In September of this year, because some models of Huawei/Glory will open the performance mode in 3DMark scoring, which conflicts with UL Benchmark's scoring standards, some models will be taken off the shelf. Huawei also said that it will bring the performance mode to users in the system update of EMUI 9.0. The newly launched flagship Mate 20 Pro, Glory Magic 2 and other models have provided the choice of performance mode, and we can also find out where the limit of Hisense Kirin 980 is.

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The Glory Magic 2 system used in the test is EMUI 9.0, updated to the security patch in November. In the battery of setting options, you can see that in addition to the original power saving mode and super power saving mode, performance mode is added for selection. Click it to open it. When you open it, the system will also prompt "will increase power consumption and heating" to remind users to pay attention.

Performance improvement

It is customary to take a look at GeekBench's score. After the performance mode is turned on, the single core score has increased from 3247 to 3376, and the multi-core score has broken ten thousand points, from 9713 to 10166, with an increase of more than 4%; In terms of RAR testing, the improvement of single thread is relatively small, only from 778 to 780, but the improvement of multi thread from 3432 to 3790 is more than 10%. It can be said that it is very difficult to get 10% improvement just by opening the performance mode.

In horizontal comparison, although there is a gap between the single core performance and Apple's A11 bionic performance, the multi-core performance is basically the same level. The progress of Kirin 980 can be said to be obvious. At the same time, compared with the current leader of the Android camp, Snapdragon 845, both single core and multi-core performance are significantly ahead, Considering that Qualcomm and Samsung are the same Cortex-A76 as Kirin 980 in terms of the next generation SoC's big core architecture, Kirin 980 is not afraid of Snapdragon 8150 and Exynos 9820.

In terms of the 47% "cheating" of 3DMark that foreign media said at the beginning, the number of frames of Test 1 was increased from 19.3 to 27.5 after the performance mode was actually turned on, about 42% of the performance was improved, which is indeed similar to the data measured by foreign media. It seems that after the Kirin 980 has completely released itself, the potential for performance to be squeezed is still great (laugh). In addition, Test 2 has also increased from 13 to 14.1, with a significant increase of 8%. However, it is also a reminder that the heat after running points in the performance mode has increased significantly, and the improvement of performance also requires a price.

The GPU part also makes a horizontal comparison. It can be seen that in the tests of different projects, Kirin 980 and Snapdragon 845, A11 bionics can be said to have each other's victory or defeat. Compared with the past, Hisense is weak in this respect. Starting from Kirin 970, we can see the great improvement of Hisense. Today's Kirin 980 has shown the attitude of flagship SoC, and no longer has obvious weaknesses. In addition to the GPU Turbo technology integrated on the system by EMUI, the user's audio and video entertainment experience on Huawei/Glory models has reached a new level.

The test results of other projects are attached. On the whole, the Kirin 980 shows stronger performance after the performance mode is turned on. Most projects have 10% improvement, which can be said to be quite difficult. In SoC, the actual improvement of 10% is probably the gap between the first generation products, while in EMUI, it is just a switch of performance mode, It's a big profit for users.

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Let's review the characteristics of Huawei Hisense's Kirin 980, the world's first SoC using the 7nm process, the first SoC using the Cortex-A76 architecture, the first design using three different cores of "large, medium and small", the first to use ARM Mali-G76, and the new generation of AI NPUs, Let Kirin's flagship SoC grow up under the attack of Qualcomm Snapdragon and Samsung Exynos. Through this new performance mode, we can see clearly where Kirin 980 is strong. The future development of Hisense naturally makes people more expectant.

Finally, as the performance of the Kirin 980 is very abundant in daily use, it can ensure the smoothness of the system even if the performance mode is not turned on. Turning on the performance mode has not greatly improved most daily operations, but after turning on the CPU The GPU is not limited by heating and frequency reduction, so it is recommended to turn off the performance mode when using it generally, and turn on the performance mode when running a large app. For example, games like eating chicken, which everyone likes, will bring a better gaming experience. Of course, heating and power consumption have also increased, which requires users to make their own choices. (As for the detailed review of Glory Magic 2, please wait a little longer.)

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