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HiSilicon Kirin 620 vs Apple A6 vs Marvell Armada PXA1908

HiSilicon Kirin 620

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The HiSilicon Kirin 620 is an ARM-based octa core SoC for mid-range smartphones. It was announced at the end of 2014 and features eight ARM Cortex-A53 cores at 1.2 GHz (max.). Furthermore, the processor integrates a ARM Mali-450 MP4 graphics card, an LPDDR3 memory controller, an LTE Cat.4 modem, 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0. The chip is manufactured in 28nm and relatively power efficient.

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. 

ModelHiSilicon Kirin 620Apple A6Marvell Armada PXA1908
Series Apple Marvell Technology Group
CodenameCortex-A53Cortex-A53
Series: Cortex-A53
JLQ JR5101.5 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9352.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6592.36 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6582.35 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6552.1 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6502 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9302 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 620 « 1.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/B 1.3 GHz1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT81611.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Marvell Armada PXA19081.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
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
JLQ JR5101.5 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9352.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6592.36 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6582.35 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6552.1 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6502 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9302 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6201.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/B 1.3 GHz1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT81611.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Marvell Armada PXA1908 « 1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Clock1200 MHz1000 MHz1200 MHz
Cores / Threads8 / 824 / 4
Technology28 nm32 nm28 nm
FeaturesARMv8-ISA, Mali-450 MP4, LTE (Cat. 4), LPDDR3 Memory ControllerVivante GC7000UL GPU, HSPA+/WCDMA/LTE Cat. 4, LPDDR2/3 Memory Controller
iGPUARM Mali-450 MP4Vivante GC7000UL
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.marvell.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 6531     avg: 6885     median: 6884.5 (6%)     max: 7238 Points
116%
A6 +
7961 Points (6%)
8944 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 6434     avg: 6917     median: 6916.5 (6%)     max: 7399 Points
113%
A6 +
7816 Points (6%)
8885 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 6861     avg: 7534     median: 7533.5 (6%)     max: 8206 Points
9613 Points (8%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2151     avg: 2453     median: 2452.5 (4%)     max: 2754 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 541     avg: 565     median: 564.5 (8%)     max: 588 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A6 +
1273 Points (2%)
1717 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 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
166 MFLOPS (6%)
319%
A6 +
min: 484     avg: 530     median: 529.5 (18%)     max: 575 MFLOPS
226 MFLOPS (8%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
52 MFLOPS (5%)
649%
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 *
min: 15866     avg: 17376     median: 17375.5 (20%)     max: 18885 ms
104%
1 A6 +
14535 ms (17%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 1373     avg: 1680     median: 1679.5 (18%)     max: 1986 ms
113%
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
min: 1857     avg: 2170     median: 2170 (2%)     max: 2483 Points
2059 Points (2%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
907 Points (24%)
932 Points (25%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta
1104 Points (25%)
1231 Points (27%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser
1146 Points (15%)
1871 Points (25%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
8542 points (20%)
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
min: 30558     avg: 32403     median: 32402.5 (33%)     max: 34247 Points
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%
1 A6 +
24996 Points (3%)
10868 Points (1%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
3717 Points (19%)

Average Benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 620 → 100% n=4

Average Benchmarks Apple A6 → 299% n=4

Average Benchmarks Marvell Armada PXA1908 → 157% n=4

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

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