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Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AA vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AA

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AA is an ARM-based SoC for tablets and smartphonesIt is built at TSMC in a 28nm HPM (High Performance Mobile) HKMG process, whereas the Snapdragon 600 was manufactured in 28nm LP. In addition to 4 CPU cores with a clock speed of up to 2.26 GHz, the chip also integrates an Adreno 330 GPU up to 450 MHz, an LPDDR3-1600 memory controller and various radio modules (UMTS/LTE, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS). Compared to other S801 SoCs (e.g the MSM8974AB), the MSM8974AA offers the lowest CPU-, GPU- and memory clock rates.

Processor 

The CPU portion is based on Qualcomm's Krait architecture, which is compatible with the ARMv7 ISA. Compared to the Snapdragon 600 (Krait 300), the new Krait 400 cores of the Snapdragon 800/801 have been tweaked just slightly with faster L2 cache. Thanks to a clock rate of up to 2.26 GHz and a high performance per MHz somewhere between an ARM Cortex-A9 and a Cortex-A15, the Snapdragon 801 offers very strong CPU performance. The S801 competes with the Nvidia Tegra 4, Samsung Exynos 5420 and Apple A7 and is therefore one of the fastest ARM SoCs on the market as of 2013.

Graphics

Another difference between the Snapdragon 600 and 800/801 is the graphics unit. While the S600 implements an Adreno 320 (400 to 450 MHz), the S800 /S801 feature the faster Adreno 330 (MSM8974Aa: 450 MHz). Both GPUs offer the same amount of texture units (8 TMUs), but the Adreno 330 has 50 percent more shaders (probably 6x SIMD16 vs. 4x SIMD16 of the previous generation)In conjunction with the higher memory bandwidth, the performance is significantly better. As a result, the Adreno 330 is slightly faster than the Mali-T628 (Exynos 5420) and the PowerVR G6430 (Apple A7). Depending on the device and cooling, however, the performance may vary. The GPU supports OpenGL ES 3.0 as well as OpenCL 1.2.

Features 

Furthermore, the MSM8974AA supports many wireless technologies: Bluetooth 4.0, WLAN, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2.4/5 GHz), GSM (GPRS, EDGE), W-CDMA/UMTS (HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, cat.29 DC-HSPA+), MBMS, cat.4 LTE, CDMA2000 (1X RTT, 1 × EV-DO Rel.0/Rev.A/Rev.B, 1× EV-DO Rev.A MC, 1× Adv Rev.A/Rev.B) and TD-SCDMA. 

The MSM8974AA can encode and play UHD 4K videos in 3840x2160 at 30 FPS (120 Mbps H.264 High Profile) simultaneously via dedicated hardware. Moreover, it supports both USB 2.0 and 3.0 and cameras up to 55 megapixels and stereoscopic 3D.

Power Consumption

Thanks to the new 28nm HPM HKMG process, the energy efficiency has been improved significantly compared to its LP 28nm S600 predecessor. Depending on the field of application, the maximum power consumption should be about 3 W for smartphones or 4 W or greater for tablets. This should be similar to comparable ARM SoCs currently in the market. However, the MSM8974AA will likely to need a little less power than the other S801 SoCs due to the lower clock rates.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC is an ARM-based SoC for tablets and smartphonesIt is built at TSMC in a 28nm HPM (High Performance Mobile) HKMG process and includes 4 Krait 400 cores at up to 2.45 GHz and a Adreno 330 at up to 578 MHz. Compared to the Snapdragon 800 chips like the MS8974AB, the 801 offers a higher clock rate for GPU and CPU and support for eMMC 5.0.

Processor 

The CPU portion is based on Qualcomm's Krait architecture, which is compatible with the ARMv7 ISA. Compared to the Snapdragon 600 (Krait 300), the new Krait 400 cores of the Snapdragon 801 have been tweaked just slightly with faster L2 cache. Thanks to a clock rate of up to 2.45 GHz and a high performance per MHz somewhere between an ARM Cortex-A9 and a Cortex-A15, the Snapdragon 801 offers very strong CPU performance. The S801 competes with the Nvidia Tegra 4, Samsung Exynos 5420 and Apple A7 and is therefore one of the fastest ARM SoCs on the market in the beginning of 2014 (till the Snapdragon 805 arrives).

Graphics

Another difference between the Snapdragon 600 and 800/801 is the graphics unit. While the S600 implements an Adreno 320 (400 to 450 MHz), the S800 and S801 features the faster Adreno 330 (MSM8974AC: 578 MHz). Both GPUs offer the same amount of texture units (8 TMUs), but the Adreno 330 has 50 percent more shaders (probably 6x SIMD16 vs. 4x SIMD16 of the previous generation)In conjunction with the higher memory bandwidth, the performance is significantly better. As a result, the Adreno 330 is slightly faster than the Mali-T628 (Exynos 5420) and comparable to the PowerVR G6430 (Apple A7). Depending on the device and cooling, however, the performance may vary. The GPU supports OpenGL ES 3.0 as well as OpenCL 1.2.

