Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A

The Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A is an entry-level SoC for cheap smartphones and tablets. It integrates a single core Cortex-A5 processor (ARMv7 architecture) which is clocked at up to 1 GHz (600 and 800 MHz versions also common, see Wikipedia). The GPU is an Adreno 200 and the memory controller supports 200 MHz LP-DDR1 memory. The integrated radio unit supports GSM (GPRS, Edge), CDMA/UMTS (HSDPA, SUPA), and MBMS.

Codename

Cortex A5

Series

Qualcomm Snapdragon

Series: Snapdragon Cortex A5

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A	1 GHz	1 / 1	Cortex A5
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A «	1 GHz	1 / 1	Cortex A5

Clock Rate

1000 MHz

Level 2 Cache

256 KB

Number of Cores / Threads

1 / 1

Manufacturing Technology

45 nm

GPU

Qualcomm Adreno 200

Architecture

ARM

Announcement Date

01/01/2012

Benchmarks

Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream

119 Points (1%)

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory

601 Points (4%)

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point

441 Points (1%)

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer

248 Points (0%)

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score

373 Points (1%)

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Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *

2716 ms (26%)

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Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score

2067 points (5%)

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AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU

1135 Points (7%)

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