ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500

The ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 is a System on a Chip (SoC) for smartphones and tablets. It features two Cortex-A9 cores with NEON extensions, a ARM Mali-400 MP1 single core graphics card, a media processor and a integrated HSPA+ modem.

The performance is similar to the Nvidia Tegra 2 (Geekbench total score) but in the Stream subtest, where the NovaThor is much faster.

CPU Benchmarks

Linpack for Android:

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min: 33.87     avg: 36 (7.64%)     max: 39.73 MFLOPS

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710	1024 MB	Mali-400 MP			33.87
S3 Mini GT-I8190	1024 MB	Mali-400 MP			34.542
Galaxy beam	768 MB	Mali-400 MP			39.73

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -79%

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Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 1x 1GHz -66%

unknown x 0GHz -64%

RK2918 x 1GHz -64%

A13 1x 1GHz -64%

TCC8803 1GHz 1x 1GHz -63%

RK2918 1.2 GHz x 1.2GHz -60%

A10 1x 1.2GHz -55%

ATM7029 4x 1GHz -20%

Tegra 250 2x 1GHz -9%

NovaThor U8500

BCM28155 2x 1.2GHz 0%

MT6589 4x 1.2GHz 1%

MSM7227A 1x 1GHz 1%

OMAP 4430 2x 1GHz 3%

WM8950 1x 1GHz 4%

MT6577 2x 1GHz 6%

MTK 8317T 2x 1.2GHz 9%

k3v2 Hi3620 4x 1.2GHz 10%

MT8377 2x 1.2GHz 18%

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A6x 2x 1.4GHz 961%

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Linpack for Android:

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min: 53.494     avg: 59.2 (7.29%)     max: 65.66 MFLOPS

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
S3 Mini GT-I8190	1024 MB	Mali-400 MP			53.494
Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710	1024 MB	Mali-400 MP			58.38
Galaxy beam	768 MB	Mali-400 MP			65.66

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -90%

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Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 1x 1GHz -77%

A10 1x 1.2GHz -76%

WM8950 1x 1GHz -48%

MTK 8317T 2x 1.2GHz -37%

MSM7227A 1x 1GHz -37%

Tegra 250 2x 1GHz -32%

OMAP 4430 2x 1GHz -17%

MSM8255 1x 1.5GHz -16%

BCM28155 2x 1.2GHz -12%

NovaThor U8500

MT6577 2x 1GHz 2%

Exynos 4210 1.2 GHz 2x 1.2GHz 14%

MT8377 2x 1.2GHz 14%

ATM7029 4x 1GHz 19%

Atom Z2420 1x 1.2GHz 23%

OMAP 4460 2x 1.2GHz 25%

RK3066 2x 1.5GHz 41%

AML8726-MX 2x 1.5GHz 46%

OMAP 4470 2x 1.5GHz 48%

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Snapdragon 600 4x 1.7GHz 1139%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit: Total Score

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min: 754     avg: 795 (5.48%)     max: 873 Points

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
S3 Mini GT-I8190	1024 MB	Mali-400 MP			754
Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710	1024 MB	Mali-400 MP			758
Galaxy beam	768 MB	Mali-400 MP			873

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -85%

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OMAP 4430 2x 1GHz -47%

MSM7227A 1x 1GHz -45%

A4 1x 1GHz -41%

ATM7029 4x 1GHz -40%

Atom Z2420 1x 1.2GHz -30%

MSM8255 1x 1.5GHz -17%

BCM28155 2x 1.2GHz -15%

A5 2x 1GHz -10%

A5x 2x 1GHz -5%

NovaThor U8500

MTK 8317T 2x 1.2GHz 5%

Tegra 250 2x 1GHz 11%

MT6577 2x 1GHz 12%

MT8377 2x 1.2GHz 25%

RK3066 2x 1.5GHz 28%

AML8726-MX 2x 1.5GHz 28%

Z-Series Z-60 2x 1GHz 35%

OMAP 4460 2x 1.2GHz 43%

k3v2 Hi3620 4x 1.2GHz 52%

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Core i7 (Desktop) 3770K 4x 3.5 - 3.9GHz 1464%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit: Integer

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min: 598     avg: 633 (4.06%)     max: 694 Points

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
S3 Mini GT-I8190	1024 MB	Mali-400 MP			598
Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710	1024 MB	Mali-400 MP			607
Galaxy beam	768 MB	Mali-400 MP			694

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -84%

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MSM7227A 1x 1GHz -52%

A10 1x 1.2GHz -52%

A13 1x 1GHz -49%

ATM7029 4x 1GHz -42%

A4 1x 1GHz -41%

Atom Z2420 1x 1.2GHz -32%

OMAP 4430 2x 1GHz -29%

BCM28155 2x 1.2GHz -16%

MSM8255 1x 1.5GHz -7%

NovaThor U8500

A5 2x 1GHz 1%

A5x 2x 1GHz 9%

MT6577 2x 1GHz 11%

Tegra 250 2x 1GHz 12%

MTK 8317T 2x 1.2GHz 15%

RK3066 2x 1.5GHz 24%

Snapdragon MSM8930 2x 1.2GHz 30%

MT8377 2x 1.2GHz 32%

AML8726-MX 2x 1.5GHz 33%

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Core i7 (Desktop) 3770K 4x 3.5 - 3.9GHz 1975%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit: Floating Point

