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Rockchip RK3188 vs Apple A6 vs Marvell PXA986

Rockchip RK3188

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The Rockchip RK3188 is a fast ARM SoC primarily designed for tablets. It integrates four ARM Cortex A9 cores with NEON extension and a clock speed of up to 1.8 GHz, a Mali-400 MP4 graphics card (up to 600 MHz, 24 GFLOPS) and a low-power (LP-)DDR2/DDR3 memory controller. Due to the high clock rates, the performance of the CPU and GPU is superior to other Cortex-A9 quad-cores such as the Nvidia Tegra 3 and Samsung Exynos 4412. These high frequencies are possible due to the 28nm process (TSMC). However, this results in high power consumption and is thus not suited for compact smartphones.

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.

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.

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ModelRockchip RK3188Apple A6Marvell PXA986
Series Apple Marvell Technology Group
CodenameCortex-A9Cortex-A9
Series: Cortex-A9
HiSilicon Kirin 910T1.8 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
Rockchip RK3188 « 1.8 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 PXA9861.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
NXP i.MX 6SLL1 GHz1 / 1 cores Cortex-A9
WonderMedia PRIZM WM89501 GHz1 / 1 cores Cortex-A9
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 GHz2 cores
Apple A6 « 1 GHz2 cores
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 GHz2 cores
ARM Cortex-M4 cores
HiSilicon Hi6262 cores
DK3.5+ST2 cores
unknown cores
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
Clock1800 MHz1000 MHz1200 MHz
Cores / Threads4 / 422 / 2
Technology28 nm32 nm45 nm
FeaturesMali-400 MP4 (600 MHz), DDR2/DDR3 Memory Controller (max. 2 GByte)
iGPUARM Mali-400 MP4 (600 MHz)
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.rock-chips.comwww.marvell.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 5828     avg: 7773     median: 7936 (6%)     max: 8887 Points
100%
A6 +
7961 Points (6%)
min: 2623     avg: 2874     median: 2740 (2%)     max: 3258 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 5434     avg: 7724     median: 8025.5 (7%)     max: 8812 Points
97%
A6 +
7816 Points (6%)
min: 2709     avg: 2985     median: 2985 (2%)     max: 3261 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 RK3188 +
min: 9142     avg: 9821     median: 9821 (8%)     max: 10500 Points
37%
1 PXA986 +
3675 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 1316     avg: 1410     median: 1421 (3%)     max: 1493 Points
90%
A6 +
1273 Points (2%)
min: 631     avg: 647     median: 646.5 (1%)     max: 662 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 476     avg: 498.7     median: 504 (10%)     max: 516 Points
140%
A6 +
min: 701     avg: 706     median: 705.5 (14%)     max: 710 Points
min: 376     avg: 379.5     median: 379.5 (7%)     max: 383 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
min: 182     avg: 320     median: 272 (2%)     max: 506 Points
346%
A6 +
940 Points (8%)
min: 437     avg: 439.5     median: 439.5 (4%)     max: 442 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 326     avg: 687     median: 803 (7%)     max: 933 Points
233%
A6 +
1867 Points (17%)
min: 1337     avg: 1448     median: 1448 (13%)     max: 1559 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 1769     avg: 2044     median: 2035 (4%)     max: 2328 Points
104%
A6 +
2114 Points (4%)
min: 1275     avg: 1284     median: 1284 (3%)     max: 1293 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 924     avg: 1123     median: 1104 (2%)     max: 1341 Points
114%
A6 +
1261 Points (3%)
min: 709     avg: 720     median: 720 (1%)     max: 731 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 1130     avg: 1275     median: 1182 (3%)     max: 1512 Points
139%
A6 +
1648 Points (4%)
min: 1005     avg: 1035     median: 1034.5 (3%)     max: 1064 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
min: 130     avg: 131.1     median: 131.1 (4%)     max: 132.1 MFLOPS
404%
A6 +
min: 484     avg: 530     median: 529.5 (18%)     max: 575 MFLOPS
min: 73.7     avg: 74.3     median: 74 (3%)     max: 75.3 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
min: 54.9     avg: 57.2     median: 57.2 (6%)     max: 59.4 MFLOPS
590%
A6 +
min: 309.4     avg: 337.3     median: 337.3 (33%)     max: 365.2 MFLOPS
min: 39.83     avg: 41.6     median: 41.4 (4%)     max: 43.69 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
13698 ms (16%)
99%
A6 +
14535 ms (17%)
min: 23941     avg: 25315     median: 25315 (30%)     max: 26689 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 849     avg: 1179     median: 1240 (14%)     max: 1388 ms
107%
A6 +
min: 714     avg: 722     median: 722 (8%)     max: 730 ms
min: 1428     avg: 1608     median: 1624 (18%)     max: 1771 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
min: 702     avg: 986     median: 1086 (10%)     max: 1170 ms
102%
A6 +
935 ms (9%)
min: 1453     avg: 1531     median: 1530.5 (15%)     max: 1608 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 RK3188 +
min: 3092     avg: 3094     median: 3093.5 (3%)     max: 3095 Points
47%
1 PXA986 +
1448 Points (1%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
100%
1 RK3188 +
5287 points (12%)
66%
1 PXA986 +
min: 3257     avg: 3515     median: 3514.5 (8%)     max: 3772 points
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
100%
1 RK3188 +
min: 7505     avg: 7723     median: 7807 (51%)     max: 7856 Points
38%
1 PXA986 +
2945 Points (19%)
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
100%
1 RK3188 +
min: 2139     avg: 14154     median: 19571 (46%)     max: 20752 Points
58%
1 PXA986 +
min: 11051     avg: 11392     median: 11392 (26%)     max: 11733 Points
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
100%
1 RK3188 +
min: 179     avg: 329     median: 374 (11%)     max: 434 Iter./s
43%
1 PXA986 +
min: 137     avg: 160     median: 159 (5%)     max: 184 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
100%
1 RK3188 +
min: 10329     avg: 11213     median: 11588 (38%)     max: 11722 Iter./s
37%
1 PXA986 +
min: 4077     avg: 4208     median: 4266 (14%)     max: 4281 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 9258     avg: 10743     median: 10965 (1%)     max: 11782 Points
228%
A6 +
24996 Points (3%)
min: 3273     avg: 3820     median: 3976 (1%)     max: 4210 Points

Average Benchmarks Rockchip RK3188 → 100% n=15

Average Benchmarks Apple A6 → 193% n=15

Average Benchmarks Marvell PXA986 → 79% n=15

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

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