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Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC

Qualcomm 801 MSM8974AC

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC is an ARM-based SoC for tablets and smartphonesIt is built at TSMC in a 28nm HPM (High Performance Mobile) HKMG process and includes 4 Krait 400 cores at up to 2.45 GHz and a Adreno 330 at up to 578 MHz. Compared to the Snapdragon 800 chips like the MS8974AB, the 801 offers a higher clock rate for GPU and CPU and support for eMMC 5.0.

Processor 

The CPU portion is based on Qualcomm's Krait architecture, which is compatible with the ARMv7 ISA. Compared to the Snapdragon 600 (Krait 300), the new Krait 400 cores of the Snapdragon 801 have been tweaked just slightly with faster L2 cache. Thanks to a clock rate of up to 2.45 GHz and a high performance per MHz somewhere between an ARM Cortex-A9 and a Cortex-A15, the Snapdragon 801 offers very strong CPU performance. The S801 competes with the Nvidia Tegra 4, Samsung Exynos 5420 and Apple A7 and is therefore one of the fastest ARM SoCs on the market in the beginning of 2014 (till the Snapdragon 805 arrives).

Graphics

Another difference between the Snapdragon 600 and 800/801 is the graphics unit. While the S600 implements an Adreno 320 (400 to 450 MHz), the S800 and S801 features the faster Adreno 330 (MSM8974AC: 578 MHz). Both GPUs offer the same amount of texture units (8 TMUs), but the Adreno 330 has 50 percent more shaders (probably 6x SIMD16 vs. 4x SIMD16 of the previous generation)In conjunction with the higher memory bandwidth, the performance is significantly better. As a result, the Adreno 330 is slightly faster than the Mali-T628 (Exynos 5420) and comparable to the PowerVR G6430 (Apple A7). Depending on the device and cooling, however, the performance may vary. The GPU supports OpenGL ES 3.0 as well as OpenCL 1.2.

Features 

Furthermore, the MSM8974AC supports many wireless technologies: Bluetooth 4.0, WLAN, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2.4/5 GHz), GSM (GPRS, EDGE), W-CDMA/UMTS (HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, cat.29 DC-HSPA+), MBMS, cat.4 LTE, CDMA2000 (1X RTT, 1 × EV-DO Rel.0/Rev.A/Rev.B, 1× EV-DO Rev.A MC, 1× Adv Rev.A/Rev.B) and TD-SCDMA. Futhermore the Snapdragon S801 supports Dual SIM Dual Active (DSDA) as the Snapdragon S800 MSM8974AB.

The MSM8974AC can encode and play UHD 4K videos in 3840x2160 at 30 FPS (120 Mbps H.264 High Profile) simultaneously via dedicated hardware. Moreover, it supports both USB 2.0 and 3.0 and cameras up to 55 megapixels and stereoscopic 3D.

Power Consumption

Thanks to the new 28nm HPM HKMG process, the energy efficiency has been improved significantly compared to its LP 28nm S600 predecessor. Depending on the field of application, the maximum power consumption should be about 3 W for smartphones or 4 W or greater for tablets. This should be similar to comparable ARM SoCs currently in the market. However, the MSM8974AC will likely need a little more power than the slightly lower clocked MSM8974.

SeriesQualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameKrait 400

Series: Snapdragon Krait 400

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC « 2.45 GHz4 / 4 cores Krait 400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 APQ8074AB compare2.36 GHz4 / 4 cores Krait 400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AB compare2.36 GHz4 / 4 cores Krait 400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AA compare2.26 GHz4 / 4 cores Krait 400
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 compare2.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Krait 400
Clock Rate2450 MHz
Level 1 Cache0 MB
Level 2 Cache2 MB
Number of Cores / Threads4 / 4
Manufacturing Technology28 nm
FeaturesAdreno 330 (578 MHz), LTE cat.4, UMTS, MBMS, GSM, CDMA2000, tD-SCDMA, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2.4/5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.0, 2x 32 Bit LPDDR3-1866 Memory Controller (14.9 GB/s)
GPUQualcomm Adreno 330 (578 MHz)
ArchitectureARM
Announcement Date06/19/2013

Benchmarks

PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 17052     avg: 18114     median: 18438 (2%)     max: 18920 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 3308     avg: 3587     median: 3651 (18%)     max: 3737 Points
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Sony Xperia Z3: Qualcomm Adreno 330, 5.20", 0.2 kg
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LG G3: Qualcomm Adreno 330, 5.50", 0.1 kg
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Samsung Galaxy S5: Qualcomm Adreno 330, 5.10", 0.1 kg
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Xiaomi Mi4: Qualcomm Adreno 330, 0.50", 0.1 kg
  External Review » Xiaomi Mi4

Lenovo ZUK Z1: Qualcomm Adreno 330, 5.50", 0.2 kg
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OnePlus One: Qualcomm Adreno 330, 5.50", 0.2 kg
  External Review » OnePlus One

ZTE Grand S3: Qualcomm Adreno 330, 5.50", 0.2 kg
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Sony Xperia Z3v: Qualcomm Adreno 330, 5.20", 0.2 kg
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Motorola Moto X 2. Gen 2014: Qualcomm Adreno 330, 5.20", 0.1 kg
  External Review » Motorola Moto X 2014

Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact: Qualcomm Adreno 330, 8.00", 0.3 kg
  External Review » Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact

Sony Xperia Z3: Qualcomm Adreno 330, 5.20", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Sony Xperia Z3

Sony Xperia Z3 Compact: Qualcomm Adreno 330, 4.60", 0.1 kg
  External Review » Sony Xperia Z3 Compact

HTC One E8: Qualcomm Adreno 330, 5.00", 0.1 kg
  External Review » HTC One E8

Samsung Galaxy S5 Active: Qualcomm Adreno 330, 5.10", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Samsung Galaxy S5 Active

LG G3: Qualcomm Adreno 330, 5.50", 0.1 kg
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