This is a stripped down version of Kirin 9010
Despite the fact that Huawei cannot produce many different SoCs, its Kirin 9000 line can easily become confusing. And suddenly a new SoC — appeared in it. Kirin 9010L.
The new platform was discovered in the Nova 12 Ultra Star Edition smartphone, which seems to be just one version of the Note 12 Ultra. Huawei itself now often does not mention the platforms for its new smartphones at all, and even on the website there are no details. But third-party resources report that Kirin 9010L — this is a stripped-down Kirin 9010. The platform has nine CPU cores instead of 12, and the smallest cores are disabled, so the impact on performance should not be particularly noticeable. Whether there are any other differences is unclear.
But we see how Huawei can make more accessible platforms from its flagship Kirin 9010, and the company may well use this approach in the future.