Unisoc SC9863A vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 1600MHz Unisoc SC9863A vs. 4 cores 2150MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Unisoc SC9863A 's Advantages
Lower TDP (3W vs 11W)
Released 3 years late
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.3194 TFLOPS vs 0.0704 TFLOPS )
Higher Frequency (2150MHz vs 1600MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 28nm)
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Unisoc SC9863A
156960
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
+65%
260148
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Unisoc SC9863A
165
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
+95%
323
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Unisoc SC9863A
730
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
+13%
827
FP32 (float)
Unisoc SC9863A
70
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
+355%
319
CPU
4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 1.2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.593 GHz – Kryo
1600 MHz
Frequency
2150 MHz
8
Cores
4
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
-
L2 cache
1 MB
28 nm
Process
14 nm
-
Transistor count
2
3 W
TDP
11 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
PowerVR GE8322
GPU name
Adreno 530
550 MHz
GPU frequency
624 MHz
8
Execution units
1
8
Shading units
256
4
Max size
8
0.0704 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.3194 TFLOPS
1.1
Vulkan version
1.0
1.2
OpenCL version
2.0
11
DirectX version
11
Memory
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4
1800 MHz
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 32 Bit
-
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
No
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
eMMC 5.1
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
2160 x 1080
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
1x 16MP, 2x 5MP
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
1K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
1080p at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Modem
X12
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 7
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
No
5G support
No
Up to 300 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
4
Wi-Fi
5
4.2
Bluetooth
4.1
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Info
Nov 2018
Announced
Nov 2015
Low end
Class
Flagship
-
Model number
MSM8996
