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Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 vs ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960

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.

ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz

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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.

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ModelQualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHzQualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960
SeriesQualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameARMv7ARMv7
Series: Snapdragon ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 « 1.6 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 QSD82501 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
HiSilicon Kirin 9000W1.53 - 2.49 GHz12 / 12 cores
UNISOC Tiger T3101.8 - 2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK32881.8 GHz4 / 4 cores
Apple A6x1.4 GHz2 cores
Apple A61 GHz2 cores
Apple S52 / 2 cores
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi36201.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Amlogic AML8726-MX1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK31681.2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz « 1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz1 GHz1 / 1 cores
Loongson 2F 900MHz0.9 GHz1 / 1 cores
CSR86700.08 GHz2 cores
ARM Cortex-M4 cores
HiSilicon Hi6262 cores
DK3.5+ST2 cores
unknown cores
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
Clock1600 MHz1200 MHz1500 - 1700 MHz
Cores / Threads4 / 41 / 12 / 2
Technology28 nm28 nm
FeaturesAdreno 305 GPU, LPDDR2/3 Memory Controller, GSM/UMTS/WCDMA/LTELTE, HSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FM
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 305Qualcomm Adreno 225 (400 MHz)
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.com
L1 Cache64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 7756     avg: 8177     median: 8177 (7%)     max: 8598 Points
4439 Points (4%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 7704     avg: 8386     median: 8696 (7%)     max: 8759 Points
4363 Points (4%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 7913     avg: 8927     median: 9016 (8%)     max: 9761 Points
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
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 338     avg: 393.3     median: 398.5 (8%)     max: 438 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
min: 555     avg: 629     median: 639.5 (5%)     max: 681 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 1394     avg: 1626     median: 1631 (15%)     max: 1849 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 1882     avg: 2487     median: 2563.5 (5%)     max: 2940 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 823     avg: 933     median: 922 (2%)     max: 1065 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 1281     avg: 1585     median: 1626.5 (4%)     max: 1806 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
min: 150.1     avg: 221.7     median: 249.9 (8%)     max: 265 MFLOPS
12 MFLOPS (0%)
242 MFLOPS (8%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
min: 67.9     avg: 87.9     median: 97.7 (10%)     max: 98 MFLOPS
12.5 MFLOPS (1%)
134.8 MFLOPS (13%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 12714     avg: 14100     median: 13858 (16%)     max: 15968 ms
45456 ms (53%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 1207     avg: 1429     median: 1404.5 (15%)     max: 1701 ms
min: 891     avg: 1327     median: 1045.5 (11%)     max: 2038 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
1529 ms (14%)
min: 915     avg: 1502     median: 1737 (16%)     max: 2447 ms
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
1686 points (4%)
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
3130 Points (20%)
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
261 Iter./s (8%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
min: 5540     avg: 6590     median: 6590 (22%)     max: 7640 Iter./s
5886 Iter./s (19%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 7044     avg: 7929     median: 7929 (1%)     max: 8814 Points
5589 Points (1%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
2383 Points (12%)

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 → 100% n=2

Average Benchmarks ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz → 9% n=2

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 → 117% n=2

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- 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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