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UNISOC SC9863A vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 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 439

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 (SD439) is a lower mainstream SoC for (Android based) smartphones and tablets. Compared to the older Snapdragon 435, the 439 is now manufactured in the current 12nm FinFET process and offers higher clock speeds of 2 GHz of the eight ARM Cortex-A53 cores (compared to 1.4 GHz). Wifi (now ac Wave 2 / Wifi 5) and Bluetooth (v5) were also updated, however the GPU still is the rather slow Adreno 505 and the LTE modem was even downgraded to a X6 with only Cat. 4/5 (max. 150 Mbps download, 75 Mbps upload).

Thanks to the higher maximum clock speed, the performance of the Snapdragon 439 mobile platform can reach the old Snapdragon 625 (also 2 GHz with 8x Cortex-A53). However, there is still a big gap to the SoCs with bigger performance cores.

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 439Allwinner 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 439 « 2 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 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 MHz2000 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 nm12 nm22 nm
FeaturesTDD-LTE/FDD-LTE/TD-SCDMA/WCDMA/GGE Modem, IMG8322 GPU, 1080p video, FHD+ display supportAdreno 505 GPU, 802.11ac Wave 2WLAN, Bluetooth 5.0, X6 LTE Cat 4/5 (150 / 75 Mbps),H.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 505ARM Mali-G57 MP1
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.unisoc.comwww.qualcomm.comwww.allwinnertech.com
L1 Cache512 KB
L2 Cache768 KB

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - Geekbench 5.5, PCM Work, Sling Shot Physics, Antutu v8 CPU - SD 439
0.3 pt (23%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 SC9863A +
min: 12578     avg: 13955     median: 13954.5 (12%)     max: 15331 Points
90%
1 SD 439 +
min: 12096     avg: 12492     median: 12492.5 (11%)     max: 12809 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 1136     avg: 1303     median: 1373 (16%)     max: 1401 Points
min: 1500     avg: 1597     median: 1608 (19%)     max: 1657 Points
120%
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
min: 1516     avg: 1588     median: 1598 (18%)     max: 1618 Points
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
min: 126     avg: 138.5     median: 138 (6%)     max: 152 Points
176 Points (7%)
122%
A523 +
min: 167     avg: 169     median: 169 (7%)     max: 171 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 472     avg: 640     median: 629 (1%)     max: 848 Points
823 Points (1%)
127%
A523 +
min: 778     avg: 797     median: 796.5 (1%)     max: 815 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
155 Points (1%)
min: 176     avg: 176.7     median: 177 (1%)     max: 177 Points
110%
A523 +
171 Points (1%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 785     avg: 809     median: 808.5 (3%)     max: 832 Points
min: 809     avg: 819     median: 812 (3%)     max: 836 Points
600 Points (2%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
827 Points (8%)
min: 863     avg: 880     median: 877.5 (9%)     max: 903 Points
105%
A523 +
min: 853     avg: 865     median: 865 (9%)     max: 877 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
3526 Points (4%)
min: 2987     avg: 3141     median: 3154 (4%)     max: 3267 Points
min: 2498     avg: 2942     median: 2941.5 (3%)     max: 3385 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
809 Points (11%)
863 Points (12%)
102%
A523 +
827 Points (11%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
3372 Points (8%)
3218 Points (8%)
2451 Points (6%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
3235 Points (5%)
3636 Points (6%)
101%
A523 +
3276 Points (5%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
759 Points (11%)
792 Points (12%)
127%
A523 +
965 Points (14%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 SC9863A +
805 Points (6%)
88%
1 SD 439 +
712 Points (6%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 SC9863A +
1927 Points (17%)
81%
1 SD 439 +
1563 Points (14%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 SC9863A +
4869 Points (10%)
123%
1 SD 439 +
5986 Points (12%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 SC9863A +
2912 Points (6%)
118%
1 SD 439 +
3444 Points (7%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
3189 Points (8%)
116%
1 SD 439 +
3684 Points (10%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 11698     avg: 11906     median: 11906 (14%)     max: 12114 ms
min: 9768     avg: 9963     median: 9952.5 (12%)     max: 10143 ms
104%
A523 +
min: 8641.2     avg: 8707     median: 8706.8 (10%)     max: 8772.4 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 3111     avg: 3940     median: 4018 (4%)     max: 4690 Points
min: 4512     avg: 4731     median: 4755.5 (4%)     max: 4958 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
min: 29     avg: 30.5     median: 30.5 (6%)     max: 32 Points
min: 32     avg: 35.2     median: 35.5 (7%)     max: 38 Points
134%
A523 +
41 Points (9%)
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
55423 Points (19%)
109%
1 SD 439 +
min: 59539     avg: 60585     median: 60585 (21%)     max: 61631 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
100%
1 SC9863A +
7434 Points (23%)
68%
1 SD 439 +
min: 4849     avg: 5390     median: 5051 (16%)     max: 6271 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
100%
1 SC9863A +
20953 Points (26%)
109%
1 SD 439 +
min: 19841     avg: 21900     median: 22846 (28%)     max: 23014 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
100%
1 SC9863A +
10973 Points (3%)
114%
1 SD 439 +
min: 12224     avg: 12439     median: 12514 (4%)     max: 12579 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
100%
1 SC9863A +
33436 Points (20%)
113%
1 SD 439 +
min: 37733     avg: 37810     median: 37769 (23%)     max: 37928 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
72796 Points (13%)
107%
1 SD 439 +
min: 75175     avg: 77540     median: 77652 (14%)     max: 79792 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
98723 Points (10%)
96%
1 SD 439 +
min: 84645     avg: 93569     median: 95218 (9%)     max: 99193 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
100%
1 SD 439 +
min: 6969     avg: 12860     median: 13894 (12%)     max: 16684 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
100%
1 SD 439 +
min: 27672     avg: 29440     median: 29676.5 (24%)     max: 30734 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
100%
1 SD 439 +
min: 9258     avg: 10049     median: 10067 (2%)     max: 10803 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
100%
1 SD 439 +
min: 40746     avg: 41220     median: 41221.5 (15%)     max: 41690 Points
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
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
92404 Points (12%)
105520 Points (14%)
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%)
96%
1 SD 439 +
min: 2490     avg: 2557     median: 2556.5 (14%)     max: 2623 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
100%
1 SC9863A +
15142 Points (32%)
34%
1 SD 439 +
min: 4775     avg: 5213     median: 5212.5 (11%)     max: 5650 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
100%
1 SC9863A +
min: 4389     avg: 4560     median: 4601 (30%)     max: 4694 Points
101%
1 SD 439 +
min: 4412     avg: 4632     median: 4643.5 (30%)     max: 4791 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
min: 6601     avg: 6688     median: 6601 (33%)     max: 6861 Points
93%
1 SD 439 +
min: 5880     avg: 6095     median: 6115 (31%)     max: 6228 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=16

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 → 111% n=16

Average Benchmarks Allwinner A523 → 106% n=16

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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