Spreadtrum SC9850 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   So, which processor or chip is better? Full data of benchmarks and speed tests Spreadtrum SC9850 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952, comparison of GPUs Mali-T820 and Adreno 405.
   This performance comparison includes two processors: Spreadtrum SC9850 is quad-core (ARM Cortex-A7) and Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A53). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A thorough review of all the technical characteristics of the SoCs, to make it easier to read, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel benchmarking in synthetic type tests like Vellamo, Mozilla Kraken, GFXBench, PCMark, Neocore, Quadrant, WebXPRT 3, Octane V2, AnTuTu 8, GeekBench 6, 5, 3DMark, PassMark, and how good the chipsets are in games Fortnite, Minecraft Bedrock, Call of Duty: Mobile, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Mortal Kombat, PUBG, Sniper 3D, Real Racing 3 etc.
   After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which SoCs is better to buy Spreadtrum SC9850 or Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 and which chip is better for gaming: Asphalt 9, Need for Speed No Limits, Madout2, CSR Racing 2.

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

Spreadtrum SC9850

Snapdragon 617 MSM8952

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

Spreadtrum SC9850

30%

Snapdragon 617 MSM8952

23%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Spreadtrum SC9850

Snapdragon 617 MSM8952

Antutu v10, 9

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

	Spreadtrum SC9850	Snapdragon 617 MSM8952
Total score	25610	35254
CPU	7162	9879
GPU	9729	13396
MEM	4093	5644
UX	4607	6349

GeekBench 6, 5.2

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

	Spreadtrum SC9850	Snapdragon 617 MSM8952
Single-Core	68	93
Multi-Core	313	430

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Spreadtrum SC9850	Snapdragon 617 MSM8952
Frequency	1300 MHz	1500 MHz
Cores	4	8
Bit	32	64
Lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	4x1.3 GHz ARM Cortex-A7	8x1.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Power consumption (TDP)	7 W	4 W
Memory type	LPDDR3	LPDDR3
Max. Memory	4 Gb	4 Gb
Memory Frequency	266	933
Memory bandwidth	4	6
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	8 MB	1 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 Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 is 13% better than Spreadtrum SC9850 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Spreadtrum SC9850 has 4 more core than Snapdragon 617 MSM8952. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Mali-T820	Adreno 405
GPU Frequency	600 MHz	550 MHz
GFloPS	10.2	59.4
# of Cores	1
# of Shader Units		48
Display	1440 x 720 pixels	1920 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	2.4	10.3
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	16.9	27.1
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	8.6	17.6
Call of Duty: Mobile	8.3	14.2
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	12.5	23.4
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	22.5	35.9
Real Racing 3	17.2	30.8
Sniper 3D	13.8	33.4
Need for Speed No Limits	15.5	31.7
Mortal Kombat X	13.8	20.2
CSR Racing 2	11.2	19.4

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	13 MP	21 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)
Video Encoding FPS	30	30
Video Encoding resolution	FullHD	FullHD
Codec support	H.264	H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC

Networks and Navigation

Modem		Qualcomm Snapdragon X8 LTE modem
Download speed	300 MBit/s.	150 MBit/s.
Upload speed	150 MBit/s.	50 MBit/s.
Navigation	GPS, Glonass, Beidou	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou
NFC support	No	No
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which Spreadtrum SC9850 is better: 6
The number of parameters for which Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 is better: 29
Please note that you do not need to blindly trust the automatic comparison of 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 chips think, and also read the test results on the links under the article.

Spreadtrum SC9850 SoC - all data

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

• Spreadtrum SC9850 specs and review.

Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 SoC - all data

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

• Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 specs and review.