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Samsung Exynos 1480 vs UNISOC SC9863A vs Allwinner A523

Samsung Exynos 1480

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The Samsung Exynos 1480 is a system on a chip (SoC) for mid-range smartphones and tablets based on Android. The CPU is made up of two clusters, each consisting of four cores. Four Cortex-A78 power cores (up to 2.75 GHz) and four Cortex-A55 power cores (up to 2.05 GHz) are used. The integrated graphics unit (GPU) is a Samsung Xclipse 530. The chipset supports Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3. Both LPDDR4x and LPDDR5 can be connected as RAM. UFS 3.1 is possible as internal memory.

The performance of the new AI engine with 6K MAC NPU is said to be around four times higher than its predecessor. In addition, displays with up to 144 Hz and Full HD+ can be used and cameras with up to 200 MPix are supported. The improved ISP now also enables videos in Ultra HD with up to 60 frames per second and is also capable of HDR and zero-shutter lag (ZSL).

The integrated modem has again received a significant speed boost for downloads and is considerably faster for both 5G-Sub6 (download: up to 5.1 GBit/s, upload: up to 1.28 GBit/s) and 5G-mmWave (download: up to 4.84 GBit/s, upload: up to 0.92 GBit/s), but remains unchanged for uploads since the Exynos 1280. There are no changes for LTE (Cat. 18, download: up to 1.2 GBit/s, upload up to 0.211 GBit/s).

The Exynos 1480 is manufactured by Samsung using the 4 nm process (Samsung 4LPP).

UNISOC SC9863A

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The Unisoc SC9863A (formerly Spreadtrum) is an entry level octa core SoC with 8 ARM Cortex-A55 cores in two clusters. One performance cluster with up to 1.6 GHz and a efficiency cluster with up to 1.2 GHz. The SoC also integrates an LTE modem (TDD-LTE/FDD-LTE/TD-SCDMA/WCDMA/GGE), a PowerVR IMG8322 /GE8322 graphics card and 1080p video support.

Process

TSMC 28HPC+

CPU

8XA55

GPU

IMG 8322

Memory

eMMC 5.1, LPDDR3, LPDDR4/4X

Modem

LTE Cat7, L+L DSDS

Display

FHD+ 

Camera

16M @ 30fps, Dual ISP 16M + 5M

Camera Interface

MIPI CSI: 4+4+2/4+2+2+2

Video

Decode

1080p @ 30 fps, H.264/H.265

Encode

1080p @ 30 fps, H.264/H.265

WCN

11bgn BT4.2

integrated (BB&RF)

11AC BT5.0

Marilin3 (option)

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.

ModelSamsung Exynos 1480UNISOC SC9863AAllwinner A523
SeriesSamsung Exynos
CodenameARM Cortex-A55 / A78Cortex-A55Cortex-A55
Series: Cortex-A55
Samsung Exynos 1480 « 2.05 - 2.75 GHz8 / 8 cores ARM Cortex-A55 / A78
Samsung Exynos 13802 - 2.4 GHz8 / 8 cores ARM Cortex-A55 / A78
Samsung Exynos 850 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A55
Allwinner A5230.48 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores1 MB L3 Cortex-A55
UNISOC SC9863A « 1.2 - 1.6 GHz8 / 8 cores512 KB L3 Cortex-A55
Samsung Exynos 850 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A55
Allwinner A523 « 0.48 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores1 MB L3 Cortex-A55
UNISOC SC9863A1.2 - 1.6 GHz8 / 8 cores512 KB L3 Cortex-A55
Clock2050 - 2750 MHz1200 - 1600 MHz480 - 2000 MHz
Cores / Threads8 / 8
4 x 2.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A78
4 x 2.1 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
8 / 88 / 8
4 x 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
4 x 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
Technology4 nm28 nm22 nm
Features6K MAC NPU, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, GNSS (GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Galileo)TDD-LTE/FDD-LTE/TD-SCDMA/WCDMA/GGE Modem, IMG8322 GPU, 1080p video, FHD+ display supportH.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
iGPUSamsung Xclipse 530 ( - 1300 MHz)PowerVR GE8322 / IMG8322 (550 MHz)ARM Mali-G57 MP1
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturersemiconductor.samsung.comwww.unisoc.comwww.allwinnertech.com
L3 Cache512 KB1 MB
L1 Cache512 KB
L2 Cache768 KB

