Whatever the naming scheme might be, one thing is for certain, the chipset will bring performance and efficiency improvements over its predecessor, the Kirin 990. While we don’t know exactly how big a gap that will be, a new leak from Slashleaks contributor Teme, who goes by the Twitter handle RODENT590 claims that the difference will be fairly huge.
The leaker also claims that the chipset will only be available with a 5G modem. Obviously, the usual leak-rules apply here, and I would suggest that you take this information with a pinch of salt until we get to hear something concrete from more sources, or hopefully, from Huawei itself.