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UNISOC SC9863A vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 (MSM8937) vs Samsung Exynos 850

UNISOC SC9863A

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The Unisoc SC9863A (formerly Spreadtrum) is an entry level octa core SoC with 8 ARM Cortex-A55 cores in two clusters. One performance cluster with up to 1.6 GHz and a efficiency cluster with up to 1.2 GHz. The SoC also integrates an LTE modem (TDD-LTE/FDD-LTE/TD-SCDMA/WCDMA/GGE), a PowerVR IMG8322 /GE8322 graphics card and 1080p video support.

Process

TSMC 28HPC+

CPU

8XA55

GPU

IMG 8322

Memory

eMMC 5.1, LPDDR3, LPDDR4/4X

Modem

LTE Cat7, L+L DSDS

Display

FHD+ 

Camera

16M @ 30fps, Dual ISP 16M + 5M

Camera Interface

MIPI CSI: 4+4+2/4+2+2+2

Video

Decode

1080p @ 30 fps, H.264/H.265

Encode

1080p @ 30 fps, H.264/H.265

WCN

11bgn BT4.2

integrated (BB&RF)

11AC BT5.0

Marilin3 (option)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 (MSM8937)

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 (SD430) is a lower mainstream SoC for (Android based) smartphones and tablets. Contrary to the Snapdragon 630, it is still manufactured in a 28-nm process and also consists of an octa-core CPU part with ARM Cortex-A53 cores. However, they are only clocked at up to 1.4 GHz. The integrated X6 LTE modem supports Cat. 4 with maximum transfer rates of 150 Mbps (downstream) and 75 Mbps (upstream). The SoC also includes an Adreno 505 GPU with support for Vulkan and OpenGL ES 3.1. WiFi 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.1 are supported as well. The memory controller supports LPDDR3 clocked at 800 MHz (so probably dual-channel DDRL-1600). 

Samsung Exynos 850

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The Samsung Exynos 850 is a System on a Chip (SoC) for entry level smartphones (Android based). It was announced in May 2020 and the first device with it is the Samsung Galaxy A21s. The chip integrates a processor with 8 small ARM Cortex-A55 cores that clock with up to 2 GHz (octa core).

The multi threaded performance is quite good thanks to 8 cores, the single threaded performance suffers a bit from the small A55 cores, although the clock rate of up to 2 GHz can help a bit.

Furthermore, the SoC integrates a LTE modem (Cat.7 2CA up to 300 MBit/s download, Cat.13 2CA 150 MBit/s upload), a Wi-fi 5 modem (802.11ac), LPPDDR4x memory controller, eMMC 5.1 flash memory controller and a video engine for FHD 60fps encoding and decoding (H.265, H.264, VP9).

It is manufactured in the modern 8nm LPP process at Samsung and should offer a good power efficiency and therefore it is also suited for small smartphones.