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min: 1050     avg: 1122.3 (6.54%)     max: 1266 Points

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
S3 Mini GT-I8190	1024 MB	Mali-400 MP			1050
Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710	1024 MB	Mali-400 MP			1051
Galaxy beam	768 MB	Mali-400 MP			1266

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -96%

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A10 1x 1.2GHz -81%

A4 1x 1GHz -58%

MSM7227A 1x 1GHz -52%

Atom Z2420 1x 1.2GHz -45%

ATM7029 4x 1GHz -40%

MSM8255 1x 1.5GHz -30%

A5 2x 1GHz -24%

A5x 2x 1GHz -18%

BCM28155 2x 1.2GHz -17%

NovaThor U8500

MT6577 2x 1GHz 7%

MTK 8317T 2x 1.2GHz 9%

Tegra 250 2x 1GHz 12%

Atom Z2760 2x 1.8GHz 18%

C-Series C-70 2x 1 - 1.3GHz 21%

RK3066 2x 1.5GHz 26%

MT8377 2x 1.2GHz 29%

AML8726-MX 2x 1.5GHz 29%

OMAP 4460 2x 1.2GHz 40%

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FX-Series (Desktop) FX-8350 8x 4 - 4.2GHz 1375%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit: Memory

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min: 787     avg: 795.3 (6.18%)     max: 806 Points

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
S3 Mini GT-I8190	1024 MB	Mali-400 MP			787
Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710	1024 MB	Mali-400 MP			793
Galaxy beam	768 MB	Mali-400 MP			806

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -61%

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A13 1x 1GHz -22%

MSM7227A 1x 1GHz -18%

Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 1x 1GHz -14%

Atom Z2420 1x 1.2GHz -12%

A4 1x 1GHz -10%

BCM28155 2x 1.2GHz -7%

A10 1x 1.2GHz -6%

MSM8255 1x 1.5GHz -6%

MT8377 2x 1.2GHz -1%

NovaThor U8500

A5 2x 1GHz 2%

A5x 2x 1GHz 3%

Tegra 250 2x 1GHz 14%

MT6577 2x 1GHz 15%

OMAP 4430 2x 1GHz 16%

k3v2 Hi3620 4x 1.2GHz 18%

AML8726-MX 2x 1.5GHz 21%

RK3066 2x 1.5GHz 32%

C-Series C-70 2x 1 - 1.3GHz 38%

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Core i7 (Desktop) 3770K 4x 3.5 - 3.9GHz 922%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit: Stream

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min: 194     avg: 218.3 (1.7%)     max: 261 Points

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710	1024 MB	Mali-400 MP			194
S3 Mini GT-I8190	1024 MB	Mali-400 MP			200
Galaxy beam	768 MB	Mali-400 MP			261

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -70%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -70%

A13 1x 1GHz -63%

A10 1x 1.2GHz -53%

MSM7227A 1x 1GHz -35%

ATM7029 4x 1GHz -28%

Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 1x 1GHz -20%

Tegra 250 2x 1GHz -18%

OMAP 4430 2x 1GHz -13%

NovaThor U8500

BCM28155 2x 1.2GHz 10%

Tegra 3 4x 1.2 - 1.3GHz 13%

AML8726-MX 2x 1.5GHz 23%

MTK 8317T 2x 1.2GHz 25%

MSM8255 1x 1.5GHz 34%

A5 2x 1GHz 45%

A4 1x 1GHz 51%

A5x 2x 1GHz 53%

RK3066 2x 1.5GHz 72%

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Core i7 (Desktop) 3770K 4x 3.5 - 3.9GHz 4056%

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AnTuTu Benchmark v3: CPU

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min: 2382     avg: 2493.5 (20.56%)     max: 2605 points

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710	1024 MB	Mali-400 MP			2382
S3 Mini GT-I8190	1024 MB	Mali-400 MP			2605

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -91%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -91%

A10 1x 1.2GHz -73%

A13 1x 1GHz -67%

MSM7227A 1x 1GHz -54%

BCM28155 2x 1.2GHz -50%

WM8950 1x 1GHz -49%

Atom Z2420 1x 1.2GHz -24%

NovaThor U8500

MT6577 2x 1GHz 2%

Tegra 250 2x 1GHz 2%

MT8377 2x 1.2GHz 20%

MTK 8317T 2x 1.2GHz 29%

Snapdragon MSM8930 2x 1.2GHz 33%

RK3066 2x 1.5GHz 54%

AML8726-MX 2x 1.5GHz 96%

Exynos 5250 Dual 2x 1.7GHz 106%

MT6589 4x 1.2GHz 139%

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Snapdragon 600 4x 1.7GHz 350%

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- Range of benchmarks for this CPU
- Average benchmark score

Reviews for the NovaThor U8500 processor

Samsung Galaxy beam (ARM Mali-400 MP, 4.0")
» Review Samsung Galaxy Beam (GT-I8530) Smartphone - Review

Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710 (ARM Mali-400 MP, 4")
» Review Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710 Smartphone - Review

Samsung S3 Mini GT-I8190 (ARM Mali-400 MP, 4")
» Review Samsung S3 Mini GT-I8190 Smartphone - Review

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