Η Huawei does not seem to be "afraid" of the A12 Bionic found on the iPhone Xs, Xs Max and XR, as it stated that the Kirin 980 which will be on the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro, will be faster than its Apple counterpart.
The HiSilicon Kirin 980 processor will make its debut in the new Mate 20 that will be presented on October 16 in London and will start with the Apple A12 Bionic, both of which are based on the 7nm architecture. Huawei had tried to make the Kirin 980 the first commercially available 7nm processor but Apple overtook it as it was the first to release the new iPhone.
Huawei has been working on the Kirin 980 for over three years and has focused on improving efficiency, artificial intelligence and connectivity, with the company claiming to be 75% faster and have a 46% faster GPU than the Kirin 970. The reduction in power consumption is also significant as the Kirin 980 consumes, according to Huawei, 57% less energy, with that of the GPU having been reduced by 178% compared to the previous one in the Kirin 970.
In the field of AI, the Kirin 980 will have a separate NPU (Neural Network Processing Unit) for the functions of artificial intelligence while in the field of connectivity, it will be the first processor to support LTE Cat.21 with a maximum download speed of 1.4Gbps. It remains to be seen in practice the capabilities of the Kirin 980 in the new Mate 20, with the comparisons that will be made with the A12 Bionic to be expected with great interest.
