Unisoc SC9863A vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2

Compared 2 processors: Unisoc SC9863A, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Unisoc SC9863A and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Unisoc SC9863A
119450
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3115282
CPU47324679852
GPU146131283493
Memory34991646515
UX22522505422
NanoReview Score1194503115282
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Unisoc SC9863A
164
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3393
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Unisoc SC9863A
725
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
11515
File Compression52.4 MB/s421.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser23 pages/s268 pages/s
PDF Rendering29.9 MP/sec300.8 MP/sec
Background Blur0.79 frames/s42.4 frames/s
Photo Processing5.72 frames/s115.6 frames/s
Image Detection9.4 frames/s353.8 frames/s
HDR26.1 MP/sec339.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing1.3 MP/sec14.1 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 4x 1.2 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2x 4.6 GHz -
- 6x 3.63 GHz -
Process n/a TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 1600 4600
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L3 Cache n/a 16 MB
Process tech. 28 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 3 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model PowerVR GE8322 n/a
Architecture PowerVR Series8XE (Rogue) n/a
GPU Frequency 550 MHz n/a
Execution Units 8 n/a
Shader Units 8 n/a
Total shader 64 n/a
FLOPS 70.4 GFLOPS 3990 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 n/a
OpenCL 1.2 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence No Hexagon

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 1800 MHz n/a
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Max RAM 4 GB n/a

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type eMMC 5.1 - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 2160x1080 pixels n/a
Camera 1x16 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 1K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 1080p at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 300 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 4 7
Bluetooth version 4.2 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced November, 2018 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Low end Flagship
Codename n/a SM8850

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Unisoc SC9863A the clear winner in this comparison.

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