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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 vs Broadcom BCM21664T vs HiSilicon Kirin 910T

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.

Broadcom BCM21664T

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The Broadcom BCM21664T is an ARM based entry-level SoC for smartphones that integrates two Cortex-A9 CPU cores clocked at up to 1.2 GHz and a HSPA+ modem with support for 21 Mbps HSDPA and 5.8 Mbps HSUPA. Furthermore, a VideoCore-IV GPU and a video decoder (H.264 1080p capable) and encoder (720p) are built into the SoC.

HiSilicon Kirin 910T

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The HiSilicon Kirin 910T is an ARM based quad core SoC for Android smartphones and tablets. As HiSilicon is fully owned by Huawei, the chip is mostly used in Huawei models like the MediaPad X1, P6 S, MediaPad M1 and Honor 3C 4G). The SoC integrates four Cortex-A9 cores (at 1.8 GHz max.), a ARM Mali-450 MP4 GPU (at 533 MHz), a 32-bit single-channel LPDDR3-1600 memory controller (533 MHz) and a LTE Cat. 4 radio. The similar named HiSilicon Kirin 910 is a 200 MHz slower clocked (CPU) version.

At the time of announcement in mid 2014, the CPU performance of the Kirin910T is in the mid-range of smartphone and tablet SoCs. The power consumption is a bit higher than usual, as the CPU cores are rather high clocked.

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230Broadcom BCM21664THiSilicon Kirin 910T
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonBroadcom
CodenameARMv7Cortex-A9Cortex-A9
Series: Cortex-A9
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 MSM8230 « 1.2 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 MSM82601.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD82501 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
HiSilicon Kirin 910T1.8 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
Rockchip RK31881.8 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
HiSilicon Kirin 9101.6 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
Renesas MP52321.5 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
Broadcom BCM21664T « 1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
Marvell PXA9861.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
NXP i.MX 6SLL1 GHz1 / 1 cores Cortex-A9
WonderMedia PRIZM WM89501 GHz1 / 1 cores Cortex-A9
HiSilicon Kirin 910T « 1.8 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
Rockchip RK31881.8 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
HiSilicon Kirin 9101.6 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
Renesas MP52321.5 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
Broadcom BCM21664T1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
Marvell PXA9861.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
NXP i.MX 6SLL1 GHz1 / 1 cores Cortex-A9
WonderMedia PRIZM WM89501 GHz1 / 1 cores Cortex-A9
Clock1200 MHz1200 MHz1800 MHz
L1 Cache64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 24 / 4
Technology28 nm28 nm
FeaturesHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMHSPA+ modem, H.264 1080p decoder, 720p encoderARMv7, Mali-450 MP4 (533 MHz), LTE (Cat. 4), Single-Channel LPDDR3-1600 (6.4 GB/s)
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 305
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 4020     avg: 4586     median: 4586 (4%)     max: 5152 Points
3801 Points (3%)
11572 Points (9%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
4038 Points (3%)
3846 Points (3%)
11485 Points (9%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
13330 Points (11%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
457 Points (1%)
658 Points (1%)
1796 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
454 Points (9%)
353 Points (7%)
599 Points (12%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
536 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
1320 Points (12%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
1515 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
670 Points (1%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
1082 Points (3%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
min: 183.5     avg: 194.6     median: 194.6 (7%)     max: 205.7 MFLOPS
75.7 MFLOPS (3%)
254 MFLOPS (9%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
min: 37.71     avg: 85.8     median: 85.8 (8%)     max: 133.9 MFLOPS
15.8 MFLOPS (2%)
83.2 MFLOPS (8%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
16231 ms (19%)
16763 ms (20%)
16135 ms (19%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 1154     avg: 1812     median: 1811.5 (20%)     max: 2469 ms
1316 ms (14%)
1043 ms (11%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
min: 1055     avg: 1261     median: 1125 (11%)     max: 1604 ms
1348 ms (13%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
2121 Points (2%)
2775 Points (2%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
min: 4202     avg: 4658     median: 4658 (11%)     max: 5114 points
3490 points (8%)
7189 points (17%)
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
2394 Points (16%)
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
14895 Points (35%)
12059 Points (28%)
23864 Points (56%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
236 Iter./s (7%)
180 Iter./s (6%)
584 Iter./s (18%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
5123 Iter./s (17%)
4041 Iter./s (13%)
13307 Iter./s (44%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 3723     avg: 4294     median: 4294 (1%)     max: 4865 Points
4230 Points (1%)
12178 Points (2%)

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 → 100% n=13

Average Benchmarks Broadcom BCM21664T → 83% n=13

Average Benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 910T → 200% n=13

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