Apple A9 vs Unisoc T8300
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 8 cores 2200MHz Unisoc T8300 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Unisoc T8300 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (17.07GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)
Higher Frequency (2200MHz vs 1850MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (6nm vs 14nm)
Released 9 years and 6 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A9
285954
Unisoc T8300
+67%
479599
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Architecture
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
1850 MHz
Frequency
2200 MHz
2
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
3 MB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
-
14 nm
Process
6 nm
2
Transistor count
-
5 W
TDP
-
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
PowerVR GT7600
GPU name
Mali-G57 MP2
650 MHz
GPU frequency
-
6
Execution units
-
32
Shading units
32
4
Max size
32
0.2496 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
1.2
OpenCL version
2.0
11
DirectX version
12
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR4X
1333 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
14.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
17.07 Gbit/s
AI
-
-
-
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Apple M9
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 2.2
2048 x 1536
Max display resolution
-
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
-
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Qualcomm MDM9635M
Modem
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 6
4G support
-
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 450 Mbps
Download speed
-
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
-
5
Wi-Fi
5
4.2
Bluetooth
5.3
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Sep 2015
Announced
Mar 2025
Flagship
Class
Mid range
APL1022
Model number
-