Features 

Furthermore, the MSM8974AC supports many wireless technologies: Bluetooth 4.0, WLAN, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2.4/5 GHz), GSM (GPRS, EDGE), W-CDMA/UMTS (HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, cat.29 DC-HSPA+), MBMS, cat.4 LTE, CDMA2000 (1X RTT, 1 × EV-DO Rel.0/Rev.A/Rev.B, 1× EV-DO Rev.A MC, 1× Adv Rev.A/Rev.B) and TD-SCDMA. Futhermore the Snapdragon S801 supports Dual SIM Dual Active (DSDA) as the Snapdragon S800 MSM8974AB.

The MSM8974AC can encode and play UHD 4K videos in 3840x2160 at 30 FPS (120 Mbps H.264 High Profile) simultaneously via dedicated hardware. Moreover, it supports both USB 2.0 and 3.0 and cameras up to 55 megapixels and stereoscopic 3D.

Power Consumption

Thanks to the new 28nm HPM HKMG process, the energy efficiency has been improved significantly compared to its LP 28nm S600 predecessor. Depending on the field of application, the maximum power consumption should be about 3 W for smartphones or 4 W or greater for tablets. This should be similar to comparable ARM SoCs currently in the market. However, the MSM8974AC will likely need a little more power than the slightly lower clocked MSM8974.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974

► remove from comparison Qualcomm 800 MSM8974

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 is an ARM-based SoC for tablets and smartphonesIt is built at TSMC in a 28nm HPM (High Performance Mobile) HKMG process, whereas the Snapdragon 600 was manufactured in 28nm LP. In addition to 4 CPU cores with a clock speed of up to 2.3 GHz, the chip also integrates an Adreno 330 GPU up to 450 MHz, an LPDDR3-1600 memory controller and various radio modules (UMTS/LTE, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS).

Processor 

The CPU portion is based on Qualcomm's Krait architecture, which is compatible with ARMv7 ISA. Compared to the Snapdragon 600 (Krait 300), the new Krait 400 cores of the Snapdragon 800 have been tweaked just slightly with faster L2 cache. Thanks to a clock rate of up to 2.3 GHz and a high performance per MHz somewhere between an ARM Cortex-A9 and a Cortex-A15, the Snapdragon 800 offers very strong CPU performance. The S800 competes with the Nvidia Tegra 4, Samsung Exynos 5420 and Apple A7 and is therefore one of the fastest ARM SoCs on the market as of 2013.

Graphics

Another difference between the Snapdragon 600 and 800 is the graphics unit. While the S600 implements an Adreno 320 (400 to 450 MHz), the S800 features the faster Adreno 330 (450 MHz). Both GPUs offer the same amount of texture units (8 TMUs), but the Adreno 330 has 50 percent more shaders (probably 6x SIMD16 vs. 4x SIMD16 of the previous generation). In conjunction with the higher memory bandwidth, the performance is significantly better. As a result, the Adreno 330 is slightly faster than the Mali-T628 (Exynos 5420) and the PowerVR G6430 (Apple A7). Depending on the device and cooling, however, the performance may vary. The GPU supports OpenGL ES 3.0 as well as OpenCL 1.2.

Features 

Furthermore, the MSM8974 supports many wireless technologies: Bluetooth 4.0, WLAN, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2.4/5 GHz), GSM (GPRS, EDGE), W-CDMA/UMTS (HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, cat.29 DC-HSPA+), MBMS, cat.4 LTE, CDMA2000 (1X RTT, 1 × EV-DO Rel.0/Rev.A/Rev.B, 1× EV-DO Rev.A MC, 1× Adv Rev.A/Rev.B) and TD-SCDMA. 

The MSM8974 can encode and play UHD 4K videos in 3840x2160 at 30 FPS (120 Mbps H.264 High Profile) sumiltaneously via dedicated hardware. Moreover, it supports both USB 2.0 and 3.0 and cameras up to 55 megapixels and stereoscopic 3D.

Power Consumption

Thanks to the new 28nm HPM HKMG process, the energy efficiency has been improved significantly compared to its LP 28nm S600 predecessor. Depending on the field of application, the maximum power consumption should be about 3 W for smartphones or 4 W or greater for tablets. This should be similar to comparable ARM SoCs currently in the market.

