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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 vs Apple A6x

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930

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The Qualcomm MSM8930 (Snapdragon S4 Plus series) is an 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 LTE radio elements.  The chip is produced in 28nm LP (low power process) at TSMC. Compared to the MSM8960, the 8930 is lower clocked, offers only a single channel memory controller, but has a faster GPU.

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

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.

Apple A6x

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The Apple A6x is a dual-core-SoC (System on a Chip) with ARM compatible CPU cores (ARMv7s instruction set). Both can be clocked at up to 1400 MHz depending on the load. It is used in the iPad 4 and compared to the A6 in the iPhone 5, the A6x offers a faster GPU (PowerVR SGX544MP4).

The CPU-Performance of the A6x is similar to the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T, while the GPU is about as fast as the Adreno 320.

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230Apple A6x
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm SnapdragonApple
CodenameARMv7ARMv7
Series:
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 MSM8930 « 1.2 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 MSM82601.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD82501 GHz1 / 1 cores 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 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 9000W1.53 - 2.49 GHz12 / 12 cores
UNISOC Tiger T3101.8 - 2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK32881.8 GHz4 / 4 cores
Apple A6x « 1.4 GHzcores
Apple A61 GHzcores
Apple S52 / 2 cores
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi36201.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Amlogic AML8726-MX1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK31681.2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz1 GHz1 / 1 cores
Loongson 2F 900MHz0.9 GHz1 / 1 cores
CSR86700.08 GHzcores
ARM Cortex-M4 cores
HiSilicon Hi6262 cores
DK3.5+STcores
unknown cores
Clock1200 MHz1200 MHz1400 MHz
L1 Cache64 KB64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 22
Technology28 nm28 nm32 nm
FeaturesHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FM
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 305Qualcomm Adreno 305
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 4629     avg: 4635     median: 4635 (4%)     max: 4641 Points
min: 4020     avg: 4586     median: 4586 (4%)     max: 5152 Points
187%
A6x +
8647 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
4684 Points (4%)
4038 Points (3%)
184%
A6x +
8627 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 A6x +
8850 Points (7%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
788 Points (1%)
457 Points (1%)
181%
A6x +
1424 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
432 Points (8%)
454 Points (9%)
181%
A6x +
781 Points (15%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
min: 571     avg: 585     median: 584.5 (5%)     max: 598 Points
536 Points (4%)
173%
A6x +
1012 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 1449     avg: 1473     median: 1472.5 (13%)     max: 1496 Points
1320 Points (12%)
139%
A6x +
2053 Points (19%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 1778     avg: 1814     median: 1814 (4%)     max: 1850 Points
1515 Points (3%)
125%
A6x +
2262 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 798     avg: 826     median: 825.5 (2%)     max: 853 Points
670 Points (1%)
161%
A6x +
1330 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 1248     avg: 1277     median: 1276.5 (3%)     max: 1305 Points
1082 Points (3%)
139%
A6x +
1768 Points (5%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
min: 146.9     avg: 205.6     median: 211.6 (7%)     max: 258.3 MFLOPS
min: 183.5     avg: 194.6     median: 194.6 (7%)     max: 205.7 MFLOPS
309%
A6x +
654 MFLOPS (22%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
min: 25.25     avg: 106.5     median: 144.3 (14%)     max: 150 MFLOPS
min: 37.71     avg: 85.8     median: 85.8 (8%)     max: 133.9 MFLOPS
265%
A6x +
382.4 MFLOPS (37%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
18650 ms (22%)
16231 ms (19%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 1144     avg: 1189     median: 1189 (13%)     max: 1234 ms
min: 1154     avg: 1812     median: 1811.5 (20%)     max: 2469 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
min: 1147     avg: 1282     median: 1224 (12%)     max: 1474 ms
min: 1055     avg: 1261     median: 1125 (11%)     max: 1604 ms
104%
A6x +
895 ms (8%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
min: 4557     avg: 4588     median: 4588 (11%)     max: 4619 points
min: 4202     avg: 4658     median: 4658 (11%)     max: 5114 points
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
min: 3235     avg: 3312     median: 3311.5 (22%)     max: 3388 Points
2394 Points (16%)
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
13681 Points (32%)
14895 Points (35%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
199 Iter./s (6%)
236 Iter./s (7%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
4569 Iter./s (15%)
5123 Iter./s (17%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
3464 Points (0%)
min: 3723     avg: 4294     median: 4294 (1%)     max: 4865 Points

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 → 100% n=12

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 → 86% n=12

Average Benchmarks Apple A6x → 179% n=12

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