Unisoc SC9863A vs Helio P35

We compared two 8-core processors: Unisoc SC9863A (with PowerVR GE8322 graphics) and MediaTek Helio P35 (PowerVR GE8320). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Unisoc SC9863A
  • Performs 62% better in floating-point computations
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of MediaTek Helio P35
  • Has a smaller size transistor (12 versus 28 nm)
  • 44% higher CPU clock speed (2300 vs 1600 MHz)
  • Shows better (up to 30%) AnTuTu 11 score – 199K vs 153K
  • Higher GPU frequency (~24%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Helio P35 +30%
199111
CPU 72338 98565
GPU 12745 12261
Memory 35608 48524
UX 32976 39761
Total score 153667 199111
Samples Less than 3 [11 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Helio P35 +132%
476
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 52.4 MB/sec 62.7 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 23 pages/sec 28.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 29.9 Mpixels/sec 33.2 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 9.4 images/sec 10.6 images/sec
HDR 26.1 Mpixels/sec 29.9 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 0.79 images/sec 0.88 images/sec
Photo processing 5.72 images/sec 5.59 images/sec
Ray tracing 1.3 Mpixels/sec 1.76 Mpixels/sec
Samples Less than 3 5 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur - 0.22 images/sec
Face detection - 0.14 images/sec
Horizon detection - 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection - 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching - 0.25 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics - 29.3 FPS
API - Vulkan
Samples - 2 tests

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 4595 4493
Video editing score 3827 3869
Data manipulation score 3481 4019
Photo editing score 8415 7357
Writing score 5029 5560
Phones tested 2 models 4 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Unisoc SC9863A
No benchmark results yet
MediaTek Helio P35
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-27 (uday)AnTuTu200285
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-09 (Fintex)AnTuTu193141
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-02 (Muhanmmad Iskandar Sahar)AnTuTu216878
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-27 -> USAball386AnTuTu191161
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-12 -> Karlue392007CPU Throttle78%

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Unisoc SC9863A and Helio P35

CPU

Architecture 4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 1.2 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Cores 8 8
Frequency 1600 MHz 2300 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Process 28 nanometers 12 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 3 W 2.2 W
Manufacturing - TSMC

Graphics

GPU name PowerVR GE8322 PowerVR GE8320
Architecture PowerVR Series8XE (Rogue) PowerVR Series8XE (Rogue)
GPU frequency 550 MHz 680 MHz
Pipelines 8 4
Shading units 8 8
Total shaders 64 32
FLOPS 70.4 Gigaflops 43.5 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 1.2 1.2

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) No No

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1800 MHz 1600 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth - 14.9 Gb/s
Max size 4 GB 6 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1 eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution 2160 x 1080 2400 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 16MP, 2x 5MP 1x 25MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture 1K at 30FPS 1K at 30FPS
Video playback 1080p at 30FPS 1080p at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G support LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 7
5G support No No
Download speed Up to 300 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 4 5
Bluetooth 4.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced November 2018 December 2018
Class Low end Low end
Model number - MT6765
Official page - MediaTek Helio P35 official site
Successor - - MediaTek Helio G35

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