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Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 vs Apple A6x

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 is an entry-level ARM-SoC for Android smartphones and tablets. It offers four Cortex-A7 cores clocked at up to 1.6 GHz (Quad-Core) as well as an Adreno 305 graphics card. Furthermore, a HSPA+/LTE radio is integrated in the SoC, which is manufactured in a 28-nanometer LP process.

Apple A6x

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The Apple A6x is a dual-core-SoC (System on a Chip) with ARM compatible CPU cores (ARMv7s instruction set). Both can be clocked at up to 1400 MHz depending on the load. It is used in the iPad 4 and compared to the A6 in the iPhone 5, the A6x offers a faster GPU (PowerVR SGX544MP4).

The CPU-Performance of the A6x is similar to the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T, while the GPU is about as fast as the Adreno 320.

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928Apple A6x
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonApple
CodenameARMv7
Series:
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A compare1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 « 1.6 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8028 compare1.6 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T compare1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB compare1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus APQ8060A compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8260A compare1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 compare1 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8660 compare1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250 compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
HiSilicon Kirin 9000W compare1.53 - 2.49 GHz12 / 12 cores
UNISOC Tiger T310 compare1.8 - 2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3288 compare1.8 GHz4 / 4 cores
Apple A6x « 1.4 GHzcores
Apple A6 compare1 GHzcores
Apple S5 compare2 / 2 cores
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Amlogic AML8726-MX compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK3168 compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz compare1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz compare1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores
Loongson 2F 900MHz compare0.9 GHz1 / 1 cores
CSR8670 compare0.08 GHzcores
ARM Cortex-M4 compare cores
HiSilicon Hi6262 compare cores
DK3.5+ST comparecores
unknown compare cores
Clock1600 MHz1400 MHz
Cores / Threads4 / 42
Technology28 nm32 nm
FeaturesAdreno 305 GPU, LPDDR2/3 Memory Controller, GSM/UMTS/WCDMA/LTE
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 305
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 7756     avg: 8177     median: 8177 (7%)     max: 8598 Points
106%
A6x +
8647 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 7704     avg: 8386     median: 8696 (7%)     max: 8759 Points
99%
A6x +
8627 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 7913     avg: 8927     median: 9016 (8%)     max: 9761 Points
98%
A6x +
8850 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
785 Points (9%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
441 Points (6%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
1100 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 1109     avg: 1309     median: 1338 (2%)     max: 1451 Points
106%
A6x +
1424 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 338     avg: 393.3     median: 398.5 (8%)     max: 438 Points
196%
A6x +
781 Points (15%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 A6x +
1012 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 A6x +
2053 Points (19%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 A6x +
2262 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 A6x +
1330 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 A6x +
1768 Points (5%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
min: 150.1     avg: 221.7     median: 249.9 (8%)     max: 265 MFLOPS
262%
A6x +
654 MFLOPS (22%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
min: 67.9     avg: 87.9     median: 97.7 (10%)     max: 98 MFLOPS
391%
A6x +
382.4 MFLOPS (37%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 12714     avg: 14100     median: 13858 (16%)     max: 15968 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 1207     avg: 1429     median: 1404.5 (15%)     max: 1701 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
1529 ms (14%)
107%
A6x +
895 ms (8%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 1894     avg: 2330     median: 2335 (2%)     max: 2755 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
771 Points (21%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta
1248 Points (28%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser
1881 Points (25%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
min: 9699     avg: 9949     median: 9948.5 (23%)     max: 10198 points
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
17354 Points (40%)
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
19444 Points (20%)
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
24799 Points (8%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
min: 290     avg: 341     median: 341 (10%)     max: 392 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
min: 5540     avg: 6590     median: 6590 (22%)     max: 7640 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 7044     avg: 7929     median: 7929 (1%)     max: 8814 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
2383 Points (12%)

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 → 100% n=8

Average Benchmarks Apple A6x → 171% n=8

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