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UNISOC SC9863A vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 vs Allwinner A523

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 615 MSM8939

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 is a mid-range ARMv8-based SoC largely for Android tablets and smartphones. Announced in February 2014, the S615 is one of the first 64-bit capable SoCs from Qualcomm. In addition to 8 Cortex-A53 CPU cores at up to 1.7 GHz, the SoC integrates an Adreno 405 GPU with a 2x 32-bit memory controller (LPDDR3-1600, 12.8 GB/s) and supports Wi-Fi (802.11ac), Bluetooth 4.0, UMTS, and LTE.

CPU

The Cortex-A53 is the successor to the very popular Cortex-A7 design. In addition to the new 64-bit capable ARMv8 ISA, the cores offer a variety of other improvements such as better branch prediction. This leads to a significantly higher performance per clock, which is even above the older Cortex-A9.

The eight cores of the Snapdragon 615 are divided into two quad-core clusters, each optimized for a different operating point. While one cluster can clock up to 1.7 GHz to handle more demanding applications, the other cluster is limited to a maximum of 1.0 GHz for energy-saving purposes. All eight cores can be active at the same time, although most applications aren't parallelized to support 8 cores efficiently.

Overall, the Snapdragon 615 offers a performance similar to that of the older Snapdragon 600 (Krait architecture).

GPU

Another new feature is the integrated graphics unit named Adreno 405 (550 MHz). The Adreno 400 series has been substantially redesigned and supports DirectX 11.2 (FL 11_1) including hardware tessellation, OpenGL ES 3.1, and OpenCL 1.2. Furthermore, the performance has been significantly improved, which is now similar to the Adreno 320 and PowerVR G6200.

Features

The Snapdragon 615 offers numerous wireless technologies such as Bluetooth 4.0 and WLAN 802.11a/b/g/n/ac as well as a Multi-SIM cellular modem supporting LTE cat. 4 (up to 150 Mbps), WCDMA, CDMA, EV-DO, TD-SCDMA and GSM/EDGE.

The SoC can encode and decode 1080p videos using dedicated hardware and stream content to displays with up to 2560 x 2048 pixels. A large number of video codecs including H.265 (playback only) will be supported. The camera ISP can handle sensors with up to 21 MP.

Power Consumption

The Snapdragon 615 is manufactured by TSMC in a 28 nm LP process. According to the specifications, we expect a medium or medium-high power consumption for use in medium-sized or larger smartphones and tablets.

Allwinner A523

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The Allwinner A523 is a very affordable ARM-based SoC for smartphones and tablets. The eight-core processor presented in 2023 consists of two quad-core clusters, each made up of 4 Cortex-A55 cores.

The faster quad cluster operates at a clock frequency of up to 1.8 GHz and offers 128 KB L2 cache per A55 core, while the second cluster clocks at up to 1.4 GHz and only offers 64 KB L2 cache per core.

In another version of the Allwinner A523, the first quad cluster clocks at up to 2.0 GHz. The ARM Mali-G57 MC1 is used as the graphics unit, which supports OpenGL 3.2, Vulkan 1.0 and OpenCL 2.0. A XuanTie E906 RISC-V PMU is also integrated.

The Allwinner SoC can control up to 4 GB DDR3/DDR4/LPDDR2/LPDDR3/LPDDR4/LPDDR4X RAM and eMMC 5.1 flash memory. In addition to PCIe 2.1, USB 3.1 Gen. 1 and Gigabit Ethernet are also supported as interfaces. There is also an H264/H265 video decoder (up to 4K at 60 frames per second) and an H264 encoder (up to 4K at 25 frames per second).

The Allwinner A523 is manufactured with a 22 nm structure width.

ModelUNISOC SC9863AQualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939Allwinner A523
Series Qualcomm Snapdragon
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 MSM8939 « 1.7 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 A523 « 0.48 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores1 MB L3 Cortex-A55
UNISOC SC9863A1.2 - 1.6 GHz8 / 8 cores512 KB L3 Cortex-A55
Clock1200 - 1600 MHz1700 MHz480 - 2000 MHz
L3 Cache512 KB1 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 88 / 8
4 x 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
4 x 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
Technology28 nm28 nm22 nm
FeaturesTDD-LTE/FDD-LTE/TD-SCDMA/WCDMA/GGE Modem, IMG8322 GPU, 1080p video, FHD+ display supportAdreno 405 GPU, 802.11ac WLAN, Bluetooth, LTE, NFC, GPS/GLOSNASS/BeiDou, 32/64 Bit LPDDR3 Memory ControllerH.264 4K25 Encoding, 4K30 decoding, H.265 4K60 decoding, 32 Bit LPDDR4x memory controller, SD 3.0 / eMMC 5.1, Trustzone, Secure Boot, Security ID, USB 3.1, PCIe 2.1, RISC-V 200 MHz
iGPUPowerVR GE8322 / IMG8322 (550 MHz)Qualcomm Adreno 405 ( - 550 MHz)ARM Mali-G57 MP1
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.unisoc.comwww.qualcomm.comwww.allwinnertech.com
L1 Cache512 KB
L2 Cache768 KB

