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Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 vs Apple A6 vs HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620

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.

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.

HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620

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Coretex A9 Quad-Core - max 1.5 GHz, im Huawei Mediapad 10 FHD mit 1.2 GHz

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ModelQualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260Apple A6HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonApple
CodenameARMv7
Series:
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
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 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 A61 GHz2 cores
Apple S52 / 2 cores
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 « 1.2 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
Clock1500 MHz1000 MHz1200 MHz
L1 Cache64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 224 / 4
Technology45 nm32 nm40 nm
FeaturesHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMARMv7
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 220
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 A6 +
7961 Points (6%)
min: 3209     avg: 4477     median: 4894 (4%)     max: 5167 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 A6 +
7816 Points (6%)
min: 5354     avg: 5357     median: 5357 (4%)     max: 5360 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A6 +
1273 Points (2%)
1094 Points (2%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A6 +
min: 701     avg: 706     median: 705.5 (14%)     max: 710 Points
327 Points (6%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
385 Points (3%)
244%
A6 +
940 Points (8%)
min: 439     avg: 489.9     median: 500 (4%)     max: 547 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
1034 Points (9%)
181%
A6 +
1867 Points (17%)
min: 940     avg: 1187     median: 1218 (11%)     max: 1290 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
1230 Points (2%)
172%
A6 +
2114 Points (4%)
min: 1793     avg: 2360     median: 2351 (5%)     max: 2731 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
912 Points (2%)
138%
A6 +
1261 Points (3%)
min: 1000     avg: 1317     median: 1275 (3%)     max: 1591 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
994 Points (3%)
166%
A6 +
1648 Points (4%)
min: 1209     avg: 1573     median: 1557 (4%)     max: 1819 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
76.5 MFLOPS (3%)
692%
A6 +
min: 484     avg: 530     median: 529.5 (18%)     max: 575 MFLOPS
min: 92.3     avg: 133.3     median: 138.1 (5%)     max: 151.8 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
43.2 MFLOPS (4%)
781%
A6 +
min: 309.4     avg: 337.3     median: 337.3 (33%)     max: 365.2 MFLOPS
min: 37.8     avg: 44.2     median: 46.6 (5%)     max: 48.71 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 A6 +
14535 ms (17%)
26477 ms (31%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
1888 ms (18%)
111%
A6 +
935 ms (9%)
min: 1522     avg: 1643     median: 1540 (15%)     max: 2080 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 A6 +
min: 714     avg: 722     median: 722 (8%)     max: 730 ms
min: 856     avg: 2197     median: 1610 (18%)     max: 4026 ms
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
min: 4404     avg: 4736     median: 4736 (11%)     max: 5068 points
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
3197 Points (21%)
min: 4820     avg: 5667     median: 5662 (37%)     max: 6713 Points
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
14434 Points (34%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
min: 92     avg: 191     median: 191 (6%)     max: 290 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
min: 8740     avg: 8897     median: 8897 (29%)     max: 9054 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 A6 +
24996 Points (3%)
min: 8223     avg: 8737     median: 8678 (1%)     max: 9118 Points

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

Average Benchmarks Apple A6 → 311% n=8

Average Benchmarks HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 → 141% n=8

- 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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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)