Unisoc SC9863A vs Snapdragon 625
We compared two 8-core processors: Unisoc SC9863A (with PowerVR GE8322 graphics) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 (Adreno 506). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Unisoc SC9863A
- Announced 2-years and 10-months later
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
- Has a smaller size transistor (14 versus 28 nm)
- Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Unisoc
- 25% higher CPU clock speed (2000 vs 1600 MHz)
- Shows better (up to 15%) AnTuTu 9 score – 116K vs 101K
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 38071 | 38992 |
| GPU | 12150 | 15215 |
| Memory | 34975 | 17947 |
| UX | 15397 | 44173 |
| Total score | 101469 | 116801 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 22.5 Mpixels/s | 77.2 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 4.57 images/s | 9.87 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 11.5 words/s | 19.7 words/s |
| Machine learning | 6.11 images/s | 12.7 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 3.04 images/s | 6.33 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 0.4803 Mnodes/s | 1.39 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 141.3 Krows/s | 369.3 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | - | 97% |
| Graphics test | - | 1 FPS |
| Score | - | 188 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Unisoc SC9863A and Snapdragon 625CPU
| Architecture | 4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A55 4x 1.2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 1600 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| Process | 28 nanometers | 14 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 2 billion |
| TDP | 3 W | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | PowerVR GE8322 | Adreno 506 |
| Architecture | Rogue | Adreno 500 |
| GPU frequency | - | 650 MHz |
| Execution units | 4 | 1 |
| Shading units | 128 | 96 |
| FLOPS | - | 124 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 11 | 11.1 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR3 |
| Memory frequency | 1800 MHz | 933 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 1x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | - | 7.46 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | No | Hexagon 546 |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2160 x 1080 | 1900 x 1200 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 16MP, 2x 5MP | 1x 24MP, 2x 13MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 30FPS | 4K 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
| Modem | - | X9 |
| 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 100 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 4 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
| Announced | November 2018 | February 2016 |
| Class | Low end | Mid range |
| Model number | - | MSM8953 |
| Official page | - | Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 official site |
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