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 5569     avg: 7208     median: 7132.5 (6%)     max: 8902 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 5564     avg: 6969     median: 7003 (6%)     max: 9155 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 SC9863A +
min: 12578     avg: 13955     median: 13954.5 (12%)     max: 15331 Points
min: 5758     avg: 8220     median: 7460.5 (6%)     max: 15857 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
100%
1 SC9863A +
min: 1136     avg: 1303     median: 1373 (16%)     max: 1401 Points
120%
1 A523 +
min: 1517     avg: 1645     median: 1645 (19%)     max: 1773 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 1107     avg: 1257     median: 1250 (14%)     max: 1407 Points
991 Points (11%)
151%
A523 +
1883 Points (22%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
100%
1 A523 +
min: 227     avg: 229     median: 229 (7%)     max: 231 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
100%
1 A523 +
min: 852     avg: 853     median: 853 (3%)     max: 854 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
122%
1 A523 +
min: 167     avg: 169     median: 169 (7%)     max: 171 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
127%
1 A523 +
min: 778     avg: 797     median: 796.5 (1%)     max: 815 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
155 Points (1%)
110%
1 A523 +
171 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
74%
1 A523 +
600 Points (2%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
827 Points (8%)
105%
1 A523 +
min: 853     avg: 865     median: 865 (9%)     max: 877 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
3526 Points (4%)
83%
1 A523 +
min: 2498     avg: 2942     median: 2941.5 (3%)     max: 3385 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
809 Points (11%)
626 Points (9%)
102%
A523 +
827 Points (11%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
3372 Points (8%)
1561 Points (4%)
2451 Points (6%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
3235 Points (5%)
min: 2291     avg: 2667     median: 2720 (4%)     max: 3046 Points
101%
A523 +
3276 Points (5%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
759 Points (11%)
min: 676     avg: 689     median: 681 (10%)     max: 717 Points
127%
A523 +
965 Points (14%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2103     avg: 2483     median: 2370 (4%)     max: 3202 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 539     avg: 674     median: 638 (12%)     max: 940 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 SC9863A +
805 Points (6%)
523 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 SC9863A +
1927 Points (17%)
1615 Points (15%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 SC9863A +
4869 Points (10%)
4043 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 SC9863A +
2912 Points (6%)
2255 Points (5%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
3189 Points (8%)
2579 Points (7%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
min: 257.9     avg: 317.6     median: 280.6 (9%)     max: 490 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
min: 116.6     avg: 212.9     median: 218.3 (21%)     max: 420 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 11698     avg: 11906     median: 11906 (14%)     max: 12114 ms
min: 5061     avg: 13398     median: 13126 (15%)     max: 20190 ms
104%
A523 +
min: 8641.2     avg: 8707     median: 8706.8 (10%)     max: 8772.4 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 793     avg: 1235     median: 1213 (13%)     max: 1688 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
1178 ms (11%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 3111     avg: 3940     median: 4018 (4%)     max: 4690 Points
min: 2672     avg: 3696     median: 3411 (3%)     max: 6999 Points
152%
A523 +
min: 5911     avg: 6113     median: 6112.5 (5%)     max: 6314 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
100%
1 A523 +
min: 26     avg: 28     median: 28 (8%)     max: 30 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
min: 29     avg: 30.5     median: 30.5 (6%)     max: 32 Points
134%
1 A523 +
41 Points (9%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
min: 924     avg: 1197     median: 1184.5 (32%)     max: 1493 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta
min: 817     avg: 1275     median: 1238.5 (28%)     max: 1805 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser
min: 1849     avg: 2628     median: 2521.5 (33%)     max: 3619 Points
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
min: 17712     avg: 20407     median: 19790 (46%)     max: 23719 points
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
min: 27825     avg: 33966     median: 32024 (32%)     max: 49293 Points
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
55423 Points (19%)
min: 29823     avg: 33247     median: 33119 (11%)     max: 36800 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
100%
1 SC9863A +
7434 Points (23%)
4376 Points (13%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
100%
1 SC9863A +
20953 Points (26%)
14864 Points (18%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
100%
1 SC9863A +
10973 Points (3%)
8960 Points (3%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
100%
1 SC9863A +
33436 Points (20%)
26765 Points (16%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
72796 Points (13%)
54965 Points (10%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
98723 Points (10%)
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
100%
1 A523 +
min: 126757     avg: 131411     median: 131411 (8%)     max: 136065 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
100%
1 A523 +
min: 34895     avg: 37521     median: 37521 (10%)     max: 40147 Points
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
min: 260     avg: 453.3     median: 417 (13%)     max: 683 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
min: 6830     avg: 12463     median: 12017 (39%)     max: 18542 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
92404 Points (12%)
min: 10592     avg: 12997     median: 12996.5 (2%)     max: 15401 Points
2085 Points (0%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 3.0
100%
1 SC9863A +
4436 Points (21%)
124%
1 A523 +
min: 5224     avg: 5487     median: 5486.5 (25%)     max: 5749 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
100%
1 SC9863A +
2660 Points (14%)
1756 Points (9%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
100%
1 SC9863A +
15142 Points (32%)
3900 Points (8%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
100%
1 SC9863A +
min: 4389     avg: 4560     median: 4601 (30%)     max: 4694 Points
3293 Points (22%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
min: 6601     avg: 6688     median: 6601 (33%)     max: 6861 Points
min: 3045     avg: 3504     median: 3536 (18%)     max: 3959 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random write internal
100%
1 A523 +
8.6 MB/s (6%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq write internal
100%
1 A523 +
87.8 MB/s (3%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random read internal
100%
1 A523 +
13 MB/s (16%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq read internal
100%
1 A523 +
127.1 MB/s (4%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 score
100%
1 A523 +
7006 Points (11%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
100%
1 A523 +
227 Points (9%)
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
100%
1 A523 +
5.8 Watt (3%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
100%
1 A523 +
1.2 Watt (1%)

Average Benchmarks UNISOC SC9863A → 100% n=8

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 → 72% n=8

Average Benchmarks Allwinner A523 → 102% n=8

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