HiSilicon Kirin 9010 phones: benchmarks, gaming & which to buy
What the HiSilicon Kirin 9010 delivers in real phones: benchmark scores, gaming performance, battery efficiency and the phones that ship with it.
What the Kirin 9010 is
Huawei's 2024 flagship-class chip — the silicon that put the post-sanctions Nova line back into genuine upper-midrange territory. It ranks #34 of 79 in our catalog (AnTuTu about 1.18 million, Geekbench 6 near 1,420 single-core and 4,320 multi-core). Full scores on the Kirin 9010 page.
Performance and efficiency
About 27/100 on our gaming scale — comfortably ahead of midrange Qualcomm silicon of the same year, within reach of 2022 flagship Android chips. Efficiency under sustained load is the Kirin signature, and the NPU carries Huawei's on-device AI features. Note the platform reality: Huawei phones sold in most regions run without Google Play Services, which matters more than any benchmark number for buyers outside China.
Phones that ship with it
| Phone | Year | Used / Launch |
|---|---|---|
| Huawei Nova 16 | 2026 | — / — |
| Huawei Nova 16 Ultra | 2026 | — / — |
Buying advice
Our price coverage for the Nova 16 line is empty — these phones reach Western markets only through import channels, where pricing is thin and volatile, so we deliberately quote no figures. What the reviews establish is the package: the Nova 16 review and Nova 16 Ultra review cover the design and camera story, with the software caveat above. Within Huawei's own ladder, the Kirin 8020 and Kirin 8000 pages show the tiers below.
Benchmarks
| Geekbench 6 single-core | 1,421 #32 of 80 SoCs |
|---|---|
| Geekbench 6 multi-core | 4,323 #27 of 80 SoCs |
| AnTuTu benchmark | 1,177,196 #34 of 80 SoCs |