UNISOC T618 vs Intel Core i7-680UM

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UNISOC T618 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-680UM
UNISOC T618 Intel Core i7-680UM

CPU comparison

UNISOC T618 or Intel Core i7-680UM - 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 T618 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The UNISOC T618 was released in Q3/2019.

The Intel Core i7-680UM has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.53 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-680UM was released in Q3/2010.
UNISOC 4G (10) Family Intel Core i7 (298)
UNISOC 4G 12nm (8) CPU group Intel Core i7 600 (3)
0 Generation 1
-- Architecture Arrandale
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The UNISOC T618 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the UNISOC T618 is 2.00 GHz while the Intel Core i7-680UM has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-680UM is at 1.46 GHz (2.53 GHz).

UNISOC T618 Characteristic Intel Core i7-680UM
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz
2x Cortex-A75
A-Core 1.46 GHz (2.53 GHz)
2.00 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 T618 Characteristic Intel Core i7-680UM
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The UNISOC T618 or Intel Core i7-680UM 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-G52 MP2 GPU Intel HD Graphics Ironlake (Arrandale)
0.85 GHz GPU frequency 0.17 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.50 GHz
Bifrost 2 GPU Generation 5
16 nm Technology 45 nm
2 Max. displays 0
2 Compute units 12
32 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 10.1

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.

ARM Mali-G52 MP2 GPU Intel HD Graphics Ironlake (Arrandale)
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
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode / Encode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The UNISOC T618 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Core i7-680UM supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 12.8 GB/s.

UNISOC T618 Characteristic Intel Core i7-680UM
LPDDR4X-1866, LPDDR4-1866, LPDDR3-933 Memory DDR3-800
Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 4.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the UNISOC T618 is --, while the Intel Core i7-680UM has a TDP of 18 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

UNISOC T618 Characteristic Intel Core i7-680UM
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 18 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The UNISOC T618 is manufactured in 12 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i7-680UM is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

UNISOC T618 Characteristic Intel Core i7-680UM
12 nm Technology 32 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-- Socket BGA 1288
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2019 Release date Q3/2010
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
UNISOC T618 (92%)
Intel Core i7-680UM (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
UNISOC T618 (100%)
Intel Core i7-680UM (58%)

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 T618 UNISOC T618
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
385 (92%)
Intel Core i7-680UM Intel Core i7-680UM
2C 4T @ 2.53 GHz
419 (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 T618 UNISOC T618
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
1418 (100%)
Intel Core i7-680UM Intel Core i7-680UM
2C 4T @ 1.46 GHz
820 (58%)

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 T618 UNISOC T618
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
464 (100%)
Intel Core i7-680UM Intel Core i7-680UM
2C 4T @ 2.53 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 T618 UNISOC T618
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
1513 (100%)
Intel Core i7-680UM Intel Core i7-680UM
2C 4T @ 1.46 GHz
0 (0%)

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 T618 UNISOC T618
ARM Mali-G52 MP2 @ 0.85 GHz
54 (100%)
Intel Core i7-680UM Intel Core i7-680UM
Intel HD Graphics Ironlake (Arrandale) @ 0.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
UNISOC T618 UNISOC T618
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-680UM Intel Core i7-680UM
2C 4T @ 1.46 GHz
1204 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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