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Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB vs Marvell PXA986 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB is a high clocked dual-core ARM based SoC for smartphones. It integrates two Krait 300 CPU cores clocked at max. 1.7 GHz (the MSM8930 offers only Krait 200 cores at 1.2 GHz) and an Adreno 305 GPU. The whole chip is produced in 28nm LP at TSMC.

Marvell PXA986

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The Marvell PXA986 is an ARM based dual-core SoC for smartphones and tablets (mostly Android based). It contains two Cortex-A9 CPU cores usually clocked around 1.2 GHz and a Vivante GC1000 graphics card. The integrated video processor is able to handle 720p30 content in H.263, H.264 BP and MPEG4 SP encoding. Furthermore, a GSM/EDGE/WCDMA/HSDPA radio is included in the chip.

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250 was one of the first Snapdragon SoCs for smartphones and tablets featuring a Scorpion CPU core, an Adreno 200 GPU and GSM/UMTS radio.

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ModelQualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930ABMarvell PXA986Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250
CodenameARMv7Cortex-A9ARMv7
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm Snapdragon
Series: Snapdragon ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM89281.6 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ80281.6 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB « 1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus APQ8060A1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM89601.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8260A1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM89261.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM82261.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ80261.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM89301.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM82301.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM82271 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM86601.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM82601.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD82501 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM89281.6 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ80281.6 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus APQ8060A1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM89601.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8260A1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM89261.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM82261.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ80261.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM89301.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM82301.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM82271 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM86601.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM82601.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250 « 1 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
Clock1700 MHz1200 MHz1000 MHz
L1 Cache64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 21 / 1
Technology28 nm45 nm65 nm
FeaturesHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMEmbedded 600MHz DSP (GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS/WCDMA, HSDPA, HSUPA, MBMS baseband), Embedded Seventh-generation gpsOne GPS module, gpsOneXTRA Assistance
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 305Qualcomm Adreno 200
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.marvell.comwww.google.at

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 5181     avg: 6302     median: 6860 (6%)     max: 6864 Points
40%
1 PXA986 +
min: 2623     avg: 2874     median: 2740 (2%)     max: 3258 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 5397     avg: 6193     median: 6192.5 (5%)     max: 6988 Points
48%
1 PXA986 +
min: 2709     avg: 2985     median: 2985 (2%)     max: 3261 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 PXA986 +
3675 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 PXA986 +
min: 631     avg: 647     median: 646.5 (1%)     max: 662 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 PXA986 +
min: 376     avg: 379.5     median: 379.5 (5%)     max: 383 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
min: 593     avg: 680     median: 716 (4%)     max: 731 Points
61%
1 PXA986 +
min: 437     avg: 439.5     median: 439.5 (2%)     max: 442 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 1527     avg: 1894     median: 2034 (14%)     max: 2121 Points
71%
1 PXA986 +
min: 1337     avg: 1448     median: 1448 (10%)     max: 1559 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 244     avg: 1983     median: 2853 (6%)     max: 2853 Points
45%
1 PXA986 +
min: 1275     avg: 1284     median: 1284 (3%)     max: 1293 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 898     avg: 1113     median: 1211 (2%)     max: 1229 Points
59%
1 PXA986 +
min: 709     avg: 720     median: 720 (1%)     max: 731 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 1394     avg: 1740     median: 1907 (5%)     max: 1919 Points
54%
1 PXA986 +
min: 1005     avg: 1035     median: 1034.5 (3%)     max: 1064 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
min: 241.6     avg: 296     median: 298.5 (10%)     max: 347.8 MFLOPS
25%
1 PXA986 +
min: 73.7     avg: 74.3     median: 74 (3%)     max: 75.3 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
min: 153.8     avg: 172.7     median: 171.1 (17%)     max: 193.2 MFLOPS
24%
1 PXA986 +
min: 39.83     avg: 41.6     median: 41.4 (4%)     max: 43.69 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
34416 ms (40%)
136%
1 PXA986 +
min: 23941     avg: 25315     median: 25315 (30%)     max: 26689 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 701     avg: 1047     median: 1117.5 (12%)     max: 1252 ms
69%
1 PXA986 +
min: 1428     avg: 1608     median: 1624 (18%)     max: 1771 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
min: 723     avg: 955     median: 954.5 (9%)     max: 1186 ms
62%
1 PXA986 +
min: 1453     avg: 1531     median: 1530.5 (15%)     max: 1608 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
0 Points (0%)
100%
1 PXA986 +
1448 Points (1%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
6958 points (16%)
51%
1 PXA986 +
min: 3257     avg: 3515     median: 3514.5 (8%)     max: 3772 points
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
min: 4032     avg: 5115     median: 5644 (37%)     max: 5669 Points
52%
1 PXA986 +
2945 Points (19%)
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
100%
1 PXA986 +
min: 11051     avg: 11392     median: 11392 (26%)     max: 11733 Points
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
min: 186     avg: 266     median: 266 (8%)     max: 346 Iter./s
60%
1 PXA986 +
min: 137     avg: 160     median: 159 (5%)     max: 184 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
min: 4389     avg: 4822     median: 4821.5 (16%)     max: 5254 Iter./s
88%
1 PXA986 +
min: 4077     avg: 4208     median: 4266 (14%)     max: 4281 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 4329     avg: 6192     median: 7051 (1%)     max: 7195 Points
56%
1 PXA986 +
min: 3273     avg: 3820     median: 3976 (1%)     max: 4210 Points

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB → 0% n=0

Average Benchmarks Marvell PXA986 → 0% n=0

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
red legend - Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)