Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Unisoc Tiger T612

We’ve created an extensive comparison of the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Tiger T612 SoCs, manufactured by Qualcomm and Unisoc respectively. We’ve assessed the strengths and weaknesses of these 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark results, along with a detailed look at their technical specifications.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 66.67% higher CPU clock speed than Tiger T612 (3000 vs 1800 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 23.08% higher GPU clock speed than Tiger T612 (800 vs 650 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Tiger T612 (3200 vs 1600 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 394.01 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Tiger T612 (1037 K vs 210 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Tiger T612.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports Infinity % higher memory bandwidth than Tiger T612 ( 51.2 vs MHz).
Pros of Tiger T612
  • Tiger T612 has 200.00 % smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 ( 12 vs 4 nm).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 249768 67603
GPU 448381 22171
Memory 172528 61955
UX 166045 58129
Total score 1036722 209858

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 88% 97%
Graphics test 54 FPS 2 FPS
Score 9041 413

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2,3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510
2x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000MHz 1800MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 12 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - -

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Mali-G57 MP1
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall
GPU frequency 800 MHz 650 MHz
Pipelines 3 1
Shading units 768 -
Total shaders 1536 -
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.0
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 11

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon -

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 1600 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s -
Max size 24 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2160 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 50MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 1K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 1080p at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 7
5G support Yes No
Download speed 5G Up to 10240 Mbps -
Download speed 4G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3072 Mbps -
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced December 2021 May 2022
Class Flagship Low end
Model number SM8450 -
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site Tiger T612 official site