27 February 2021, 11:30 am EST By Huawei P40 series in China ( Youtube/ Tech Travel Geeks ) In 2020, Huawei released its new LTE-only version of the P40 flagship in China. The new model is powered by the 4G variant thanks to 2019's Kirin 990 5G chipset. The Kirin 990 5G is based on TSMC or Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's 7nm+ EUV process and features a 5G modem. The 4G version of the chip is based on the same 7nm node as the Kirin 980, which gives power to the Huawei P30. The smaller size makes the Kirin 990 5G faster. Both of the chips have the same core configuration, but they have a bit different frequencies due to the differences in the processes between the 7 and 7. Even though the chips have the same Mali-G76 GPU, the 5G variant has twice the number of NPU cores.