HiSilicon Kirin 710A vs Unisoc Tiger T618

Comparisons 11-03-2021

Well, which chip or processor is better? Full data of benchmarks and speed tests HiSilicon Kirin 710A vs Unisoc Tiger T618, comparison of GPUs Mali-G52 MP2 and Mali-G71 MP4.

This performance comparison involves two processors: Kirin 710A is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A73) and Tiger T618 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A75). Both processors went throughpower consumption test and battery life test. A careful review of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is made by the table.

From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint benchmarking in special testing software like Octane V2, Quadrant, Vellamo, PCMark, PassMark, Neocore, 3DMark, Mozilla Kraken, WebXPRT 3, AnTuTu, GFXBench, GeekBench 6, 5, and how good the chipsets are in games Real Racing 3, PUBG, Fortnite, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Minecraft Bedrock, Call of Duty: Mobile, Sniper 3D, Mortal Kombat etc.

After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which SoCs is better to buy Kirin 710A or Tiger T618 and which chip is better for gaming: Asphalt 9, Madout2, CSR Racing 2, Need for Speed No Limits.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
CPU Benchmark
Based on Antutu and Geekbench score

Kirin 710A

Tiger T618

15%

Battery life test
Power Consumption efficiency (how quickly the processor reduces the battery charge)

Kirin 710A

58%

Tiger T618

66%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Kirin 710A

Tiger T618

12%

Antutu v10, 9

Antutu benchmark separately tests the performance of the CPU, GPU, and memory speed

	Kirin 710A	Tiger T618
Total score	132403	211843
CPU	37068	59325
GPU	50304	80491
MEM	21184	33895
UX	23842	38140

GeekBench 6, 5.2

This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Kirin 710A	Tiger T618
Single-Core	270	436
Multi-Core	1191	1747

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Kirin 710A	Tiger T618
Frequency	2200 MHz	2000 MHz
Cores	8	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	4x2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A73 4x1.7 GHz ARM Cortex-A53	2x2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A75 6x1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
Power consumption (TDP)	5 W	5 W
Memory type	LPDDR3x	LPDDR4
Max. Memory	8 Gb	8 Gb
Memory Frequency	933	1066
Memory bandwidth		13
Neural Processor (NPU)	Yes	Yes
L1 cache	256 KB	16 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	256 KB
L3 cache		4 MB
Instruction set architecture (ISA)	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Kirin 710A is 9% better than Tiger T618 in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Mali-G71 MP4	Mali-G52 MP2
GPU Frequency	950 MHz	850 MHz
GFloPS	169	418.78
# of Cores	4	2
# of Shader Units
Display	1920 x 1080 pixels	2160 x 1080 pixels

The frequency of the GPU does not always directly indicate its performance. To fully evaluate all the capabilities of a graphics chip, you should take into account the number of Shader Units and Cores, as well as how many GFlops it has.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite Mobile	25.6	25.8
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	49.9	28.6
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	61.7	50.7
Call of Duty: Mobile	28.5	31.4
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	43.2	25.8
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	63.6	37.2
Real Racing 3	108	63.4
Sniper 3D	117.2	81.1
Need for Speed No Limits	74	60.8
Mortal Kombat X	89.5	73.5
CSR Racing 2	74	60.8

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the gadget and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Antutu v10, 9 and GeekBench 6, 5.2 becnmarks.

Cameras

Camera resolution	16 MP	48 MP
Dual Camera resolution	8 MP	16 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)		Vivi Magic
Video Encoding FPS	30	30
Video Encoding resolution	FullHD	FullHD
Codec support	H.264	H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC

Networks and Navigation

Modem		LTE-7
Download speed	300 MBit/s.	300 MBit/s.
Upload speed	150 MBit/s.	150 MBit/s.
Navigation	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou
NFC support	No	Yes
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which HiSilicon Kirin 710A is better: 15
The number of parameters for which Unisoc Tiger T618 is better: 19
Please note that you do not need to sightlessly trust the automatic comparison on the table. It is better to just watch the full benchmark video of parallel comparison and listen to what those who really appreciated the capabilities of both CPUs think, as well as read the test results at the links below.

Kirin 710A SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
• 3DMark
• Antutu v10

• Kirin 710A specs and review.

Tiger T618 SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• 3DMark
• Antutu v10
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile

• Tiger T618 specs and review.