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 SC9863A +
min: 12578     avg: 13955     median: 13954.5 (12%)     max: 15331 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
5850 Points (69%)
min: 1136     avg: 1303     median: 1373 (16%)     max: 1401 Points
min: 1517     avg: 1645     median: 1645 (19%)     max: 1773 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
100%
1 SC9863A +
min: 1107     avg: 1257     median: 1250 (14%)     max: 1407 Points
151%
1 A523 +
1883 Points (22%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
1157 Points (31%)
20%
1 A523 +
min: 227     avg: 229     median: 229 (6%)     max: 231 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
3456 Points (14%)
25%
1 A523 +
min: 852     avg: 853     median: 853 (3%)     max: 854 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
891 Points (38%)
min: 126     avg: 138.5     median: 138 (6%)     max: 152 Points
min: 167     avg: 169     median: 169 (7%)     max: 171 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
3349 Points (6%)
min: 472     avg: 640     median: 629 (1%)     max: 848 Points
min: 778     avg: 797     median: 796.5 (1%)     max: 815 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
155 Points (1%)
110%
1 A523 +
171 Points (1%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
min: 785     avg: 809     median: 808.5 (3%)     max: 832 Points
74%
1 A523 +
600 Points (2%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
4189 Points (42%)
827 Points (8%)
min: 853     avg: 865     median: 865 (9%)     max: 877 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
13929 Points (15%)
3526 Points (4%)
min: 2498     avg: 2942     median: 2941.5 (3%)     max: 3385 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
809 Points (11%)
102%
1 A523 +
827 Points (11%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
3372 Points (8%)
73%
1 A523 +
2451 Points (6%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
3235 Points (5%)
101%
1 A523 +
3276 Points (5%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 SC9863A +
759 Points (11%)
127%
1 A523 +
965 Points (14%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 SC9863A +
805 Points (6%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 SC9863A +
1927 Points (17%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 SC9863A +
4869 Points (10%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 SC9863A +
2912 Points (6%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
3189 Points (8%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
1013 ms (1%)
min: 11698     avg: 11906     median: 11906 (14%)     max: 12114 ms
min: 8641.2     avg: 8707     median: 8706.8 (10%)     max: 8772.4 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
41576 Points (37%)
min: 3111     avg: 3940     median: 4018 (4%)     max: 4690 Points
min: 5911     avg: 6113     median: 6112.5 (5%)     max: 6314 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
126 Points (36%)
22%
1 A523 +
min: 26     avg: 28     median: 28 (8%)     max: 30 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
135 Points (28%)
min: 29     avg: 30.5     median: 30.5 (6%)     max: 32 Points
41 Points (9%)
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
55423 Points (19%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
100%
1 SC9863A +
7434 Points (23%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
100%
1 SC9863A +
20953 Points (26%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
100%
1 SC9863A +
10973 Points (3%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
100%
1 SC9863A +
33436 Points (20%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
72796 Points (13%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
98723 Points (10%)
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
636128 Points (39%)
21%
1 A523 +
min: 126757     avg: 131411     median: 131411 (8%)     max: 136065 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
190193 Points (52%)
20%
1 A523 +
min: 34895     avg: 37521     median: 37521 (10%)     max: 40147 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 SC9863A +
92404 Points (12%)
2%
1 A523 +
2085 Points (0%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random write internal
46.3 MB/s (34%)
19%
1 A523 +
8.6 MB/s (6%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq write internal
250.7 MB/s (8%)
35%
1 A523 +
87.8 MB/s (3%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random read internal
36.5 MB/s (45%)
36%
1 A523 +
13 MB/s (16%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq read internal
1220 MB/s (34%)
10%
1 A523 +
127.1 MB/s (4%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 score
15251 Points (24%)
46%
1 A523 +
7006 Points (11%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 3.0
13393 Points (62%)
4436 Points (21%)
min: 5224     avg: 5487     median: 5486.5 (25%)     max: 5749 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
100%
1 SC9863A +
2660 Points (14%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
100%
1 SC9863A +
15142 Points (32%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
100%
1 SC9863A +
min: 4389     avg: 4560     median: 4601 (30%)     max: 4694 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
100%
1 SC9863A +
min: 6601     avg: 6688     median: 6601 (33%)     max: 6861 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
784 Points (30%)
29%
1 A523 +
227 Points (9%)
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
4.4 Watt (2%)
99%
1 A523 +
5.8 Watt (3%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
1.2 Watt (1%)
100%
1 A523 +
1.2 Watt (1%)

Average Benchmarks Samsung Exynos 1480 → 100% n=9

Average Benchmarks UNISOC SC9863A → 28% n=9

Average Benchmarks Allwinner A523 → 32% n=9

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