Sunlike Solar vs Suntech - solar panel manufacturer comparison
Suntech has the broader catalog (255 vs 135 models). Suntech leads on peak efficiency at 24.80%.
Both catalogues are read from the manufacturers' own datasheets. A brand is not scored against the market here, only against the other brand on this page.
The two companies
Sunlike Solar Co., Ltd. is a high-tech enterprise specializing in researching, developing, designing, and producing new energy and renewable energy products. They offer various high-efficiency monocrystalline and polycrystalline solar cells and solar modules ranging from 200W to 750W. Their production capacity has...
- Founded
- 2010
- Headquarters
- Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
- Annual capacity
- 2 GW/year
- Employees
- 300
Catalogue against catalogue
An average over a catalogue describes the range a manufacturer publishes, not the module you would buy. A brand with two flagship panels and eighty older ones averages worse than one that has retired its back catalogue.
What each of them builds
Suntech skews to higher efficiency: 19% of lineup is 23%+
Suntech offers more 600W+ panels (20% of lineup)
Dominant cell tech: PERC (38%)
Dominant cell tech: TOPCon (71%)
The flagships
Written summary
Sunlike Solar is a Chinese module manufacturer headquartered in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, founded in 2010 as a private high-tech enterprise focused on solar cells and modules. It runs an annual production capacity of roughly 2 GW and does not currently appear on BloombergNEF's Tier 1 bankable manufacturer list, placing it in the broader mid-tier segment of China's PV supply chain. Suntech, founded in 2001 by Dr. Zhengrong Shi also in Wuxi, has a considerably longer track record, cumulative shipments exceeding 55 GW as of 2024, and has repeatedly been recognized as a BloombergNEF Tier 1 manufacturer, though its listing status has shifted as BNEF tightened its criteria through 2025 and 2026. In terms of institutional footprint and bankability, Suntech holds a clearly stronger position.
Sunlike Solar's catalog spans monocrystalline and polycrystalline modules, both P-type and N-type, ranging from around 200 W to 750 W, making it a flexible option for residential rooftops and smaller commercial jobs, though without a strongly differentiated cell technology focus. Suntech covers a wider spectrum of the market, supplying integrated products from ingots and wafers through cells and finished modules for residential rooftop, commercial and industrial (C&I), and utility-scale ground-mount projects across more than 100 countries. For an international buyer, this means Suntech is more likely to show up in larger projects that require lender due diligence, while Sunlike Solar tends to serve smaller distributed-generation and prosumer installations.
For a typical residential or small commercial buyer who does not need project-finance-grade bankability, the two brands are largely interchangeable on core functionality. Where the choice matters is for larger or financed projects, or for buyers who value a long-established track record when pursuing warranty claims years down the line - and on that dimension Suntech is the safer default.
Generated by Claude Sonnet 5 · 2026-08-21
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Comparisons are computed from manufacturer datasheets held in the ComparePV database and may not reflect a brand's complete current lineup. Nothing on this page is paid placement.