ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500

The ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 is a System on a Chip (SoC) for smartphones and tablets. It features two Cortex-A9 cores with NEON extensions, a ARM Mali-400 MP1 single core graphics card, a media processor and a integrated HSPA+ modem.

The performance is similar to the Nvidia Tegra 2 (Geekbench total score) but in the Stream subtest, where the NovaThor is much faster.

Series
Codename	ARMv7
Series: ARMv7	» ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 1000 MHz 2 / 2 ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8420 1000 MHz 2 / 2
Clock Rate	1000 MHz
Number of Cores / Threads	2 / 2
Manufacturing Technology	45 nm
Features	ARM Mali 400 (Single Core), LP-DDR2 memory, HSPA
Announcement Date	06/01/2011
Product Link (external)	NovaThor U8500

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710	Mali-400 MP	1024 MB			0

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110

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ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A

MediaTek MT6575

Actions ACT-ATM7029

Intel Atom x7-Z8700

Apple A5x

Marvell PXA986

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225

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Intel Core i5-4300Y

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream

min: 194     avg: 218     median: 200 (2%)     max: 261 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710	Mali-400 MP	1024 MB			194
Samsung S3 Mini GT-I8190	Mali-400 MP	1024 MB			200
Samsung Galaxy beam	Mali-400 MP	768 MB			261

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -70%

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AllWinner A13 -63%

AllWinner A10 -53%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A -45%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A -37%

Actions ACT-ATM7029 -28%

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 -20%

Nvidia Tegra 2 (250) -18%

Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 -12%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 -6%

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500

Broadcom BCM28155 11%

NVIDIA Tegra 3 12%

MediaTek MT6572 13%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8225Q 21%

Amlogic AML8726-MX 23%

Mediatek MT8125 24%

Mediatek MT8389 25%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026 25%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 30%

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Intel Core i7-7740X 5587%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory

min: 787     avg: 795     median: 793 (7%)     max: 806 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Samsung S3 Mini GT-I8190	Mali-400 MP	1024 MB			787
Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710	Mali-400 MP	1024 MB			793
Samsung Galaxy beam	Mali-400 MP	768 MB			806

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -61%

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Intel Atom Z2420 -12%

Apple A4 -10%

MediaTek MT8317T -9%

Broadcom BCM28155 -7%

AllWinner A10 -6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 -6%

MediaTek MT8312 -5%

MediaTek MT8377 -1%

Mediatek MT6589 -1%

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500

Mediatek MT8125 1%

Mediatek MT8389 1%

Apple A5 2%

Apple A5x 3%

Mediatek MT8121 5%

MediaTek MT6575 6%

MediaTek MT6577 11%

Samsung Exynos 3470 Quad 13%

Nvidia Tegra 2 (250) 14%

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Intel Core i7-7740X 1287%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point

min: 1050     avg: 1122     median: 1051 (2%)     max: 1266 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Samsung S3 Mini GT-I8190	Mali-400 MP	1024 MB			1050
Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710	Mali-400 MP	1024 MB			1051
Samsung Galaxy beam	Mali-400 MP	768 MB			1266

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -96%

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Actions ACT-ATM7029 -40%

MediaTek MT6575 -38%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 -30%

MediaTek MT6572 -25%

Apple A5 -24%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 -22%

Apple A5x -18%

Intel Atom Z2460 -17%

Broadcom BCM28155 -17%

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500

MediaTek MT8312 1%

Intel Atom Z2480 3%

MediaTek MT6577 9%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 10%

Intel Celeron N2805 10%

Nvidia Tegra 2 (250) 12%

MediaTek MT8317T 12%

Marvell PXA986 14%

Intel Atom Z2760 17%

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Intel Core i9-10980XE 4448%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer

min: 598     avg: 633     median: 607 (1%)     max: 694 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Samsung S3 Mini GT-I8190	Mali-400 MP	1024 MB			598
Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710	Mali-400 MP	1024 MB			607
Samsung Galaxy beam	Mali-400 MP	768 MB			694

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -84%

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Apple A4 -41%

MediaTek MT6575 -37%

Intel Atom Z2420 -31%

Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 -29%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 -28%

MediaTek MT6572 -23%

Broadcom BCM28155 -16%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 -10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 -7%

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500

Apple A5 1%

MediaTek MT8312 6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 6%

Intel Atom Z2460 7%

Apple A5x 9%

Nvidia Tegra 2 (250) 12%

MediaTek MT6577 12%

Marvell PXA986 14%

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Intel Core i9-10980XE 7748%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score

min: 754     avg: 795     median: 758 (2%)     max: 873 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Samsung S3 Mini GT-I8190	Mali-400 MP	1024 MB			754
Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710	Mali-400 MP	1024 MB			758
Samsung Galaxy beam	Mali-400 MP	768 MB			873

