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Bernstein research reports that Huawei's Kirin 9050 Pro has narrowed the performance gap with Apple's chips.

According to SCMP Business, Huawei Technologies’ Kirin 9050 Pro has narrowed the performance gap with Apple’s chips to about three years from roughly four years in the previous generation, based on Bernstein’s estimates. The Kirin 9050 Pro, unveiled earlier this month, is estimated to use technology equivalent to a 7-nanometre process node and outperformed Apple’s 3nm A17 Pro in Geekbench 6 multicore tests.

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Bernstein research reports that Huawei's Kirin 9050 Pro has narrowed the performance gap with Apple's chips.
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  1. 01Kirin 9050 Pro was unveiled earlier this month.
  2. 02The gap to Apple’s chips is narrowed to about three years, from roughly four.
  3. 03Kirin 9050 Pro is estimated to use technology equivalent to a 7-nanometre process node.
  4. 04In Geekbench 6 multicore tests, it outperformed Apple’s 3nm A17 Pro.

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