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Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 vs ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz vs unknown

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.

ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz

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ModelQualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHzunknown
CodenameARMv7
SeriesQualcomm Snapdragon
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
Clock1500 MHz1200 MHz
L1 Cache64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 21 / 1
Technology45 nm
FeaturesHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FM
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 220
ArchitectureARMARMx86
Announced

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 unknown +
min: 1029     avg: 1038     median: 1038 (7%)     max: 1047 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 unknown +
37732 Points (31%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
100%
1 unknown +
8923 Points (23%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
100%
1 unknown +
5039 Points (21%)
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%)
12 MFLOPS (0%)
13 MFLOPS (0%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
43.2 MFLOPS (4%)
12.5 MFLOPS (1%)
12.8 MFLOPS (1%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 unknown +
min: 14670     avg: 14812     median: 14811.5 (17%)     max: 14953 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
1888 ms (18%)
7004 ms (66%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 unknown +
min: 2672     avg: 2740     median: 2753 (2%)     max: 2794 Points
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
1686 points (4%)
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
3197 Points (21%)

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

Average Benchmarks ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz → 22% n=2

Average Benchmarks unknown → 23% n=2

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
red legend - 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)