Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255

Qualcomm MSM8255

The Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 was a mid-range Soc for smarphones and tablets in 2011. It contains a Scorpion CPU core (Qualcomm own design, enhanced Cortex-A8), a Adreno 205 graphics card, a dual-channel 500 MHz LPDDR2 memory controller and GSM / UMTS radio. It can be clocked up to 1.5 GHz (HTC Flyer) and is usually clocked at 1 GHz in smartphones.

SeriesQualcomm
CodenameScorpion
Clock Rate1500 MHz
Number of Cores / Threads1 / 1
Manufacturing Technology45 nm
64 Bitno 64 Bit support
Announcement Date05/01/2010

CPU Benchmarks

Linpack for Android:
0% 100%
min: 49.812     avg: 49.8 (6%)     max: 49.812 MFLOPS
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit: Total Score
0% 100%
min: 660     avg: 660 (4.38%)     max: 660 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit: Integer
0% 100%
min: 591     avg: 591 (3.74%)     max: 591 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit: Floating Point
0% 100%
min: 784     avg: 784 (4.49%)     max: 784 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit: Memory
0% 100%
min: 751     avg: 751 (5.61%)     max: 751 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit: Stream
0% 100%
min: 293     avg: 293 (2.53%)     max: 293 Points
- Range of benchmarks for this CPU
- Average benchmark score

Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit in comparison
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 (min)
65 
...
NVIDIA Tegra 3
246.7 
AML8726-MX
268.5 
MTK 8317T
274 
Qualcomm MSM8255
293 
Apple A5
317.7 
Apple A4
330 
Apple A5x
333 
...
Intel Core i7 (Desktop) 3770K (max)
9073 

Reviews for the Qualcomm MSM8255 processor

HTC Flyer 7-Zoll WiFi + 3G (Qualcomm Adreno 205, 7")
» Review HTC Flyer 7 inch WiFi+3G Tablet/MID - Review
» HTC Flyer 7-Zoll WiFi + 3G - External Review

» Mobile CPU Comparison
Comparison of all mobile CPU series

» Mobile Processors - Benchmarklist
Benchmarklist of all known CPUs that are used in laptops (desktop and laptop CPUs)

Other CPUs of the series

» VIA Nano QuadCore L4700
   0 GHz / 4 MB
» NVIDIA Tegra 4
   1.9 GHz / 0 MB
» Samsung Exynos 5410 Octa
   1.6 GHz / 0.5 MB
» Samsung Exynos 5250 Dual
   1.7 GHz / 1 MB
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
   1.7 GHz / 2 MB
» Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064A
   1.5 GHz / 2 MB
» RK3188
   1.8 GHz / 0 MB
» Intel Celeron 220
   1.2 GHz / 0.5 MB
» Apple A6x
   1.4 GHz / 0 MB
» Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8060A
   1.5 GHz / 1 MB
» Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8960
   1.5 GHz / 1 MB
» Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8260A
   1.5 GHz / 1 MB
» Apple A6
   1 GHz / 0 MB
» Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad
   1.4 GHz / 0 MB
» NVIDIA Tegra 3
   1.2 GHz / 0 MB
» Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8930
   1.2 GHz / 1 MB
» Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8230
   1.2 GHz / 1 MB
» Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8230
   1.2 GHz / 1 MB
» Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8227
   1 GHz / 1 MB
» Intel Celeron 2.8
   2.8 GHz / 0.1 MB
» OMAP 4470
   1.5 GHz / 0 MB
» MT6589
   1.2 GHz / 0 MB
» k3v2 Hi3620
   1.2 GHz / 0 MB
» RK3066
   1.5 GHz / 0.5 MB
» AML8726-MX
   1.5 GHz / 0.5 MB
» Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8660
   1.5 GHz / 1 MB
» Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8260
   1.5 GHz / 1 MB
» Samsung Exynos 4210 1.4 GHz
   1.4 GHz / 1 MB
» OMAP 4460
   1.2 GHz / 0 MB
» RK3168
   1.2 GHz / 0 MB
» Samsung Exynos 4210 1.2 GHz
   1.2 GHz / 1 MB
» MT8377
   1.2 GHz / 1 MB
» Broadcom BCM28155
   1.2 GHz / 0 MB
» OMAP 4430
   1 GHz / 0 MB
» Apple A5x
   1 GHz / 0 MB
» Qualcomm MSM8225
   1.5 GHz / 0 MB
» Apple A5
   1 GHz / 0 MB
» NVIDIA Tegra 250
   1 GHz / 1 MB
» MTK 8317T
   1.2 GHz / 0 MB
» MT6577
   1 GHz / 0 MB
» NovaThor U8500
   1 GHz / 0 MB
» NovaThor U8420
   1 GHz / 0 MB
» Qualcomm MSM8255
   1.5 GHz / 0 MB
» RK2918 1.2 GHz
   1.2 GHz / 0 MB
» A10
   1.2 GHz / 0 MB
» Cortex A8 1.2 GHz
   1.2 GHz / 0 MB
» Apple A4
   1 GHz / 0 MB
» A13
   1 GHz / 0 MB
» WM8950
   1 GHz / 0 MB
» Qualcomm MSM7227A
   1 GHz / 0.3 MB
» OMAP 3630 1GHz
   1 GHz / 0 MB
» OMAP 3622
   1 GHz / 0 MB
» RK2918
   1 GHz / 0 MB
» TCC8803 1GHz
   1 GHz / 0 MB
» ZiiLABS ZMS-08
   1 GHz / 0 MB
» Cortex A8
   1 GHz / 0 MB
» ATM7029
   1 GHz / 0 MB
» Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250
   1 GHz / 0 MB
» Loongson 2F
   0.9 GHz / 0.5 MB
» Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227
   0.6 GHz / 0 MB
» unknown
   0 GHz / 0 MB

Surrounding CPUs

- Intel Celeron M 630 MHz
   0.63 GHz / 0.5 MB
- Intel Atom Z500
   0.8 GHz / 0.5 MB
- Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800
   1 GHz / 0.5 MB
- VIA C7-M C7-M-1200
   1.2 GHz / 0.1 MB
- VIA C3-M C3-M-1200
   1.2 GHz / 0.1 MB
» Qualcomm MSM8255
   1.5 GHz / 0 MB
+ RK2918 1.2 GHz
   1.2 GHz / KB
+ A10
   1.2 GHz / KB
+ Cortex A8 1.2 GHz
   1.2 GHz / KB
+ Apple A4
   1 GHz / KB
+ A13
   1 GHz / KB
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Author: Klaus Hinum (Update: 2013-01- 2)