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Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 is an entry-level ARM-SoC for Android smartphones and tablets. It offers four Cortex-A7 cores clocked at up to 1.2 GHz (Quad-Core) as well as an Adreno 305 graphics card at 450 MHz. Furthermore, a HSPA+/LTE radio is integrated in the SoC, which is manufactured in a 28-nanometer LP process.

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930

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The Qualcomm MSM8930 (Snapdragon S4 Plus series) is an ARM based high-end smartphone SoC in 2012. It contains two Krait (ARMv7) CPU cores at up to 1.2 GHz, a Adreno 305 GPU, a single channel LPDDR2 memory controller and LTE radio elements.  The chip is produced in 28nm LP (low power process) at TSMC. Compared to the MSM8960, the 8930 is lower clocked, offers only a single channel memory controller, but has a faster GPU.

The Krait cores should offer a slightly better performance as the standard Cortex-A9 cores and are compatible to the NEON SIMD extensions.

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960

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The Qualcomm MSM8960 (Snapdragon S4 series) is a ARM based high-end smartphone SoC in 2012. It contains two Krait (ARMv7) CPU cores at 1.5 - 1.7 GHz, a Adreno 225 GPU (400 MHz), a LPDDR2 memory controller (up to 500 MHz) and radio elements including LTE. The chip is produced in 28nm LP (low power process) at TSMC.

The Krait cores offer a slightly better performance as the standard Cortex-A9 cores and are compatible to the NEON SIMD extensions.

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameARMv7ARMv7ARMv7
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 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 MSM8926 « 1.2 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 MSM8930 « 1.2 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 MSM8960 « 1.5 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
Clock1200 MHz1200 MHz1500 - 1700 MHz
Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 22 / 2
Technology28 nm28 nm28 nm
FeaturesLTE, HSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, LPDDR2/3 Memory ControllerHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMLTE, HSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FM
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 305 (450 MHz)Qualcomm Adreno 305Qualcomm Adreno 225 (400 MHz)
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.com
L1 Cache64 KB64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 7428     avg: 7552     median: 7549.5 (6%)     max: 7650 Points
min: 4629     avg: 4635     median: 4635 (4%)     max: 4641 Points
4439 Points (4%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 7235     avg: 7414     median: 7444 (6%)     max: 7552 Points
4684 Points (4%)
4363 Points (4%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 7763     avg: 7985     median: 7964 (7%)     max: 8189 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 1057     avg: 1118     median: 1123 (2%)     max: 1142 Points
788 Points (1%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 314     avg: 336.2     median: 340 (7%)     max: 343 Points
432 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
min: 355     avg: 362.5     median: 362.5 (3%)     max: 370 Points
min: 571     avg: 585     median: 584.5 (5%)     max: 598 Points
min: 555     avg: 629     median: 639.5 (5%)     max: 681 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 1326     avg: 1336     median: 1336 (12%)     max: 1346 Points
min: 1449     avg: 1473     median: 1472.5 (13%)     max: 1496 Points
min: 1394     avg: 1626     median: 1631 (15%)     max: 1849 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 1916     avg: 1924     median: 1923.5 (4%)     max: 1931 Points
min: 1778     avg: 1814     median: 1814 (4%)     max: 1850 Points
min: 1882     avg: 2487     median: 2563.5 (5%)     max: 2940 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 1143     avg: 1148     median: 1147.5 (2%)     max: 1152 Points
min: 798     avg: 826     median: 825.5 (2%)     max: 853 Points
min: 823     avg: 933     median: 922 (2%)     max: 1065 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 1375     avg: 1378     median: 1378 (4%)     max: 1381 Points
min: 1248     avg: 1277     median: 1276.5 (3%)     max: 1305 Points
min: 1281     avg: 1585     median: 1626.5 (4%)     max: 1806 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
min: 155.7     avg: 228.5     median: 238.2 (8%)     max: 260.7 MFLOPS
min: 146.9     avg: 205.6     median: 211.6 (7%)     max: 258.3 MFLOPS
242 MFLOPS (8%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
min: 59.4     avg: 74.6     median: 78 (8%)     max: 88.7 MFLOPS
min: 25.25     avg: 106.5     median: 144.3 (14%)     max: 150 MFLOPS
134.8 MFLOPS (13%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 15671     avg: 19334     median: 17024 (20%)     max: 27129 ms
45456 ms (53%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 1086     avg: 1600     median: 1607.5 (18%)     max: 2616 ms
min: 1144     avg: 1189     median: 1189 (13%)     max: 1234 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
min: 1095     avg: 1449     median: 1553 (15%)     max: 1743 ms
min: 1147     avg: 1282     median: 1224 (12%)     max: 1474 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 1260     avg: 1796     median: 1838 (2%)     max: 2183 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
min: 700     avg: 749     median: 763 (20%)     max: 804 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta
min: 1005     avg: 1109     median: 1132 (25%)     max: 1192 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser
min: 1554     avg: 1667     median: 1679 (22%)     max: 1767 Points
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
min: 8550     avg: 8619     median: 8555 (20%)     max: 8751 points
min: 4557     avg: 4588     median: 4588 (11%)     max: 4619 points
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
min: 3235     avg: 3312     median: 3311.5 (22%)     max: 3388 Points
3130 Points (20%)
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
min: 17412     avg: 17545     median: 17545 (41%)     max: 17678 Points
13681 Points (32%)
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
min: 17292     avg: 18309     median: 18346 (19%)     max: 19251 Points
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
min: 283     avg: 322.3     median: 333 (10%)     max: 340 Iter./s
261 Iter./s (8%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
min: 5998     avg: 6356     median: 6463 (21%)     max: 6500 Iter./s
4569 Iter./s (15%)
5886 Iter./s (19%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 7370     avg: 7500     median: 7511.5 (1%)     max: 7608 Points
3464 Points (0%)
5589 Points (1%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 2620     avg: 2695     median: 2694.5 (13%)     max: 2769 Points

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 → 100% n=15

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 → 94% n=15

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 → 102% n=15

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