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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8260A vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8660

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 MSM8260A

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The Qualcomm MSM8260A (Snapdragon S4 series) is a ARM based high-end smartphone SoC in 2012. It contains two Krait (ARMv7) CPU cores at 1.5 - 1.7 GHz, a Adreno 225 GPU (400 MHz), a LPDDR2 memory controller (up to 500 MHz) and radio elements.  The chip is produced in 28nm LP (low power process) at TSMC. Compared to the MSM8960, the 8260A does not support LTE.

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8660

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8660 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 1.7 GHz, a Adreno 220 graphics card and radio elements (including CDMA2000, which is the difference to the MSM8260).

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8260AQualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8660
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameARMv7ARMv7ARMv7
Series: Snapdragon 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 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 MSM8260A « 1.7 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 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 MSM82301.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM82271 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8660 « 1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM82601.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD82501 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
Clock1200 MHz1700 MHz1700 MHz
L1 Cache64 KB64 KB64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB1 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 22 / 2
Technology28 nm28 nm45 nm
FeaturesHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FM
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 305Qualcomm Adreno 225 (400 MHz)Qualcomm Adreno 220
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 4629     avg: 4635     median: 4635 (4%)     max: 4641 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
4684 Points (4%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
788 Points (1%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
432 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
min: 571     avg: 585     median: 584.5 (5%)     max: 598 Points
min: 323     avg: 514     median: 598 (5%)     max: 622 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 1449     avg: 1473     median: 1472.5 (13%)     max: 1496 Points
min: 1655     avg: 1670     median: 1673 (15%)     max: 1681 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 1778     avg: 1814     median: 1814 (4%)     max: 1850 Points
min: 259     avg: 1604     median: 2254 (4%)     max: 2298 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 798     avg: 826     median: 825.5 (2%)     max: 853 Points
min: 685     avg: 891     median: 970 (2%)     max: 1017 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 1248     avg: 1277     median: 1276.5 (3%)     max: 1305 Points
min: 693     avg: 1258     median: 1525 (4%)     max: 1556 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
min: 146.9     avg: 205.6     median: 211.6 (7%)     max: 258.3 MFLOPS
min: 167.2     avg: 175.4     median: 172.5 (6%)     max: 186.4 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
min: 25.25     avg: 106.5     median: 144.3 (14%)     max: 150 MFLOPS
min: 91     avg: 96.2     median: 95 (9%)     max: 102.5 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
18650 ms (22%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 1144     avg: 1189     median: 1189 (13%)     max: 1234 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
min: 1147     avg: 1282     median: 1224 (12%)     max: 1474 ms
min: 896     avg: 1487     median: 1624 (15%)     max: 1804 ms
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
min: 4557     avg: 4588     median: 4588 (11%)     max: 4619 points
4527 points (10%)
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
min: 3235     avg: 3312     median: 3311.5 (22%)     max: 3388 Points
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
13681 Points (32%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
199 Iter./s (6%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
4569 Iter./s (15%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
3464 Points (0%)

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