Apple A17 Pro vs Unisoc SC9863A

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A17 Pro with Unisoc SC9863A. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.78 GHz – Apple Unknown 6x 1.8 GHz – Apple Unknown	4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A55 4x 1.2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set		ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	3 nm	28 nm
Number of transistors	19000 million
TDP	8 Watt	3 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit
Bandwidth	51.2 Gbit/s

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

eMMC 5.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 7	Imagination PowerVR GE8322
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Rogue
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	550 MHz
Execution units	6	4
Shaders	768	128
DirectX		11
OpenCL API		3.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		2160x1080
Max camera resolution		1x 16MP + 1x 5MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	FullHD@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	7.5 Gbps	0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	0.1 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	4 (802.11n)
Bluetooth	5.3	4.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS GLONASS