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Apple A6 vs Marvell Armada PXA1908

Apple A6

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The Apple A6 is a dual-core SoC found in the iPhone 5 with ARM compatible CPU cores. The A6 was developed by Apple and supports the extended ARMv7s instruction set. The clock rate of the CPU is between 800 to 1200 MHz depending on the CPU load. The integrated GPU is a PowerVR SGX543MP3 at 266 MHz.

Marvell Armada PXA1908

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The Marvell Armada PXA1908 is an ARM based low end SoC for smartphones and tablets. The chip was announced in late 2014 and integrates four 64-Bit Cortex-A53 processor cores with up to 1.2 GHz. As a graphics card, the SoC integrates a Vivante GC7000UL. Furthermore, a LPDDR2/3 memory controller and a HSPA+/WCDMA/LTE Cat. 4 (max. 150 Mbit/s) radio is integrated. The SoC is manufactured in 28nm and also suited for small smartphones. 

ModelApple A6Marvell Armada PXA1908
SeriesApple Marvell Technology Group
Series: Cortex-A53
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Marvell Armada PXA1908 « 1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Clock1000 MHz1200 MHz
Cores / Threads24 / 4
Technology32 nm28 nm
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
CodenameCortex-A53
FeaturesVivante GC7000UL GPU, HSPA+/WCDMA/LTE Cat. 4, LPDDR2/3 Memory Controller
iGPUVivante GC7000UL
Manufacturerwww.marvell.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
A6 +
7961 Points (6%)
8944 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
A6 +
7816 Points (6%)
8885 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
9613 Points (8%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
A6 +
1273 Points (2%)
1717 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
A6 +
min: 701     avg: 706     median: 705.5 (14%)     max: 710 Points
575 Points (11%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 A6 +
940 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 A6 +
1867 Points (17%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 A6 +
2114 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 A6 +
1261 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 A6 +
1648 Points (4%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
A6 +
min: 484     avg: 530     median: 529.5 (18%)     max: 575 MFLOPS
226 MFLOPS (8%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
A6 +
min: 309.4     avg: 337.3     median: 337.3 (33%)     max: 365.2 MFLOPS
122 MFLOPS (12%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 A6 +
14535 ms (17%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 A6 +
min: 714     avg: 722     median: 722 (8%)     max: 730 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
1 A6 +
935 ms (9%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
2059 Points (2%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
932 Points (25%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta
1231 Points (27%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser
1871 Points (25%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
8542 points (20%)
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
22432 Points (23%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
354 Iter./s (11%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
7829 Iter./s (26%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
A6 +
24996 Points (3%)
10868 Points (1%)

Average Benchmarks Apple A6 → 100% n=7

Average Benchmarks Marvell Armada PXA1908 → 81% n=7

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