UNISOC SC9863A vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite

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UNISOC SC9863A CPU1 vs CPU2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite
UNISOC SC9863A Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite

CPU comparison

UNISOC SC9863A or Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The UNISOC SC9863A has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.20 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The UNISOC SC9863A was released in Q2/2019.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite was released in Q1/2016.
UNISOC 4G (10) Family Qualcomm Snapdragon (104)
UNISOC 4G 28nm (2) CPU group Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (3)
0 Generation 3
-- Architecture Kryo
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The UNISOC SC9863A has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the UNISOC SC9863A is 1.20 GHz while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite is at 1.80 GHz.

UNISOC SC9863A Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite
8 Cores 4
8 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.20 GHz
4x Cortex-A55
A-Core 1.80 GHz
2x Kryo
1.60 GHz
4x Cortex-A55
B-Core 1.36 GHz
2x Kryo

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

UNISOC SC9863A Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The UNISOC SC9863A or Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

PowerVR GE8322 GPU Qualcomm Adreno 530
0.55 GHz GPU frequency 0.51 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.51 GHz
-- GPU Generation 5
20 nm Technology 14 nm
1 Max. displays 0
1 Compute units --
-- Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
10 DirectX Version 11,1

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

PowerVR GE8322 GPU Qualcomm Adreno 530
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The UNISOC SC9863A can use up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite supports up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 10.7 GB/s.

UNISOC SC9863A Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite
LPDDR4X, LPDDR4, LPDDR3 Memory LPDDR4-1333
Max. Memory 8 GB
0 Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 10.7 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the UNISOC SC9863A is --, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

UNISOC SC9863A Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The UNISOC SC9863A is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

UNISOC SC9863A Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite
28 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Chiplet
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions --
-- Socket --
None Virtualization None
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems Android
Q2/2019 Release date Q1/2016
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
UNISOC SC9863A (44%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
UNISOC SC9863A (89%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
UNISOC SC9863A UNISOC SC9863A
8C 8T @ 1.20 GHz
147 (44%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
335 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
UNISOC SC9863A UNISOC SC9863A
8C 8T @ 1.20 GHz
768 (89%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
864 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
UNISOC SC9863A UNISOC SC9863A
PowerVR GE8322 @ 0.55 GHz
35 (9%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite
Qualcomm Adreno 530 @ 0.51 GHz
407 (100%)

Devices using this processor

UNISOC SC9863A Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Lite
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