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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230

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.

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230

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The Qualcomm MSM8230 (Snapdragon S4 Plus series) is a ARM based high-end smartphone SoC in 2012. It contains two Krait (ARMv7) CPU cores at up to 1.2 GHz, a Adreno 305 GPU, a single channel LPDDR2 memory controller and radio elements.  The chip is produced in 28nm LP (low power process) at TSMC. Compared to the MSM8930, the 8230 lacks LTE.

The Krait cores offer a slightly better performance as the standard Cortex-A9 cores and are compatible to the NEON SIMD extensions.

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230
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 MSM82301.2 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 MSM8260 compare1.5 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 « 1.2 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 compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250 compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
Clock1000 MHz1200 MHz
L1 Cache64 KB64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 2
Technology28 nm28 nm
FeaturesHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FM
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 305Qualcomm Adreno 305
ArchitectureARMARM
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Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
3812 Points (3%)
min: 4020     avg: 4586     median: 4586 (4%)     max: 5152 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
3805 Points (3%)
4038 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
619 Points (1%)
457 Points (1%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
349 Points (7%)
454 Points (9%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
472 Points (4%)
536 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
1158 Points (10%)
1320 Points (12%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
1385 Points (3%)
1515 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
571 Points (1%)
670 Points (1%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
963 Points (3%)
1082 Points (3%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
153.9 MFLOPS (5%)
min: 183.5     avg: 194.6     median: 194.6 (7%)     max: 205.7 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
103.1 MFLOPS (10%)
min: 37.71     avg: 85.8     median: 85.8 (8%)     max: 133.9 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
16231 ms (19%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 1417     avg: 1670     median: 1669.5 (18%)     max: 1922 ms
min: 1154     avg: 1812     median: 1811.5 (20%)     max: 2469 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
min: 1296     avg: 1693     median: 1435 (14%)     max: 2180 ms
min: 1055     avg: 1261     median: 1125 (11%)     max: 1604 ms
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
4143 points (10%)
min: 4202     avg: 4658     median: 4658 (11%)     max: 5114 points
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
2770 Points (18%)
2394 Points (16%)
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
14895 Points (35%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
176 Iter./s (5%)
236 Iter./s (7%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
968 Iter./s (3%)
5123 Iter./s (17%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
3632 Points (0%)
min: 3723     avg: 4294     median: 4294 (1%)     max: 4865 Points

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 → 100% n=18

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 → 133% n=18

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