Unisoc SC9863A vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A554x 1.2 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
Frequency
1600 MHz
4610 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
Process
28 nm
3 nm
TDP
3 W
-
L1 cache
-
1792 KB
L2 cache
-
24 MB
L3 cache
-
8 MB
Manufacturing
-
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GE8322
Adreno 840
GPU frequency
550 MHz
1200 MHz
Execution units
8
-
Shading units
8
512
Vulkan version
1.1
-
OpenCL version
1.2
-
DirectX version
11
-
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
1800 MHz
-
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
No
-
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
2160 x 1080
-
Max camera resolution
1x 16MP, 2x 5MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
1K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
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 Mbps
-
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
-
Wi-Fi
4
7
Bluetooth
4.2
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Nov 2018
Sep 2025
Class
Low end
Flagship
Model number
-
SM8850
AI
NPU
-
Hexagon
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
156,960
3,115,282
FP32 (float)
70
3,686
Geekbench 6
-
3,834
Geekbench 6
-
12,396