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Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 is an entry level SoC for smartphones and tablets (mostly Android based). It contains two Scorpion cores (enhanced ARM Cortex-A8) clocked at up to 1.5 GHz, a Adreno 220 graphics card and radio elements. Compared to the similar MSM8660, the 8260 does not include support for CDMA2000.

The similar named MSM8260A already contains the faster Krait cores and the slightly faster Adreno 225 graphics card.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 is an entry-level ARM-SoC for Android smartphones and tablets. It offers four Cortex-A7 cores clocked at up to 1.2 GHz (Quad-Core) as well as an Adreno 305 graphics card at 450 MHz. Furthermore, a HSPA+/LTE radio is integrated in the SoC, which is manufactured in a 28-nanometer LP process.

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230

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The Qualcomm MSM8230 (Snapdragon S4 Plus series) is a ARM based high-end smartphone SoC in 2012. It contains two Krait (ARMv7) CPU cores at up to 1.2 GHz, a Adreno 305 GPU, a single channel LPDDR2 memory controller and radio elements.  The chip is produced in 28nm LP (low power process) at TSMC. Compared to the MSM8930, the 8230 lacks LTE.

The Krait cores offer a slightly better performance as the standard Cortex-A9 cores and are compatible to the NEON SIMD extensions.

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameARMv7ARMv7ARMv7
Series: Snapdragon ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM89281.6 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ80281.6 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus APQ8060A1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM89601.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8260A1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM89261.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM82261.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ80261.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM89301.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM82301.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM82271 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM86601.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 « 1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD82501 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM89281.6 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ80281.6 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus APQ8060A1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM89601.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8260A1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 « 1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM82261.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ80261.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM89301.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM82301.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM82271 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM86601.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM82601.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD82501 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM89281.6 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ80281.6 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus APQ8060A1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM89601.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8260A1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM89261.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM82261.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ80261.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM89301.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 « 1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM82271 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM86601.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM82601.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD82501 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
Clock1500 MHz1200 MHz1200 MHz
L1 Cache64 KB64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 24 / 42 / 2
Technology45 nm28 nm28 nm
FeaturesHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMLTE, HSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, LPDDR2/3 Memory ControllerHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FM
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 220Qualcomm Adreno 305 (450 MHz)Qualcomm Adreno 305
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 7428     avg: 7552     median: 7549.5 (6%)     max: 7650 Points
min: 4020     avg: 4586     median: 4586 (4%)     max: 5152 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 7235     avg: 7414     median: 7444 (6%)     max: 7552 Points
4038 Points (3%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 7763     avg: 7985     median: 7964 (7%)     max: 8189 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 1057     avg: 1118     median: 1123 (2%)     max: 1142 Points
457 Points (1%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 314     avg: 336.2     median: 340 (7%)     max: 343 Points
454 Points (9%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
385 Points (3%)
min: 355     avg: 362.5     median: 362.5 (3%)     max: 370 Points
536 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
1034 Points (9%)
min: 1326     avg: 1336     median: 1336 (12%)     max: 1346 Points
1320 Points (12%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
1230 Points (2%)
min: 1916     avg: 1924     median: 1923.5 (4%)     max: 1931 Points
1515 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
912 Points (2%)
min: 1143     avg: 1148     median: 1147.5 (2%)     max: 1152 Points
670 Points (1%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
994 Points (3%)
min: 1375     avg: 1378     median: 1378 (4%)     max: 1381 Points
1082 Points (3%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
76.5 MFLOPS (3%)
min: 155.7     avg: 228.5     median: 238.2 (8%)     max: 260.7 MFLOPS
min: 183.5     avg: 194.6     median: 194.6 (7%)     max: 205.7 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
43.2 MFLOPS (4%)
min: 37.71     avg: 85.8     median: 85.8 (8%)     max: 133.9 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 15671     avg: 19334     median: 17024 (20%)     max: 27129 ms
16231 ms (19%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
1888 ms (18%)
min: 1095     avg: 1449     median: 1553 (15%)     max: 1743 ms
min: 1055     avg: 1261     median: 1125 (11%)     max: 1604 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 1086     avg: 1600     median: 1607.5 (18%)     max: 2616 ms
min: 1154     avg: 1812     median: 1811.5 (20%)     max: 2469 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 1260     avg: 1796     median: 1838 (2%)     max: 2183 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
min: 700     avg: 749     median: 763 (20%)     max: 804 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta
min: 1005     avg: 1109     median: 1132 (25%)     max: 1192 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser
min: 1554     avg: 1667     median: 1679 (22%)     max: 1767 Points
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
min: 8550     avg: 8619     median: 8555 (20%)     max: 8751 points
min: 4202     avg: 4658     median: 4658 (11%)     max: 5114 points
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
3197 Points (21%)
2394 Points (16%)
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
min: 17412     avg: 17545     median: 17545 (41%)     max: 17678 Points
14895 Points (35%)
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
min: 17292     avg: 18309     median: 18346 (19%)     max: 19251 Points
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
min: 283     avg: 322.3     median: 333 (10%)     max: 340 Iter./s
236 Iter./s (7%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
min: 5998     avg: 6356     median: 6463 (21%)     max: 6500 Iter./s
5123 Iter./s (17%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 7370     avg: 7500     median: 7511.5 (1%)     max: 7608 Points
min: 3723     avg: 4294     median: 4294 (1%)     max: 4865 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 2620     avg: 2695     median: 2694.5 (13%)     max: 2769 Points

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 → 100% n=8

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 → 155% n=8

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 → 142% n=8

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- 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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