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Marvell PXA986 vs Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz 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.

Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz

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The Rockchip RK3066 is a cheap ARM based SoC for Tablets and Smartphones. It integrates two ARM Cortex-A9 (ARMv7) CPU cores with NEON extensions, a ARM Mali-400MP4 (quad-core clocked at 250 MHz) graphics card and a video de- and encoder as main components. The integrated memory controller supports a maximum of 2 GB DDR1, DDR2 or DDR3 memory.

The CPU cores can be clocked up to 1.6 GHz depending on the cooling solution of the tablet / smartphone.

Additional Features according to Wikipedia

  • VPU (Video Processing Unit) Multi-Media Processor supporting 1080p image and video decoding
  • HDMI 1.4 Interface
  • 2-channels TFT LCD Interface with 5 layers and 3D Display (1920×1080 Maximum Display Size)
  • USB 2.0 Interface
  • SD/MMC Interface

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.

ModelMarvell PXA986Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHzApple A6
SeriesMarvell Technology Group Apple
CodenameCortex-A9
Series:
HiSilicon Kirin 910T1.8 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
Rockchip RK31881.8 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
HiSilicon Kirin 9101.6 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
Renesas MP52321.5 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
Broadcom BCM21664T1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
Marvell PXA986 « 1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
NXP i.MX 6SLL1 GHz1 / 1 cores Cortex-A9
WonderMedia PRIZM WM89501 GHz1 / 1 cores Cortex-A9
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 A61 GHzcores
Apple S52 / 2 cores
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi36201.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz « 1.5 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
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
Clock1200 MHz1500 MHz1000 MHz
Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 22
Technology45 nm40 nm32 nm
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.marvell.comwww.rock-chips.com
L2 Cache512 KB
FeaturesMali-400 MP4, Single Channel DDR3 Memory Controller
iGPUARM Mali-400 MP4 (250 MHz)

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 2623     avg: 2874     median: 2740 (2%)     max: 3258 Points
min: 4687     avg: 4990     median: 5059 (4%)     max: 5161 Points
291%
A6 +
7961 Points (6%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 2709     avg: 2985     median: 2985 (2%)     max: 3261 Points
4890 Points (4%)
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
100%
1 PXA986 +
min: 631     avg: 647     median: 646.5 (1%)     max: 662 Points
197%
1 A6 +
1273 Points (2%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 PXA986 +
min: 376     avg: 379.5     median: 379.5 (7%)     max: 383 Points
186%
1 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
min: 206     avg: 398.6     median: 390 (3%)     max: 621 Points
214%
A6 +
940 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 1337     avg: 1448     median: 1448 (13%)     max: 1559 Points
min: 389     avg: 1072     median: 1071 (10%)     max: 1439 Points
129%
A6 +
1867 Points (17%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 1275     avg: 1284     median: 1284 (3%)     max: 1293 Points
min: 843     avg: 1408     median: 1342 (3%)     max: 2107 Points
165%
A6 +
2114 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 709     avg: 720     median: 720 (1%)     max: 731 Points
min: 490     avg: 798     median: 788.5 (2%)     max: 1201 Points
175%
A6 +
1261 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 1005     avg: 1035     median: 1034.5 (3%)     max: 1064 Points
min: 694     avg: 1026     median: 1007.5 (3%)     max: 1518 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
min: 50.7     avg: 80     median: 82.5 (3%)     max: 104.6 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
min: 24.87     avg: 52.1     median: 54.8 (5%)     max: 62.1 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 *
100%
1 PXA986 +
min: 23941     avg: 25315     median: 25315 (30%)     max: 26689 ms
118%
1 A6 +
14535 ms (17%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 1428     avg: 1608     median: 1624 (18%)     max: 1771 ms
1959 ms (21%)
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
min: 1150     avg: 1418     median: 1355.5 (13%)     max: 1884 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
113%
1 RK3066 +
min: 3105     avg: 3862     median: 3974 (9%)     max: 4257 points
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
100%
1 PXA986 +
2945 Points (19%)
127%
1 RK3066 +
min: 2135     avg: 3577     median: 3734 (24%)     max: 4267 Points
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
5852 Points (1%)
629%
A6 +
24996 Points (3%)

Average Benchmarks Marvell PXA986 → 100% n=12

Average Benchmarks Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz → 118% n=12

Average Benchmarks Apple A6 → 314% n=12

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)