Huawei P20 goes to Geekbench running Android 8.1

Peter, 14 March 2018

The Huawei P20 – code name Emily or EML-L29 – took its Kirin 970 chipset for a run in the Geekbench fields. The chip performed as expected and seeing Android 8.1 as the software version was a pleasant surprise.

The Oreo will be topped with EMUI, of course, but Huawei has really made an effort to keep the software fresh recently. 4GB of RAM isn’t ideal for a flagship (it matches the P20 Lite) but it’s not a dealbreaker either.

GeekBench 4.1 (multi-core)

Higher is better

Samsung Galaxy S9
8830
Sony Xperia XZ2
8466
Huawei P20 (unofficial)
6699
Huawei Mate 10
6625

GeekBench 4.1 (single-core)

Higher is better

Samsung Galaxy S9
3759
Sony Xperia XZ2
2454
Huawei Mate 10
1882
Huawei P20 (unofficial)
1878

Anyway, the Kirin chipset and its NPU will power P20’s AI-enhanced dual camera. The triple camera (featured oh so often in the teaser campaign) is reserved for the P20 Pro – you can see the family portraits here.

The P20 phones will be unveiled in Paris on March 27. The price for the P20 Lite was just confirmed as the phone went on pre-order out of the blue. The rumored price for the Huawei P20 is €670.

Source | Via (in Dutch)

Reader comments

AnonD-510098
17 Mar 2018
mx{

Kirin comes 2nd place every year. Apple is first and samsung is third. Qualcomm is fourth

AnonD-743635
16 Mar 2018
L5@

Add to that the Kirin will be powering 5 models at max launching over many months (mate. mate pro, one honor?, one P, one p pro) and qualcomm around 30 of multiple brands, the relevance is limited.

Anonymous
16 Mar 2018
S3f

When they are releasing their 'flagship' SoC at the end of each year (~november) , it would be really bad if they didn't have "the fastest" of the year.. Considering then Qualcomm releases 835 / 845 etc, in shipping devices, in March of each ye...