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Samsung Exynos 4212 1.5 GHz vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260

Samsung Exynos 4212 1.5 GHz

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The Samsung Exynos 4 Dual (formerly known as Exynos 4210) is a dual-core Cortex-A9 based SoC with a ARM Mali-400 MP4 graphics card.

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 is an entry level SoC for smartphones and tablets (mostly Android based). It contains two Scorpion cores (enhanced ARM Cortex-A8) clocked at up to 1.5 GHz, a Adreno 220 graphics card and radio elements. Compared to the similar MSM8660, the 8260 does not include support for CDMA2000.

The similar named MSM8260A already contains the faster Krait cores and the slightly faster Adreno 225 graphics card.

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ModelSamsung Exynos 4212 1.5 GHzQualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260
SeriesSamsung ExynosQualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameCortex A9ARMv7
Series: Snapdragon ARMv7
Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad compare1.4 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex A9
Samsung Exynos 4212 1.5 GHz « 1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Samsung Exynos 4210 1.4 GHz compare1.4 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Samsung Exynos 4210 1.2 GHz compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A compare1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 compare1.6 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 « 1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250 compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
Clock1500 MHz1500 MHz
L1 Cache128 KB64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 2
Technology32 nm45 nm
FeaturesNEON, Mali 400MP, Memory ControllerHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FM
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 220

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 5055     avg: 5067     median: 5067 (4%)     max: 5079 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
5262 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
min: 366     avg: 378.5     median: 378.5 (3%)     max: 391 Points
385 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 1059     avg: 1091     median: 1091 (10%)     max: 1123 Points
1034 Points (9%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 1791     avg: 1792     median: 1791.5 (4%)     max: 1792 Points
1230 Points (2%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 1027     avg: 1049     median: 1049 (2%)     max: 1071 Points
912 Points (2%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 1231     avg: 1241     median: 1240.5 (3%)     max: 1250 Points
994 Points (3%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
min: 91.1     avg: 93.5     median: 93.5 (3%)     max: 95.9 MFLOPS
76.5 MFLOPS (3%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
min: 56.4     avg: 57.4     median: 57.4 (6%)     max: 58.3 MFLOPS
43.2 MFLOPS (4%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 999     avg: 1128     median: 1128 (12%)     max: 1257 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
917 ms (9%)
1888 ms (18%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
min: 4616     avg: 4822     median: 4821.5 (11%)     max: 5027 points
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
3564 Points (23%)
3197 Points (21%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
min: 244     avg: 247.5     median: 247.5 (8%)     max: 251 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
min: 5107     avg: 5237     median: 5236.5 (17%)     max: 5366 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 4603     avg: 4815     median: 4814.5 (1%)     max: 5026 Points

Average Benchmarks Samsung Exynos 4212 1.5 GHz → 100% n=9

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 → 85% n=9

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