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UNISOC SC9863A vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (MSM8917)

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 617 MSM8952

► remove from comparison Qualcomm 617 MSM8952

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 is a mid-range ARMv8-based SoC largely for Android tablets and smartphones announced in September 2015. In addition to 8 Cortex-A53 CPU cores at up to 1.5 / 1.2 (performance and power saving cluster) GHz, the SoC integrates an Adreno 405 GPU with a LPDDR3-1866 memory controller and supports Wi-Fi (802.11ac), Bluetooth 4.0, UMTS, and LTE. Compared to the older Snapdragon 615, the clock speeds are a bit lower (hits 1.7 GHz max).

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 617 are divided into two quad-core clusters, each optimized for a different operating point. While one cluster can clock up to 1.5 GHz to handle more demanding applications, the other cluster is limited to a maximum of 1.2 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 617 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 (most likely around 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 617 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 617 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.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (MSM8917)

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (8917) is an ARM-based entry level SoC for tablets and smartphones (mostly Android based). It was announced in February 2016 and integrates four 64-Bit Cortex-A53 CPU cores (quad-core) that clock with up to 1.4 GHz. Furthermore, there is a Adreno 308 graphics card, a LPDDR3 memory controller (max. 667 MHz) and wireless radios for WiFi and 4G/LTE included in the chip.

The Cortex-A53 is the successor of the entry level Cortex-A7 CPU cores. The A53 is now capable of 64 Bit (ARMv8-ISA) and adressing more than 4 GB RAM. According to ARM the performance per MHz is a lot better and even surpasses a Cortex-A9 core.

The integrated Adreno 308 ist the integrated graphics card that supports OpenGL ES 3.0.

The integrated wireless radios support WiFi 802.11ac Wave 2, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS/GLONASS/Baidou, 2G, 3G and 4G (LTE Cat.4) standards. Futhermore, the SoC is able to decode 1080p videos in H.265 (encode only in H.264) and cameras with up to 13 MP.

The power consumption of the chip is ranging in the lower range, and therefore it is also suited for smaller smartphones. It is manufactured in 28 nm LP at TSMC.

ModelUNISOC SC9863AQualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (MSM8917)
Series Qualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameCortex-A55Cortex-A53Cortex-A53
Series: Snapdragon Cortex-A53
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 MSM8952 « 1.5 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
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
Clock1200 - 1600 MHz1500 MHz1400 MHz
L3 Cache512 KB
Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 84 / 4
Technology28 nm28 nm28 nm
FeaturesTDD-LTE/FDD-LTE/TD-SCDMA/WCDMA/GGE Modem, IMG8322 GPU, 1080p video, FHD+ display supportAdreno 405 GPU, Dual-Stream 802.11ac WLAN, Bluetooth, LTE Cat. 7, GPS (iZat Gen8C), 32/64 Bit LPDDR3-1866 Memory ControllerWLAN 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.1, GSM/EDGE, WCDMA, UMTS/HSPA, LTE Cat. 7 (max. 300 Mbps), GPS (Qualcomm IZat Gen8C Lite), LPDDR3-1866 Memory Controller, eMMC 5.1
iGPUPowerVR GE8322 / IMG8322 (550 MHz)Qualcomm Adreno 405 ( - 550 MHz)Qualcomm Adreno 308
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.unisoc.comwww.qualcomm.comwww.qualcomm.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 8656     avg: 8836     median: 8812 (7%)     max: 9041 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 8761     avg: 8873     median: 8805 (7%)     max: 9053 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 12578     avg: 13955     median: 13954.5 (12%)     max: 15331 Points
min: 9423     avg: 9572     median: 9597.5 (8%)     max: 9670 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 1136     avg: 1303     median: 1373 (16%)     max: 1401 Points
min: 956     avg: 1061     median: 1083 (13%)     max: 1144 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 1107     avg: 1257     median: 1250 (14%)     max: 1407 Points
min: 955     avg: 1052     median: 1060 (12%)     max: 1142 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
100%
1 SC9863A +
827 Points (8%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
3526 Points (4%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
809 Points (11%)
698 Points (9%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
3372 Points (8%)
2092 Points (5%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
3235 Points (5%)
min: 3032     avg: 3047     median: 3052 (5%)     max: 3057 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
759 Points (11%)
min: 717     avg: 728     median: 720 (11%)     max: 747 Points
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%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
306.7 MFLOPS (10%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
228.4 MFLOPS (22%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 11698     avg: 11906     median: 11906 (14%)     max: 12114 ms
min: 10420     avg: 10900     median: 11054 (13%)     max: 11109 ms
98%
425 +
min: 10742     avg: 13125     median: 13191 (15%)     max: 16192 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
1228 ms (13%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 3111     avg: 3940     median: 4018 (4%)     max: 4690 Points
min: 3371     avg: 3573     median: 3527 (3%)     max: 3911 Points
76%
425 +
min: 2411     avg: 2952     median: 3052 (3%)     max: 3374 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
min: 29     avg: 30.5     median: 30.5 (6%)     max: 32 Points
85%
1 425 +
min: 24     avg: 26     median: 26 (5%)     max: 28 Points
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
40780 Points (41%)
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
55423 Points (19%)
min: 40876     avg: 44580     median: 45237 (15%)     max: 46968 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
100%
1 SC9863A +
7434 Points (23%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
100%
1 SC9863A +
20953 Points (26%)
67%
1 425 +
min: 11600     avg: 14212     median: 14071.5 (17%)     max: 16206 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
100%
1 SC9863A +
10973 Points (3%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
100%
1 SC9863A +
33436 Points (20%)
69%
1 425 +
min: 15748     avg: 22159     median: 23055.5 (14%)     max: 23413 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
72796 Points (13%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
98723 Points (10%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 SC9863A +
92404 Points (12%)
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%)
75%
1 425 +
1999 Points (11%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
100%
1 SC9863A +
15142 Points (32%)
18%
1 425 +
2799 Points (6%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
100%
1 SC9863A +
min: 4389     avg: 4560     median: 4601 (30%)     max: 4694 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 6601     avg: 6688     median: 6601 (33%)     max: 6861 Points
min: 3663     avg: 4586     median: 4723.5 (24%)     max: 5234 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work 2.0 Battery Life
100%
1 425 +
5253 min (100%)

Average Benchmarks UNISOC SC9863A → 100% n=7

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 → 82% n=7

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (MSM8917) → 65% n=7

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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