UNISOC T606 vs Apple A7

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UNISOC T606 CPU1 vs CPU2 Apple A7
UNISOC T606 Apple A7

CPU comparison

UNISOC T606 or Apple A7 - 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 T606 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The UNISOC T606 was released in Q3/2021.

The Apple A7 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Apple A7 was released in Q3/2013.
UNISOC 4G (10) Family Apple A series (22)
UNISOC 4G 12nm (8) CPU group Apple A7 (1)
0 Generation 7
-- Architecture A7
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Apple A6
-- Successor Apple A8

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The UNISOC T606 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the UNISOC T606 is 1.60 GHz while the Apple A7 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Apple A7 is at 1.40 GHz.

UNISOC T606 Characteristic Apple A7
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 2
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.60 GHz
2x Cortex-A75
A-Core 1.40 GHz
2x Cyclone
1.60 GHz
6x Cortex-A55
B-Core --

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 T606 Characteristic Apple A7
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The UNISOC T606 or Apple A7 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.

ARM Mali-G57 MP1 GPU PowerVR G6430
0.65 GHz GPU frequency 0.45 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
Vallhall 1 GPU Generation --
7 nm Technology 28 nm
2 Max. displays 2
2 Compute units 16
32 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
4 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version 10

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.

ARM Mali-G57 MP1 GPU PowerVR G6430
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode / Encode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The UNISOC T606 can use up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Apple A7 supports up to 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 12.8 GB/s.

UNISOC T606 Characteristic Apple A7
LPDDR4X-1600 Memory LPDDR3-1333
Max. Memory 1 GB
0 Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the UNISOC T606 is --, while the Apple A7 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

UNISOC T606 Characteristic Apple A7
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The UNISOC T606 is manufactured in 12 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Apple A7 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 5.00 MB cache.

UNISOC T606 Characteristic Apple A7
12 nm Technology 28 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 iOS
Q3/2021 Release date Q3/2013
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
UNISOC T606 (100%)
Apple A7 (91%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
UNISOC T606 (100%)
Apple A7 (42%)

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 T606 UNISOC T606
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
305 (100%)
Apple A7 Apple A7
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
278 (91%)

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 T606 UNISOC T606
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
1249 (100%)
Apple A7 Apple A7
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
528 (42%)

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 T606 UNISOC T606
ARM Mali-G57 MP1 @ 0.65 GHz
83 (72%)
Apple A7 Apple A7
PowerVR G6430 @ 0.45 GHz
115 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
UNISOC T606 UNISOC T606
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
365 (100%)
Apple A7 Apple A7
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
UNISOC T606 UNISOC T606
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
1332 (100%)
Apple A7 Apple A7
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)

AnTuTu 10 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 10 benchmark is one of the best-known benchmarks for mobile processors, which is now available in version 10. There is a version for Android-based smartphones and tablets, as well as a version for Apple mobile devices, i.e. iPhones and iPads.

The Antutu 10 benchmark has 3 phases. In the first phase, the device's RAM is tested, in phase 2 the graphics are tested and in the final phase the entire device is pushed to its performance limits by rendering 3D graphics.

Antutu 10 is therefore ideal for comparing the performance of different devices.
UNISOC T606 UNISOC T606
8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
267528 (100%)
Apple A7 Apple A7
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

UNISOC T606 Apple A7
Unknown Apple iPhone 6
Apple iPhone 6 Plus
Apple iPad Mini 4
Apple TV HD
Apple HomePod
Apple iPod touch (6. Gen)

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