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Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227

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.

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8277 is a mid-range SoC for smartphones and tablets (mostly Android based). It contains two Krait (improved ARM Cortex-A9) CPU cores at 1.0 GHz and a Adreno 305 graphics card. A memory controller and radio elements (excluding LTE) are also included. The chip is produced in 28nm LP process at TSMC.

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameARMv7ARMv7
Series: Snapdragon ARMv7
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 MSM82271 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
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 « 1 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8660 compare1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM82601.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250 compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
Clock1500 MHz1000 MHz
L1 Cache64 KB64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 2
Technology45 nm28 nm
FeaturesHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FM
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 220Qualcomm Adreno 305
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
3812 Points (3%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
3805 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
619 Points (1%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
349 Points (7%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
385 Points (3%)
472 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
1034 Points (9%)
1158 Points (10%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
1230 Points (2%)
1385 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
912 Points (2%)
571 Points (1%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
994 Points (3%)
963 Points (3%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
76.5 MFLOPS (3%)
153.9 MFLOPS (5%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
43.2 MFLOPS (4%)
103.1 MFLOPS (10%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
1888 ms (18%)
min: 1296     avg: 1693     median: 1435 (14%)     max: 2180 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 1417     avg: 1670     median: 1669.5 (18%)     max: 1922 ms
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
4143 points (10%)
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
3197 Points (21%)
2770 Points (18%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
176 Iter./s (5%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
968 Iter./s (3%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
3632 Points (0%)

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

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 → 126% n=9

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)