Alibaba T-Head TH1520
The TH1520 is a RISC-V system-on-chip designed by Alibaba T-Head.
Fastest
3,258MIPS
BeagleV-Ahead
Slowest
3,211MIPS
LicheePi 4A
Quick facts
- Maker:
- Alibaba T-Head
- Architecture:
- RISC-V
- CPU:
- 4× XuanTie C910
- GPU:
- PowerVR® Rogue™ BXM-4-64
- NPU:
- NPU (4 TOPS)
- Class:
- Mainstream / Mid-range
- Released:
- 2023
- Updated:
- 29 Sept 2026
Specifications
| Instruction set | RISC-V |
| Total CPU cores | 4 |
| CPU clusters | 4× XuanTie C910 @ 1.85 GHz |
| GPU | PowerVR® Rogue™ BXM-4-64 |
| NPU / AI | NPU (4 TOPS) |
| Process node | 12 nm |
| Memory | LPDDR4, LPDDR4X |
| Video decode | H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC), VP8, VP9, AVS2, VC-1 / WMV9, MPEG-4 (SP/ASP) |
| Video encode | H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC) |
| Max video | 4K75 |
2 tested SBCs using this SoC
| Add to comparison | # | Board | Multi-Core (MIPS) | Single-Core (MIPS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BeagleBoard BeagleV-Ahead 4GB LPDDR4 BeagleBoard BeagleV-Ahead 4GB LPDDR4 | 3,258 | 1,238 | |
| 2 | Sipeed LicheePi 4A 8GB LPDDR4X Sipeed LicheePi 4A 8GB LPDDR4X | 3,211 | 1,375 |
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Sources: wiki.sipeed.com, xrvm.com (T-Head TH1520).