Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G vs Allwinner A523
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G (SD730G Mobile Platform) is a fast mid-range ARM-based SoC largely found on Android tablets and smartphones. It integrates eight cores (octa-core) divided into two clusters. A fast performance cluster contains two ARM Cortex-A76 cores clocked at up to 2.3 GHz (Kryo 465 Gold) and a power efficiency cluster with six small ARM Cortex-A55 cores at up to 1.8 GHz (Kryo 465 Silver). Depending on the workload only single clusters or all cores can run at different clock speeds.
The differences to the Snapdragon 730(G) Kryo 470 are not known, although the performance is comparable.
The chip includes a range of other features like a fast X15 LTE radio (800 Mbits Cat 15 download), Wi-Fi 6 wireless radios (802.11ax), satellite positioning, USB-C 3.1, Spectra 350L ISP, Hexagon 692 DSP, H.265 video en- and decode, an LPDDR4X-3733 dual-channel memory controller and a Adreno 618 graphics card.
The Snapdragon 720G is manufactured in the modern 8 nm process at Samsung (8LLP).
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.
| Model | Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G | Allwinner A523 |
| Codename | Cortex-A76 / A55 | Cortex-A55 |
| Series | Qualcomm Snapdragon | |
| Clock | 2300 MHz | 480 - 2000 MHz |
| Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 8 / 8 4 x 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A55 4 x 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A55 |
| Technology | 8 nm | 22 nm |
| Features | Adreno 618 GPU, X15 LTE Modem, Hexagon 692 DSP, Specra 350L ISP | 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 |
| iGPU | Qualcomm Adreno 618 (500 MHz) | ARM Mali-G57 MP1 |
| Architecture | ARM | ARM |
| Announced | ||
| Manufacturer | www.qualcomm.com | www.allwinnertech.com |
| L1 Cache | 512 KB | |
| L2 Cache | 768 KB | |
| L3 Cache | 1 MB |
Benchmarks
Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G → 100% n=16
Average Benchmarks Allwinner A523 → 44% n=16
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
