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Apple A6x vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260

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 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.

ModelApple A6xQualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260
SeriesApple Qualcomm Snapdragon
Series: Snapdragon ARMv7
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Apple A6x « 1.4 GHzcores
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DK3.5+ST comparecores
unknown compare cores
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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
Clock1400 MHz1500 MHz
Cores / Threads22 / 2
Technology32 nm45 nm
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
CodenameARMv7
L1 Cache64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB
FeaturesHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FM
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 220

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 A6x +
8647 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 A6x +
8627 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 A6x +
8850 Points (7%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A6x +
1424 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A6x +
781 Points (15%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
A6x +
1012 Points (8%)
385 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
A6x +
2053 Points (19%)
1034 Points (9%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
A6x +
2262 Points (4%)
1230 Points (2%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
A6x +
1330 Points (3%)
912 Points (2%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
A6x +
1768 Points (5%)
994 Points (3%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
A6x +
654 MFLOPS (22%)
76.5 MFLOPS (3%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
A6x +
382.4 MFLOPS (37%)
43.2 MFLOPS (4%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
A6x +
895 ms (8%)
1888 ms (18%)
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
3197 Points (21%)

Average Benchmarks Apple A6x → 100% n=8

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 → 48% n=8

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- 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)