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -85%

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Actions ACT-ATM7029 -40%

Intel Atom Z2420 -30%

MediaTek MT6575 -27%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 -27%

MediaTek MT6572 -23%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 -17%

Broadcom BCM28155 -15%

Apple A5 -10%

Apple A5x -5%

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500

MediaTek MT8312 2%

Intel Atom Z2460 7%

MediaTek MT8317T 9%

Nvidia Tegra 2 (250) 11%

MediaTek MT6577 12%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 21%

MediaTek MT8377 25%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 25%

Intel Atom Z2480 25%

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Intel Core i9-10980XE 4707%

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Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread

min: 53.494     avg: 59.2     median: 58.4 (2%)     max: 65.66 MFLOPS

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Samsung S3 Mini GT-I8190	Mali-400 MP	1024 MB			53.494
Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710	Mali-400 MP	1024 MB			58.38
Samsung Galaxy beam	Mali-400 MP	768 MB			65.66

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -90%

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Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 -77%

AllWinner A10 -76%

WonderMedia PRIZM WM8950 -48%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A -42%

MediaTek MT6575 -41%

Nvidia Tegra 2 (250) -32%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 -16%

Broadcom BCM28155 -12%

MediaTek MT8317T -11%

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500

Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 1%

Intel Atom Z2460 3%

MediaTek MT6577 4%

Samsung Exynos 4210 1.2 GHz 14%

MediaTek MT8377 14%

Renesas MP5232 19%

Actions ACT-ATM7029 19%

Intel Atom Z2420 23%

Marvell PXA986 26%

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Apple A8X 4003%

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Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread

min: 33.87     avg: 36     median: 34.5 (3%)     max: 39.73 MFLOPS

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710	Mali-400 MP	1024 MB			33.87
Samsung S3 Mini GT-I8190	Mali-400 MP	1024 MB			34.542
Samsung Galaxy beam	Mali-400 MP	768 MB			39.73

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -79%

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AllWinner A13 -64%

Telechips TCC8803 1GHz -63%

Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz -60%

Broadcom BCM21664T -56%

AllWinner A10 -55%

Actions ACT-ATM7029 -20%

MediaTek MT6575 -12%

Nvidia Tegra 2 (250) -9%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A -5%

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500

Broadcom BCM28155 1%

Mediatek MT8125 1%

WonderMedia PRIZM WM8950 4%

MediaTek MT6577 7%

MediaTek MT8317T 7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225Q 13%

Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 13%

Marvell PXA986 16%

MediaTek MT8377 18%

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Apple A8X 2736%

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Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *

min: 1932.9     avg: 2351     median: 2082.8 (20%)     max: 3037 ms

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710	Mali-400 MP	1024 MB			1932.9
Samsung S3 Mini GT-I8190	Mali-400 MP	1024 MB			2082.8
Samsung Galaxy beam	Mali-400 MP	768 MB			3037

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U -96%

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MediaTek MT6572 -25%

Mediatek MT6735 -23%

Apple A5 -21%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 -20%

MediaTek MT8377 -20%

Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 -17%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 -8%

Samsung Exynos 4210 1.2 GHz -7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225Q -4%

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500

WonderMedia PRIZM WM8950 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 11%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A 16%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A 19%

Nvidia Tegra 2 (250) 21%

AllWinner A10 51%

AllWinner A13 72%

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 147%

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Rockchip RK2918 198%

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Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score

min: 2724     avg: 2859     median: 2858.5 (7%)     max: 2993 points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Samsung Galaxy beam	Mali-400 MP	768 MB			2724
Samsung S3 Mini GT-I8190	Mali-400 MP	1024 MB			2993

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 -56%

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AllWinner A13 -30%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A -28%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q -25%

WonderMedia PRIZM WM8950 -25%

AllWinner A10 -19%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 -12%

Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 -10%

Texas Instruments OMAP 4460 -10%

MediaTek MT6577 0%

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500

Intel Atom Z2460 0%

MediaTek MT6572 1%

Intel Atom Z2420 5%

MediaTek MT8377 6%

MediaTek MT8317T 10%

Samsung Exynos 4210 1.2 GHz 13%

Texas Instruments OMAP 4470 21%

Broadcom BCM21664T 22%

Marvell PXA986 23%

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Samsung Exynos 8895 Octa 1410%

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AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU

min: 2382     avg: 2494     median: 2493.5 (16%)     max: 2605 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710	Mali-400 MP	1024 MB			2382
Samsung S3 Mini GT-I8190	Mali-400 MP	1024 MB			2605

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -91%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A -56%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A -54%

MediaTek MT6575 -51%

Broadcom BCM28155 -50%

WonderMedia PRIZM WM8950 -49%

Intel Atom Z2420 -24%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 -4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 -4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 -1%

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500

MediaTek MT6577 2%

Nvidia Tegra 2 (250) 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 11%

Marvell PXA986 18%

MediaTek MT8377 20%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 26%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 28%

MediaTek MT8317T 29%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 33%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 517%

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Reviews for the NovaThor U8500 processor

Samsung Galaxy beam (ARM Mali-400 MP, 4")
» Review Samsung Galaxy Beam (GT-I8530) Smartphone - Review

Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710 (ARM Mali-400 MP, 4")
» Review Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710 Smartphone - Review
» Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 GT-S7710 - External Review

Samsung S3 Mini GT-I8190 (ARM Mali-400 MP, 4")
» Review Samsung S3 Mini GT-I8190 Smartphone - Review
» Samsung S3 Mini GT-I8190 - External Review

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