It is similar to the Kirin 990, but not in everything
A couple of hours ago, smartphones of the Honor 30 line were presented. The younger model differs from the older ones, among other things, by the platform – instead of the Kirin 990 5G, the new Kirin 985 5G is installed here.
What is the latest Kirin 985 SoC used in the Honor 30?
What is this single-chip system and is it very different from the older sister? The new SoC configuration includes one Cortex-A76 core with a frequency of 2.58 GHz, three of the same core with a frequency of 2.4 GHz, four Cortex-A55 cores with a frequency of 1.84 GHz and a Mali-G77MP8 GPU. For comparison, the parameters of the Kirin 990 and 990 5G you can see below.
Simply put, the CPU configuration is very close to the Kirin 990, but the Kirin 985 GPU is newer, although it has half as many cores. In addition, the new SoC received exactly the same NPU and image processing processor as the Kirin 990. There are no AnTuTu test results yet, but most likely, the Kirin 985 will be close to the older SoC at least in terms of CPU performance.
It is also worth noting that a new platform for the 7 nm process technology is being produced. It has an integrated 5G modem, which, according to the tests of Huawei itself, is better than the Snapdragon X55 5G modem.
Unfortunately, we do not know the background behind the appearance of the Kirin 985. If for some reason this platform is significantly cheaper than the Kirin 990, then Huawei and Honor may well use it further. If not, then perhaps it was created specifically for the Honor 30 in order to “weaken” this model against the background of older ones.
