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Marvell PXA986 vs Apple A6

Marvell PXA986

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The Marvell PXA986 is an ARM based dual-core SoC for smartphones and tablets (mostly Android based). It contains two Cortex-A9 CPU cores usually clocked around 1.2 GHz and a Vivante GC1000 graphics card. The integrated video processor is able to handle 720p30 content in H.263, H.264 BP and MPEG4 SP encoding. Furthermore, a GSM/EDGE/WCDMA/HSDPA radio is included in the chip.

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.

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ModelMarvell PXA986Apple A6
SeriesMarvell Technology Group Apple
CodenameCortex-A9
Series:
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Renesas MP5232 compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
Broadcom BCM21664T compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
Marvell PXA986 « 1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
NXP i.MX 6SLL compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores Cortex-A9
WonderMedia PRIZM WM8950 compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores Cortex-A9
HiSilicon Kirin 9000W compare1.53 - 2.49 GHz12 / 12 cores
UNISOC Tiger T310 compare1.8 - 2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3288 compare1.8 GHz4 / 4 cores
Apple A6x compare1.4 GHz2 cores
Apple A6 « 1 GHz2 cores
Apple S5 compare2 / 2 cores
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Amlogic AML8726-MX compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK3168 compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz compare1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz compare1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores
Loongson 2F 900MHz compare0.9 GHz1 / 1 cores
CSR8670 compare0.08 GHz2 cores
ARM Cortex-M4 compare cores
HiSilicon Hi6262 compare cores
DK3.5+ST compare2 cores
unknown compare cores
Clock1200 MHz1000 MHz
Cores / Threads2 / 22
Technology45 nm32 nm
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.marvell.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 2623     avg: 2874     median: 2740 (2%)     max: 3258 Points
291%
A6 +
7961 Points (6%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 2709     avg: 2985     median: 2985 (2%)     max: 3261 Points
262%
A6 +
7816 Points (6%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 PXA986 +
3675 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 631     avg: 647     median: 646.5 (1%)     max: 662 Points
197%
A6 +
1273 Points (2%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 376     avg: 379.5     median: 379.5 (7%)     max: 383 Points
186%
A6 +
min: 701     avg: 706     median: 705.5 (14%)     max: 710 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
min: 437     avg: 439.5     median: 439.5 (4%)     max: 442 Points
214%
A6 +
940 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 1337     avg: 1448     median: 1448 (13%)     max: 1559 Points
129%
A6 +
1867 Points (17%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 1275     avg: 1284     median: 1284 (3%)     max: 1293 Points
165%
A6 +
2114 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 709     avg: 720     median: 720 (1%)     max: 731 Points
175%
A6 +
1261 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 1005     avg: 1035     median: 1034.5 (3%)     max: 1064 Points
159%
A6 +
1648 Points (4%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
min: 73.7     avg: 74.3     median: 74 (3%)     max: 75.3 MFLOPS
716%
A6 +
min: 484     avg: 530     median: 529.5 (18%)     max: 575 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
min: 39.83     avg: 41.6     median: 41.4 (4%)     max: 43.69 MFLOPS
815%
A6 +
min: 309.4     avg: 337.3     median: 337.3 (33%)     max: 365.2 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 23941     avg: 25315     median: 25315 (30%)     max: 26689 ms
118%
A6 +
14535 ms (17%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 1428     avg: 1608     median: 1624 (18%)     max: 1771 ms
112%
A6 +
min: 714     avg: 722     median: 722 (8%)     max: 730 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
min: 1453     avg: 1531     median: 1530.5 (15%)     max: 1608 ms
107%
A6 +
935 ms (9%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 PXA986 +
1448 Points (1%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
100%
1 PXA986 +
min: 3257     avg: 3515     median: 3514.5 (8%)     max: 3772 points
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
100%
1 PXA986 +
2945 Points (19%)
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
100%
1 PXA986 +
min: 11051     avg: 11392     median: 11392 (26%)     max: 11733 Points
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
100%
1 PXA986 +
min: 137     avg: 160     median: 159 (5%)     max: 184 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
100%
1 PXA986 +
min: 4077     avg: 4208     median: 4266 (14%)     max: 4281 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 3273     avg: 3820     median: 3976 (1%)     max: 4210 Points
629%
A6 +
24996 Points (3%)

Average Benchmarks Marvell PXA986 → 100% n=15

Average Benchmarks Apple A6 → 285% n=15

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