Huawei’s latest flagship series, the Pura 80, has officially launched in China. The series includes three models: the standard Pura 80 Pro, the Pura 80 Pro+, and the Pura 80 Ultra. As is typical for Huawei, the company hasn’t revealed which chipsets these phones use. Instead, they’ve mentioned that the new chipsets offer a 36% speed boost compared to the ones used in the Pura 70 series.
However, a Chinese tech tipster, Fixed Focus Digital, has shared some insight on Weibo. They claim that the Huawei Pura 80 Ultra comes with the Kirin 9020 chipset, which is likely the same one used in the Pura 80 Pro+. For reference, the Pura 70 series uses the older Kirin 9010 chipset.
The Kirin 9020 chipset is designed by HiSilicon, a company owned by Huawei. It features an 8-core CPU, with a 1+3+4 core arrangement:
- 1 high-performance core with a maximum speed of 2.5 GHz
- 3 general-purpose cores with a maximum speed of 2.15 GHz
- 4 power-efficient cores with a maximum speed of 1.6 GHz
Interestingly, the main and middle cores (1 and 3 cores) use Hypertreading technology, which allows them to simulate virtual cores and work in a 2-thread-per-core mode. This is why benchmark tests might show a 2+6+4 core arrangement instead of the actual 1+3+4.
The Kirin 9020 also features a Mali-G920 graphics processing unit (GPU) with a maximum speed of 840 MHz, which is comparable to some of the GPUs used in Qualcomm and MediaTek chipsets.
As for the standard Pura 80 Pro, it’s rumored to use a slightly different chipset, the Kirin 9020A, with lower CPU speeds: 2.4 GHz, 2.0 GHz, and 1.6 GHz.
The Pura 80 Pro+ boasts an impressive 6.8-inch OLED display with a 120 Hz refresh rate, a large 1-inch camera sensor, and a massive 5,700 mAh battery with 100 W fast charging support.
The Pura 80 Ultra, on the other hand, features an upgraded periscope zoom camera with a larger 1/1.28-inch sensor and a unique lens-switching mechanism, allowing for two different focal lengths: 83 mm (f/2.4) and 212 mm (f/3.6).
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