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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T

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The Qualcomm MSM8960T (Snapdragon S4 Pro) is a fast ARM SoC, which is mainly used in smartphones. It integrates a Krait-based dual-core processor and an Adreno 320 graphics card. Furthermore it features an integrated LPDDR2 memory controller (dual channel, max. 500 MHz) as well as various radio standards including LTE. The chip is fabricated at TSMC in a 28nm LP process.

Unlike older Qualcomm SoCs, which are still based on slower Scorpion cores, the MSM8960T uses the modern Krait architecture. The Krait design is significantly faster than the Cortex-A5, Cortex-A7 and Cortex-A9 architecture from ARM and just behind the high-end Cortex-A15. The two cores are clocked at 1.7 GHz and offer a performance, which is even above some older quad-cores like Nvidia's Tegra 3 or the Samsung Exynos 4412.

The Adreno 320 graphics card is the same as found in the Snapdragon 600 and one of the fastest mobile GPUs in mid-2013. The GPU is clocked at 400 MHz and offers enough performance for demanding games and high resolution screens.

Since the MSM8960T only has two CPU cores, the power consumption should be somewhat below quad-cores like the Snapdragon 600. The chip can therefore be used in compact smartphones with a smaller battery.

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.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026 is an entry-level ARM-SoC for Android smartphones and smartwatches. It integrates four Cortex-A7 cores at up to 1.2 GHz (Quad-Core) and a Adreno 305 graphics card at 450 MHz. Furthermore, Bluetooth 4.0 is integrated in the SoC.

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960TQualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameARMv7ARMv7ARMv7
Series: Snapdragon 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 MSM8960T « 1.7 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 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
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 APQ8026 « 1.2 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
Clock1700 MHz1200 MHz1200 MHz
L1 Cache64 KB64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 24 / 4
Technology28 nm28 nm28 nm
FeaturesLTE, HSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMBluetooth 4.0
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 320 (400 MHz)Qualcomm Adreno 305Qualcomm Adreno 305 (450 MHz)
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
7305 Points (6%)
min: 4629     avg: 4635     median: 4635 (4%)     max: 4641 Points
6749 Points (5%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 7074     avg: 7129     median: 7129 (6%)     max: 7184 Points
4684 Points (4%)
6667 Points (5%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
7226 Points (6%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 963     avg: 1098     median: 1098 (2%)     max: 1233 Points
1075 Points (2%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 531     avg: 584     median: 583.5 (11%)     max: 636 Points
327 Points (6%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
min: 632     avg: 668     median: 668 (5%)     max: 704 Points
min: 571     avg: 585     median: 584.5 (5%)     max: 598 Points
272 Points (2%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 2453     avg: 2630     median: 2630 (24%)     max: 2807 Points
min: 1449     avg: 1473     median: 1472.5 (13%)     max: 1496 Points
1192 Points (11%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 2057     avg: 2521     median: 2520.5 (5%)     max: 2984 Points
min: 1778     avg: 1814     median: 1814 (4%)     max: 1850 Points
1803 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 871     avg: 1068     median: 1068 (2%)     max: 1265 Points
min: 798     avg: 826     median: 825.5 (2%)     max: 853 Points
1093 Points (2%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 1578     avg: 1848     median: 1848 (5%)     max: 2118 Points
min: 1248     avg: 1277     median: 1276.5 (3%)     max: 1305 Points
1279 Points (3%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
min: 225.8     avg: 246.4     median: 246.4 (8%)     max: 266.9 MFLOPS
min: 146.9     avg: 205.6     median: 211.6 (7%)     max: 258.3 MFLOPS
242.3 MFLOPS (8%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
min: 166     avg: 169.5     median: 169.5 (17%)     max: 172.9 MFLOPS
min: 25.25     avg: 106.5     median: 144.3 (14%)     max: 150 MFLOPS
85.2 MFLOPS (8%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 10213     avg: 13835     median: 13834.5 (16%)     max: 17456 ms
16134 ms (19%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 1159     avg: 1422     median: 1421.5 (16%)     max: 1684 ms
min: 1144     avg: 1189     median: 1189 (13%)     max: 1234 ms
1137 ms (12%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
min: 1202     avg: 1329     median: 1250 (12%)     max: 1534 ms
min: 1147     avg: 1282     median: 1224 (12%)     max: 1474 ms
1157 ms (11%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 1466     avg: 2018     median: 2018 (2%)     max: 2570 Points
1810 Points (2%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
755 Points (20%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta
1152 Points (26%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser
1546 Points (20%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
7510 points (17%)
min: 4557     avg: 4588     median: 4588 (11%)     max: 4619 points
8236 points (19%)
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
5727 Points (37%)
min: 3235     avg: 3312     median: 3311.5 (22%)     max: 3388 Points
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
17699 Points (41%)
13681 Points (32%)
17735 Points (41%)
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
17247 Points (17%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
min: 327     avg: 350     median: 350 (11%)     max: 373 Iter./s
308 Iter./s (9%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
min: 6665     avg: 6716     median: 6715.5 (22%)     max: 6766 Iter./s
4569 Iter./s (15%)
6098 Iter./s (20%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
7065 Points (1%)
3464 Points (0%)
6717 Points (1%)

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T → 100% n=19

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 → 75% n=19

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026 → 84% n=19

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