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Apple A6 vs Broadcom BCM21664T vs Marvell PXA986

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.

Broadcom BCM21664T

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The Broadcom BCM21664T is an ARM based entry-level SoC for smartphones that integrates two Cortex-A9 CPU cores clocked at up to 1.2 GHz and a HSPA+ modem with support for 21 Mbps HSDPA and 5.8 Mbps HSUPA. Furthermore, a VideoCore-IV GPU and a video decoder (H.264 1080p capable) and encoder (720p) are built into the SoC.

Marvell PXA986

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The Marvell PXA986 is an ARM based dual-core SoC for smartphones and tablets (mostly Android based). It contains two Cortex-A9 CPU cores usually clocked around 1.2 GHz and a Vivante GC1000 graphics card. The integrated video processor is able to handle 720p30 content in H.263, H.264 BP and MPEG4 SP encoding. Furthermore, a GSM/EDGE/WCDMA/HSDPA radio is included in the chip.

ModelApple A6Broadcom BCM21664TMarvell PXA986
SeriesApple Broadcom Marvell Technology Group
Series: Cortex-A9
newitem cores
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 GHzcores
Apple A6 « 1 GHzcores
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 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz1 GHz1 / 1 cores
Loongson 2F 900MHz0.9 GHz1 / 1 cores
CSR86700.08 GHzcores
ARM Cortex-M4 cores
HiSilicon Hi6262 cores
DK3.5+STcores
unknown cores
HiSilicon Kirin 910T1.8 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
Rockchip RK31881.8 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
HiSilicon Kirin 9101.6 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
Renesas MP52321.5 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
Broadcom BCM21664T « 1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
Marvell PXA9861.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
NXP i.MX 6SLL1 GHz1 / 1 cores Cortex-A9
WonderMedia PRIZM WM89501 GHz1 / 1 cores Cortex-A9
HiSilicon Kirin 910T1.8 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
Rockchip RK31881.8 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
HiSilicon Kirin 9101.6 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
Renesas MP52321.5 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
Broadcom BCM21664T1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
Marvell PXA986 « 1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
NXP i.MX 6SLL1 GHz1 / 1 cores Cortex-A9
WonderMedia PRIZM WM89501 GHz1 / 1 cores Cortex-A9
Clock1000 MHz1200 MHz1200 MHz
Cores / Threads22 / 22 / 2
Technology32 nm45 nm
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
CodenameCortex-A9Cortex-A9
FeaturesHSPA+ modem, H.264 1080p decoder, 720p encoder
Manufacturerwww.marvell.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
A6 +
7961 Points (6%)
3801 Points (3%)
min: 2623     avg: 2874     median: 2740 (2%)     max: 3258 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
A6 +
7816 Points (6%)
3846 Points (3%)
min: 2709     avg: 2985     median: 2985 (2%)     max: 3261 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 PXA986 +
3675 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
A6 +
1273 Points (2%)
658 Points (1%)
min: 631     avg: 647     median: 646.5 (1%)     max: 662 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
A6 +
min: 701     avg: 706     median: 705.5 (14%)     max: 710 Points
353 Points (7%)
min: 376     avg: 379.5     median: 379.5 (7%)     max: 383 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 A6 +
940 Points (8%)
47%
1 PXA986 +
min: 437     avg: 439.5     median: 439.5 (4%)     max: 442 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 A6 +
1867 Points (17%)
78%
1 PXA986 +
min: 1337     avg: 1448     median: 1448 (13%)     max: 1559 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 A6 +
2114 Points (4%)
61%
1 PXA986 +
min: 1275     avg: 1284     median: 1284 (3%)     max: 1293 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 A6 +
1261 Points (3%)
57%
1 PXA986 +
min: 709     avg: 720     median: 720 (1%)     max: 731 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 A6 +
1648 Points (4%)
63%
1 PXA986 +
min: 1005     avg: 1035     median: 1034.5 (3%)     max: 1064 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
A6 +
min: 484     avg: 530     median: 529.5 (18%)     max: 575 MFLOPS
75.7 MFLOPS (3%)
min: 73.7     avg: 74.3     median: 74 (3%)     max: 75.3 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
A6 +
min: 309.4     avg: 337.3     median: 337.3 (33%)     max: 365.2 MFLOPS
15.8 MFLOPS (2%)
min: 39.83     avg: 41.6     median: 41.4 (4%)     max: 43.69 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
A6 +
14535 ms (17%)
16763 ms (20%)
min: 23941     avg: 25315     median: 25315 (30%)     max: 26689 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
A6 +
min: 714     avg: 722     median: 722 (8%)     max: 730 ms
1316 ms (14%)
min: 1428     avg: 1608     median: 1624 (18%)     max: 1771 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
A6 +
935 ms (9%)
1348 ms (13%)
min: 1453     avg: 1531     median: 1530.5 (15%)     max: 1608 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
2121 Points (2%)
68%
1 PXA986 +
1448 Points (1%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
3490 points (8%)
101%
1 PXA986 +
min: 3257     avg: 3515     median: 3514.5 (8%)     max: 3772 points
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
100%
1 PXA986 +
2945 Points (19%)
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
12059 Points (28%)
94%
1 PXA986 +
min: 11051     avg: 11392     median: 11392 (26%)     max: 11733 Points
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
180 Iter./s (6%)
88%
1 PXA986 +
min: 137     avg: 160     median: 159 (5%)     max: 184 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
4041 Iter./s (13%)
106%
1 PXA986 +
min: 4077     avg: 4208     median: 4266 (14%)     max: 4281 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
A6 +
24996 Points (3%)
4230 Points (1%)
min: 3273     avg: 3820     median: 3976 (1%)     max: 4210 Points

Average Benchmarks Apple A6 → 100% n=10

Average Benchmarks Broadcom BCM21664T → 52% n=10

Average Benchmarks Marvell PXA986 → 49% n=10

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- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)