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Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 vs Samsung Exynos 4212 1.5 GHz vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB

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.

Samsung Exynos 4212 1.5 GHz

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The Samsung Exynos 4 Dual (formerly known as Exynos 4210) is a dual-core Cortex-A9 based SoC with a ARM Mali-400 MP4 graphics card.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB is a high clocked dual-core ARM based SoC for smartphones. It integrates two Krait 300 CPU cores clocked at max. 1.7 GHz (the MSM8930 offers only Krait 200 cores at 1.2 GHz) and an Adreno 305 GPU. The whole chip is produced in 28nm LP at TSMC.

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ModelQualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260Samsung Exynos 4212 1.5 GHzQualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonSamsung ExynosQualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameARMv7Cortex A9ARMv7
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
Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad1.4 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex A9
Samsung Exynos 4212 1.5 GHz « 1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Samsung Exynos 4210 1.4 GHz1.4 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Samsung Exynos 4210 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
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 8930AB « 1.7 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 MSM82601.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD82501 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
Clock1500 MHz1500 MHz1700 MHz
L1 Cache64 KB128 KB64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB1 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 22 / 2
Technology45 nm32 nm28 nm
FeaturesHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMNEON, Mali 400MP, Memory ControllerHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FM
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 220Qualcomm Adreno 305
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 5055     avg: 5067     median: 5067 (4%)     max: 5079 Points
min: 5181     avg: 6302     median: 6860 (6%)     max: 6864 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
5262 Points (4%)
min: 5397     avg: 6193     median: 6192.5 (5%)     max: 6988 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
385 Points (3%)
min: 366     avg: 378.5     median: 378.5 (3%)     max: 391 Points
min: 593     avg: 680     median: 716 (6%)     max: 731 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
1034 Points (9%)
min: 1059     avg: 1091     median: 1091 (10%)     max: 1123 Points
min: 1527     avg: 1894     median: 2034 (18%)     max: 2121 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
1230 Points (2%)
min: 1791     avg: 1792     median: 1791.5 (4%)     max: 1792 Points
min: 244     avg: 1983     median: 2853 (6%)     max: 2853 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
912 Points (2%)
min: 1027     avg: 1049     median: 1049 (2%)     max: 1071 Points
min: 898     avg: 1113     median: 1211 (2%)     max: 1229 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
994 Points (3%)
min: 1231     avg: 1241     median: 1240.5 (3%)     max: 1250 Points
min: 1394     avg: 1740     median: 1907 (5%)     max: 1919 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
76.5 MFLOPS (3%)
min: 91.1     avg: 93.5     median: 93.5 (3%)     max: 95.9 MFLOPS
min: 241.6     avg: 296     median: 298.5 (10%)     max: 347.8 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
43.2 MFLOPS (4%)
min: 56.4     avg: 57.4     median: 57.4 (6%)     max: 58.3 MFLOPS
min: 153.8     avg: 172.7     median: 171.1 (17%)     max: 193.2 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
34416 ms (40%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
1888 ms (18%)
917 ms (9%)
min: 723     avg: 955     median: 954.5 (9%)     max: 1186 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 999     avg: 1128     median: 1128 (12%)     max: 1257 ms
min: 701     avg: 1047     median: 1117.5 (12%)     max: 1252 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
0 Points (0%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
min: 4616     avg: 4822     median: 4821.5 (11%)     max: 5027 points
6958 points (16%)
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
3197 Points (21%)
3564 Points (23%)
min: 4032     avg: 5115     median: 5644 (37%)     max: 5669 Points
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
min: 244     avg: 247.5     median: 247.5 (8%)     max: 251 Iter./s
min: 186     avg: 266     median: 266 (8%)     max: 346 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
min: 5107     avg: 5237     median: 5236.5 (17%)     max: 5366 Iter./s
min: 4389     avg: 4822     median: 4821.5 (16%)     max: 5254 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 4603     avg: 4815     median: 4814.5 (1%)     max: 5026 Points
min: 4329     avg: 6192     median: 7051 (1%)     max: 7195 Points

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 → 100% n=9

Average Benchmarks Samsung Exynos 4212 1.5 GHz → 119% n=9

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB → 224% n=9

- 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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