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Apple A6x vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930

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 S4 Plus MSM8960

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The Qualcomm MSM8960 (Snapdragon S4 series) is a ARM based high-end smartphone SoC in 2012. It contains two Krait (ARMv7) CPU cores at 1.5 - 1.7 GHz, a Adreno 225 GPU (400 MHz), a LPDDR2 memory controller (up to 500 MHz) and radio elements including LTE. The chip is produced in 28nm LP (low power process) at TSMC.

The Krait cores offer a slightly better performance as the standard Cortex-A9 cores and are compatible to the NEON SIMD extensions.

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930

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The Qualcomm MSM8930 (Snapdragon S4 Plus series) is an ARM based high-end smartphone SoC in 2012. It contains two Krait (ARMv7) CPU cores at up to 1.2 GHz, a Adreno 305 GPU, a single channel LPDDR2 memory controller and LTE radio elements.  The chip is produced in 28nm LP (low power process) at TSMC. Compared to the MSM8960, the 8930 is lower clocked, offers only a single channel memory controller, but has a faster GPU.

The Krait cores should offer a slightly better performance as the standard Cortex-A9 cores and are compatible to the NEON SIMD extensions.

ModelApple A6xQualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930
SeriesApple Qualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm Snapdragon
Series: Snapdragon ARMv7
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 A6x « 1.4 GHzcores
Apple A61 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
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM89281.6 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ80281.6 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus APQ8060A1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 « 1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8260A1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM89261.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM82261.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ80261.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM89301.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM82301.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM82271 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM86601.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM82601.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD82501 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM89281.6 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ80281.6 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus APQ8060A1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM89601.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8260A1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM89261.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM82261.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ80261.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 « 1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM82301.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM82271 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM86601.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM82601.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD82501 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
Clock1400 MHz1500 - 1700 MHz1200 MHz
Cores / Threads22 / 22 / 2
Technology32 nm28 nm28 nm
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
CodenameARMv7ARMv7
L1 Cache64 KB64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB
FeaturesLTE, HSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FM
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 225 (400 MHz)Qualcomm Adreno 305

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
A6x +
8647 Points (7%)
4439 Points (4%)
min: 4629     avg: 4635     median: 4635 (4%)     max: 4641 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
A6x +
8627 Points (7%)
4363 Points (4%)
4684 Points (4%)
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%)
788 Points (1%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A6x +
781 Points (15%)
432 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
A6x +
1012 Points (8%)
min: 555     avg: 629     median: 639.5 (5%)     max: 681 Points
min: 571     avg: 585     median: 584.5 (5%)     max: 598 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
A6x +
2053 Points (19%)
min: 1394     avg: 1626     median: 1631 (15%)     max: 1849 Points
min: 1449     avg: 1473     median: 1472.5 (13%)     max: 1496 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
A6x +
2262 Points (4%)
min: 1882     avg: 2487     median: 2563.5 (5%)     max: 2940 Points
min: 1778     avg: 1814     median: 1814 (4%)     max: 1850 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
A6x +
1330 Points (3%)
min: 823     avg: 933     median: 922 (2%)     max: 1065 Points
min: 798     avg: 826     median: 825.5 (2%)     max: 853 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
A6x +
1768 Points (5%)
min: 1281     avg: 1585     median: 1626.5 (4%)     max: 1806 Points
min: 1248     avg: 1277     median: 1276.5 (3%)     max: 1305 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
A6x +
654 MFLOPS (22%)
242 MFLOPS (8%)
min: 146.9     avg: 205.6     median: 211.6 (7%)     max: 258.3 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
A6x +
382.4 MFLOPS (37%)
134.8 MFLOPS (13%)
min: 25.25     avg: 106.5     median: 144.3 (14%)     max: 150 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
45456 ms (53%)
18650 ms (22%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
A6x +
895 ms (8%)
min: 1147     avg: 1282     median: 1224 (12%)     max: 1474 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 891     avg: 1327     median: 1045.5 (11%)     max: 2038 ms
min: 1144     avg: 1189     median: 1189 (13%)     max: 1234 ms
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
min: 4557     avg: 4588     median: 4588 (11%)     max: 4619 points
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
3130 Points (20%)
min: 3235     avg: 3312     median: 3311.5 (22%)     max: 3388 Points
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
13681 Points (32%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
261 Iter./s (8%)
199 Iter./s (6%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
5886 Iter./s (19%)
4569 Iter./s (15%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
5589 Points (1%)
3464 Points (0%)

Average Benchmarks Apple A6x → 100% n=10

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 → 68% n=10

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 → 62% n=10

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)