Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Unisoc Tiger T612

We’ve compiled a side-by-side comparison of the newly released Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 versus Tiger T612 SoCs, brought to you by Qualcomm and Unisoc respectively. This comparison examines the pros and cons of these 8-core processors, with data from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, alongside their detailed 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 Plus Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 77.78% higher CPU clock speed than Tiger T612 (3200 vs 1800 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 38.46% higher GPU clock speed than Tiger T612 (900 vs 650 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Tiger T612 (3200 vs 1600 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 423.17 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Tiger T612 (1098 K vs 210 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Tiger T612.
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus 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 Plus 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 243697 67603
GPU 478120 22171
Memory 191931 61955
UX 184166 58129
Total score 1097914 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 69% 97%
Graphics test 59 FPS 2 FPS
Score 9875 413

Specifications

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

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2000MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200MHz 1800MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache - -
L3 cache 6 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 900 MHz 650 MHz
Pipelines - 1
Shading units - -
Total shaders - -
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 2500 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed 5G - -
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

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