huawei Mate 70 series is domestically sourced. This means Huawei phones have achieved 100% localization of their chips, marking the first time for high-end Chinese phones to have entirely domestically produced chips. However, it must be acknowledged that Huawei's chips still have a technological gap compared to the world's highest standards.
According to a report by KuaiTech, Huawei Terminal BG CEO He Gang mentioned during a conversation with Ziniu Fund founding partner Zhang Quanling that the Huawei Mate 70 achieves 100% domestic production capability for all chips. "We've waited a long time for this moment!" he said.
Regarding how the most core component of the phone's parts, the SoC, compares to the highest standards globally, Zhang Quanling stated that although from a semiconductor perspective, it still has a technological gap to the world's highest standards, this reality must be acknowledged. However, Huawei has made a series of software and hardware integrated optimizations, and though there is a gap, as a consumer, "whether it heats up or not, if you play a game, you won't notice the difference in experience."
The report states that according to data released by Huawei, the Mate 70 series, compared to the previous generation Huawei Mate 60 Pro+, shows a 39% increase in operational smoothness, a 31% improvement in game frame rates, and a 40% increase in overall performance. From software identification information, the Mate 70 is equipped with the mid-year revised Kirin 9010 from earlier this year, similar to the Huawei Pura 70 series. The Mate 70 Pro/Pro+/RS represents the debut of the Kirin 9020, a new generation processor.
The report suggests that the difference between 9010 and 9020 is likely due to "internal modification," that is, "core architecture improvement, continuation of process technology."
It is reported that compared to the K9000S, the Kirin 9020 has significant improvements in CPU performance, heavy-load gaming, NPU computing power, and energy efficiency. From the GB6 benchmark scores, the single-core performance of the Kirin 9020 is between Snapdragon 888+ and Snapdragon 7+ Gen2, and its multi-core performance is between Dimensity 8300 and Dimensity 9200. In Antutu benchmark scores, the Kirin 9020 is around 1,250,000 points, a 30% increase compared to the Kirin 9010's approximately 960,000 points. Currently, its theoretical overall performance can surpass Snapdragon 8+. However, this is only the initial level, and with later scheduling releases along with Harmony optimizations, its performance is expected to continue improving.
In the absence of a fundamental breakthrough in technology, Kirin has adopted a "small steps, steady progress" approach. If there are no surprises, future iterations of Kirin chips will follow a K9020/9030/9040 pattern.