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Apple A6x vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8028

Apple A6x

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The Apple A6x is a dual-core-SoC (System on a Chip) with ARM compatible CPU cores (ARMv7s instruction set). Both can be clocked at up to 1400 MHz depending on the load. It is used in the iPad 4 and compared to the A6 in the iPhone 5, the A6x offers a faster GPU (PowerVR SGX544MP4).

The CPU-Performance of the A6x is similar to the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T, while the GPU is about as fast as the Adreno 320.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8028

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8028 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 at 450 MHz. The chip is manufactured in 28 nm LP at TSMC.

ModelApple A6xQualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8028
SeriesApple Qualcomm Snapdragon
Series: Snapdragon ARMv7
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UNISOC Tiger T310 compare1.8 - 2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3288 compare1.8 GHz4 / 4 cores
Apple A6x « 1.4 GHzcores
Apple A6 compare1 GHzcores
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HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
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Amlogic AML8726-MX compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK3168 compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz compare1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz compare1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores
Loongson 2F 900MHz compare0.9 GHz1 / 1 cores
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ARM Cortex-M4 compare cores
HiSilicon Hi6262 compare cores
DK3.5+ST comparecores
unknown compare cores
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 « 1.6 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 compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250 compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
Clock1400 MHz1600 MHz
Cores / Threads24 / 4
Technology32 nm28 nm
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
CodenameARMv7
FeaturesAdreno 305 GPU, LPDDR2/3 Memory Controller
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 305
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
A6x +
8647 Points (7%)
8132 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
A6x +
8627 Points (7%)
8177 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
A6x +
8850 Points (7%)
8880 Points (7%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
A6x +
1424 Points (3%)
1489 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
A6x +
781 Points (15%)
435 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
A6x +
1012 Points (8%)
300 Points (2%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
A6x +
2053 Points (19%)
1334 Points (12%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
A6x +
2262 Points (4%)
2344 Points (5%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
A6x +
1330 Points (3%)
1369 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
A6x +
1768 Points (5%)
1596 Points (4%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
A6x +
654 MFLOPS (22%)
281 MFLOPS (10%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
A6x +
382.4 MFLOPS (37%)
113 MFLOPS (11%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
1 A6x +
895 ms (8%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
958 ms (11%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
1759 Points (2%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
10657 points (25%)
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
18926 Points (44%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
400 Iter./s (12%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
8610 Iter./s (28%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
9698 Points (1%)

Average Benchmarks Apple A6x → 100% n=12

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8028 → 76% n=12

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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)