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Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 vs ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260

Qualcomm S3 MSM8260

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 GHz
SeriesQualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameARMv7
Series:
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
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Apple A6x compare1.4 GHz2 cores
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Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Amlogic AML8726-MX compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK3168 compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz compare1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz « 1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores
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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
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced

Benchmarks

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%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
43.2 MFLOPS (4%)
12.5 MFLOPS (1%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
1888 ms (18%)
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

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