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Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 vs Marvell Armada PXA1908

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.

Marvell Armada PXA1908

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The Marvell Armada PXA1908 is an ARM based low end SoC for smartphones and tablets. The chip was announced in late 2014 and integrates four 64-Bit Cortex-A53 processor cores with up to 1.2 GHz. As a graphics card, the SoC integrates a Vivante GC7000UL. Furthermore, a LPDDR2/3 memory controller and a HSPA+/WCDMA/LTE Cat. 4 (max. 150 Mbit/s) radio is integrated. The SoC is manufactured in 28nm and also suited for small smartphones. 

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260Marvell Armada PXA1908
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonMarvell Technology Group
CodenameARMv7Cortex-A53
Series: Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A compare1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 compare1.6 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8028 compare1.6 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T compare1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB compare1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus APQ8060A compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8260A compare1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 compare1 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8660 compare1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 « 1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250 compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
JLQ JR510 compare1.5 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 935 compare2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 659 compare2.36 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 658 compare2.35 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 655 compare2.1 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 650 compare2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 930 compare2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 620 compare1.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz compare1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/B 1.3 GHz compare1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8161 compare1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Marvell Armada PXA1908 « 1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Clock1500 MHz1200 MHz
L1 Cache64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 24 / 4
Technology45 nm28 nm
FeaturesHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMVivante GC7000UL GPU, HSPA+/WCDMA/LTE Cat. 4, LPDDR2/3 Memory Controller
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 220Vivante GC7000UL
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.marvell.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
8944 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
8885 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
9613 Points (8%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
1717 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
575 Points (11%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
385 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
1034 Points (9%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
1230 Points (2%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
912 Points (2%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
994 Points (3%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
76.5 MFLOPS (3%)
226 MFLOPS (8%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
43.2 MFLOPS (4%)
122 MFLOPS (12%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
1888 ms (18%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
2059 Points (2%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
932 Points (25%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta
1231 Points (27%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser
1871 Points (25%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
8542 points (20%)
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
3197 Points (21%)
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
22432 Points (23%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
354 Iter./s (11%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
7829 Iter./s (26%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
10868 Points (1%)

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 → 100% n=2

Average Benchmarks Marvell Armada PXA1908 → 289% n=2

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