ModelUNISOC SC9863AQualcomm Snapdragon 430 (MSM8937)Samsung Exynos 850
Series Qualcomm SnapdragonSamsung
CodenameCortex-A55Cortex-A53Cortex-A55
Series: Cortex-A55
Samsung Exynos 850 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A55
Allwinner A5230.48 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores1 MB L3 Cortex-A55
UNISOC SC9863A « 1.2 - 1.6 GHz8 / 8 cores512 KB L3 Cortex-A55
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6302.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6262.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6252 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4392 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4501.8 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4292 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM89521.5 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v21.7 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM89391.7 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 MSM89361.7 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4351.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 (MSM8937) « 1.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 MSM89291.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (MSM8917)1.4 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM89161.4 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 APQ80161.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Samsung Exynos 850 « - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A55
Allwinner A5230.48 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores1 MB L3 Cortex-A55
UNISOC SC9863A1.2 - 1.6 GHz8 / 8 cores512 KB L3 Cortex-A55
Clock1200 - 1600 MHz1400 MHz <=2000 MHz
L3 Cache512 KB
Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 88 / 8
Technology28 nm28 nm8 nm
FeaturesTDD-LTE/FDD-LTE/TD-SCDMA/WCDMA/GGE Modem, IMG8322 GPU, 1080p video, FHD+ display supportAdreno 505 GPU, 802.11ac WLAN, Bluetooth 4.1, LTE Cat. 4, Dual-Channel LPDDR3-1600 Memory ControllerLTE Cat.7 / Cat.13, LPDDR4x RAM, Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5), 48 MP Camera, eMMC 5.1, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo
iGPUPowerVR GE8322 / IMG8322 (550 MHz)Qualcomm Adreno 505ARM Mali-G52 MP1
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.unisoc.comwww.qualcomm.comwww.samsung.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - Geekbench 5.5, PCM Work, Sling Shot Physics, Antutu v8 CPU - Exynos 850
0.4 pt (29%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 12578     avg: 13955     median: 13954.5 (12%)     max: 15331 Points
18816 Points (16%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 1136     avg: 1303     median: 1373 (16%)     max: 1401 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 1107     avg: 1257     median: 1250 (14%)     max: 1407 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
min: 126     avg: 138.5     median: 138 (6%)     max: 152 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
min: 472     avg: 640     median: 629 (1%)     max: 848 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
155 Points (1%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
min: 785     avg: 809     median: 808.5 (3%)     max: 832 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
827 Points (8%)
987 Points (10%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
3526 Points (4%)
4986 Points (6%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
809 Points (11%)
78%
1 430 +
min: 613     avg: 629     median: 628.5 (9%)     max: 644 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
3372 Points (8%)
56%
1 430 +
min: 1706     avg: 1896     median: 1895.5 (5%)     max: 2085 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
3235 Points (5%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
759 Points (11%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 SC9863A +
805 Points (6%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 SC9863A +
1927 Points (17%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 SC9863A +
4869 Points (10%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 SC9863A +
2912 Points (6%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
3189 Points (8%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 11698     avg: 11906     median: 11906 (14%)     max: 12114 ms
98%
430 +
min: 10396     avg: 12677     median: 13194 (15%)     max: 14709 ms
min: 8326.9     avg: 8842     median: 8823 (10%)     max: 9397 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 3111     avg: 3940     median: 4018 (4%)     max: 4690 Points
82%
430 +
min: 2604     avg: 3194     median: 3293.5 (3%)     max: 3438 Points
min: 4875     avg: 5426     median: 5454.5 (5%)     max: 5904 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
25 Points (7%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 29     avg: 30.5     median: 30.5 (6%)     max: 32 Points
95%
430 +
min: 24     avg: 41.7     median: 29 (6%)     max: 72 Points
min: 35     avg: 36.8     median: 36.5 (8%)     max: 39 Points
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
55423 Points (19%)
81%
1 430 +
min: 42798     avg: 45027     median: 44963.5 (15%)     max: 47066 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
100%
1 SC9863A +
7434 Points (23%)
64%
1 430 +
min: 3999     avg: 4992     median: 4792 (15%)     max: 6830 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
100%
1 SC9863A +
20953 Points (26%)
77%
1 430 +
min: 14313     avg: 16454     median: 16194 (20%)     max: 17949 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
100%
1 SC9863A +
10973 Points (3%)
83%
1 430 +
min: 8556     avg: 9082     median: 9083 (3%)     max: 9583 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
100%
1 SC9863A +
33436 Points (20%)
83%
1 430 +
min: 14989     avg: 26579     median: 27811 (17%)     max: 28218 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
72796 Points (13%)
80%
1 430 +
min: 44992     avg: 56835     median: 58282 (10%)     max: 59990 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
98723 Points (10%)
min: 119981     avg: 126175     median: 125664 (12%)     max: 133391 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
min: 25484     avg: 29469     median: 28792.5 (24%)     max: 34806 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
min: 20787     avg: 28847     median: 28119.5 (23%)     max: 38363 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
min: 20716     avg: 21830     median: 22122.5 (4%)     max: 22360 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
min: 45047     avg: 46029     median: 46132 (17%)     max: 46804 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
min: 121238     avg: 133665     median: 133304 (8%)     max: 146815 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
min: 36486     avg: 40832     median: 41451.5 (11%)     max: 43937 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 SC9863A +
92404 Points (12%)
10533 Points (1%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 3.0
100%
1 SC9863A +
4436 Points (21%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
100%
1 SC9863A +
2660 Points (14%)
67%
1 430 +
1783 Points (9%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
100%
1 SC9863A +
15142 Points (32%)
22%
1 430 +
3256 Points (7%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
min: 4389     avg: 4560     median: 4601 (30%)     max: 4694 Points
min: 5433     avg: 5445     median: 5445 (36%)     max: 5457 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 6601     avg: 6688     median: 6601 (33%)     max: 6861 Points
min: 6929     avg: 7021     median: 7021 (35%)     max: 7113 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work 2.0 Battery Life
100%
1 430 +
917 min (17%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 score
8331 Points (15%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 254     avg: 264     median: 264 (10%)     max: 274 Points
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
min: 0     avg: 1.9     median: 2.8 (1%)     max: 3.02 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 0     avg: 1     median: 1.2 (1%)     max: 1.894 Watt

Average Benchmarks UNISOC SC9863A → 100% n=10

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 (MSM8937) → 83% n=10

Average Benchmarks Samsung Exynos 850 → 130% n=10

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