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AAQualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974ACQualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameKrait 400Krait 400Krait 400
Series: Snapdragon Krait 400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC2.45 GHz4 / 4 cores Krait 400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 APQ8074AB2.36 GHz4 / 4 cores Krait 400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AB2.36 GHz4 / 4 cores Krait 400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AA « 2.26 GHz4 / 4 cores Krait 400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM89742.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Krait 400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC « 2.45 GHz4 / 4 cores Krait 400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 APQ8074AB2.36 GHz4 / 4 cores Krait 400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AB2.36 GHz4 / 4 cores Krait 400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AA2.26 GHz4 / 4 cores Krait 400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM89742.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Krait 400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC2.45 GHz4 / 4 cores Krait 400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 APQ8074AB2.36 GHz4 / 4 cores Krait 400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AB2.36 GHz4 / 4 cores Krait 400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AA2.26 GHz4 / 4 cores Krait 400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 « 2.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Krait 400
Clock2260 MHz2450 MHz2300 MHz
L1 Cache0 MB0 MB0 MB
L2 Cache2 MB2 MB2 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 44 / 4
Technology28 nm28 nm28 nm
FeaturesAdreno 330 (450 MHz), LTE cat.4, UMTS, MBMS, GSM, CDMA2000, tD-SCDMA, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2.4/5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.0, 2x 32 Bit LPDDR3-1600 Memory Controller (14.9 GB/s)Adreno 330 (578 MHz), LTE cat.4, UMTS, MBMS, GSM, CDMA2000, tD-SCDMA, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2.4/5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.0, 2x 32 Bit LPDDR3-1866 Memory Controller (14.9 GB/s)Adreno 330 (450 MHz), LTE cat.4, UMTS, MBMS, GSM, CDMA2000, tD-SCDMA, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2.4/5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.0, 2x 32 Bit LPDDR3-1600 Memory Controller (12.8 GB/s)
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 330 (? - 450 MHz)Qualcomm Adreno 330 (578 MHz)Qualcomm Adreno 330 (450 MHz)
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
4282 Points (3%)
min: 5061     avg: 12899     median: 14737 (12%)     max: 17059 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
4422 Points (4%)
min: 5104     avg: 7863     median: 7865 (6%)     max: 10619 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 4301     avg: 10729     median: 10728.5 (9%)     max: 17156 Points
min: 12939     avg: 14507     median: 13832 (12%)     max: 17748 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
817 Points (9%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1003     avg: 1024     median: 1024 (10%)     max: 1045 Points
991 Points (10%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2512     avg: 2658     median: 2658 (3%)     max: 2804 Points
2330 Points (3%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
798 Points (11%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
1307 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
2570 Points (5%)
min: 2095     avg: 2652     median: 2709 (5%)     max: 3005 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
913 Points (18%)
min: 878     avg: 958     median: 965.5 (19%)     max: 1003 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
2809 Points (4%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
926 Points (14%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
min: 1427     avg: 1714     median: 1728 (14%)     max: 1971 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 2645     avg: 3006     median: 2994 (27%)     max: 3355 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 4607     avg: 5565     median: 5359 (11%)     max: 6534 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 2074     avg: 2523     median: 2485 (5%)     max: 2882 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 3010     avg: 3604     median: 3594 (9%)     max: 4066 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
634 MFLOPS (21%)
min: 605     avg: 720     median: 694 (23%)     max: 953 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
425.5 MFLOPS (42%)
min: 281.3     avg: 352.6     median: 366.1 (36%)     max: 403 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 7264     avg: 7519     median: 7518.5 (9%)     max: 7773 ms
min: 6243     avg: 7104     median: 6963 (8%)     max: 9075 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
1509 ms (17%)
min: 408.7     avg: 906     median: 826 (9%)     max: 2180 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
min: 678     avg: 866     median: 802 (8%)     max: 1119 ms
min: 558     avg: 763     median: 758 (7%)     max: 1087 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 4249     avg: 4530     median: 4529.5 (4%)     max: 4810 Points
min: 2989     avg: 4486     median: 4549.5 (4%)     max: 5403 Points
min: 2714     avg: 3981     median: 4089.5 (4%)     max: 5416 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
min: 1510     avg: 1569     median: 1562 (42%)     max: 1639 Points
min: 1178     avg: 1349     median: 1345 (36%)     max: 1526 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta
min: 1771     avg: 1855     median: 1813.5 (40%)     max: 2034 Points
min: 1541     avg: 1696     median: 1692.5 (38%)     max: 1856 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser
min: 2683     avg: 2896     median: 2871 (38%)     max: 3259 Points
min: 2443     avg: 2662     median: 2660 (35%)     max: 2884 Points
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
min: 20586     avg: 22116     median: 22066.5 (51%)     max: 23744 points
min: 11103     avg: 18016     median: 19594 (45%)     max: 21610 points
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
15386 Points (100%)
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
min: 28257     avg: 33877     median: 35007 (81%)     max: 38284 Points
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
40256 Points (41%)
min: 36792     avg: 42121     median: 41937 (42%)     max: 47123 Points
min: 32731     avg: 37780     median: 38083 (38%)     max: 43075 Points
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
min: 37549     avg: 45006     median: 45006 (15%)     max: 52463 Points
34400 Points (12%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
min: 559     avg: 676     median: 681.5 (21%)     max: 785 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
min: 15827     avg: 17468     median: 17637.5 (58%)     max: 19265 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 17052     avg: 18114     median: 18438 (2%)     max: 18920 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 3036     avg: 3743     median: 3743 (19%)     max: 4450 Points
min: 3308     avg: 3587     median: 3651 (18%)     max: 3737 Points
min: 3525     avg: 3905     median: 3950 (20%)     max: 4241 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
2403 Points (13%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
2186 Points (5%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
3699 Points (24%)

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AA → 100% n=10

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC → 105% n=10

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 → 106% n=10

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