Tiger T610 vs Unisoc SC9863A

We compared two 8-core processors: Unisoc Tiger T610 (with Mali-G52 MP2 graphics) and Unisoc SC9863A (PowerVR GE8322). 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 Tiger T610
  • Has a smaller size transistor (12 versus 28 nm)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 2.1x) AnTuTu 11 score – 320K vs 153K
  • 14% higher CPU clock speed (1820 vs 1600 MHz)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~12%)
Pros of Unisoc SC9863A
  • Performs 20% better in floating-point computations
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Tiger T610 +109%
320967
CPU 131837 72338
GPU 36139 12745
Memory 60405 35608
UX 92586 32976
Total score 320967 153667
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Tiger T610 +104%
418
Multi-Core Score
Tiger T610 +54%
1305
Asset compression 72.2 MB/sec 52.4 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 36.6 pages/sec 23 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 49.3 Mpixels/sec 29.9 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 22.6 images/sec 9.4 images/sec
HDR 40.5 Mpixels/sec 26.1 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 3.17 images/sec 0.79 images/sec
Photo processing 10.8 images/sec 5.72 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.01 Mpixels/sec 1.3 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests Less than 3
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 1.27 images/sec -
Face detection 0.78 images/sec -
Horizon detection 0.03 Gpixels/sec -
Edge detection 0.07 Gpixels/sec -
Gaussian blur 0.03 Gpixels/sec -
Feature matching 0.01 Gpixels/sec -
Stereo matching 2.21 Gpixels/sec -
Particle physics 86.9 FPS -
API Vulkan -

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Tiger T610 +69%
8150
Web score 7411 4595
Video editing score 5473 3827
Data manipulation score 6367 3481
Photo editing score 15474 8415
Writing score 8537 5029
Phones tested - 2 models

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Tiger T610 and Unisoc SC9863A

CPU

Architecture 2x 1.82 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 1.82 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 1.2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 1820 MHz 1600 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Process 12 nanometers 28 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 3 W
Manufacturing TSMC -

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G52 MP2 PowerVR GE8322
Architecture Bifrost 2nd gen PowerVR Series8XE (Rogue)
GPU frequency 614 MHz 550 MHz
Pipelines 2 8
Shading units 24 8
Total shaders 48 64
FLOPS 58.9 Gigaflops 70.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 1.2

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) No No

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1600 MHz 1800 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max size 6 GB 4 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1 eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution 2160 x 1080 2160 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 16MP, 2x 8MP 1x 16MP, 2x 5MP
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
- AAC
- 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 5 4
Bluetooth 5.0 4.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced June 2019 November 2018
Class Low end Low end
Successor - Unisoc Tiger T612 -

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