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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB

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 MSM8960

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The Qualcomm MSM8960 (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 including LTE. The chip is produced in 28nm LP (low power process) at TSMC.

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB is a high clocked dual-core ARM based SoC for smartphones. It integrates two Krait 300 CPU cores clocked at max. 1.7 GHz (the MSM8930 offers only Krait 200 cores at 1.2 GHz) and an Adreno 305 GPU. The whole chip is produced in 28nm LP at TSMC.

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB
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 MSM8960 « 1.5 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 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 8930AB « 1.7 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 MSM86601.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM82601.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD82501 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
Clock1200 MHz1500 - 1700 MHz1700 MHz
L1 Cache64 KB64 KB64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB1 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 22 / 2
Technology28 nm28 nm28 nm
FeaturesHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMLTE, HSPA+, 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 305
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 4629     avg: 4635     median: 4635 (4%)     max: 4641 Points
4439 Points (4%)
min: 5181     avg: 6302     median: 6860 (6%)     max: 6864 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
4684 Points (4%)
4363 Points (4%)
min: 5397     avg: 6193     median: 6192.5 (5%)     max: 6988 Points
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: 555     avg: 629     median: 639.5 (5%)     max: 681 Points
min: 593     avg: 680     median: 716 (6%)     max: 731 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 1449     avg: 1473     median: 1472.5 (13%)     max: 1496 Points
min: 1394     avg: 1626     median: 1631 (15%)     max: 1849 Points
min: 1527     avg: 1894     median: 2034 (18%)     max: 2121 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 1778     avg: 1814     median: 1814 (4%)     max: 1850 Points
min: 1882     avg: 2487     median: 2563.5 (5%)     max: 2940 Points
min: 244     avg: 1983     median: 2853 (6%)     max: 2853 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 798     avg: 826     median: 825.5 (2%)     max: 853 Points
min: 823     avg: 933     median: 922 (2%)     max: 1065 Points
min: 898     avg: 1113     median: 1211 (2%)     max: 1229 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 1248     avg: 1277     median: 1276.5 (3%)     max: 1305 Points
min: 1281     avg: 1585     median: 1626.5 (4%)     max: 1806 Points
min: 1394     avg: 1740     median: 1907 (5%)     max: 1919 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
min: 146.9     avg: 205.6     median: 211.6 (7%)     max: 258.3 MFLOPS
242 MFLOPS (8%)
min: 241.6     avg: 296     median: 298.5 (10%)     max: 347.8 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
min: 25.25     avg: 106.5     median: 144.3 (14%)     max: 150 MFLOPS
134.8 MFLOPS (13%)
min: 153.8     avg: 172.7     median: 171.1 (17%)     max: 193.2 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
18650 ms (22%)
45456 ms (53%)
34416 ms (40%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 1144     avg: 1189     median: 1189 (13%)     max: 1234 ms
min: 701     avg: 1047     median: 1117.5 (12%)     max: 1252 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
min: 1147     avg: 1282     median: 1224 (12%)     max: 1474 ms
min: 723     avg: 955     median: 954.5 (9%)     max: 1186 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
0 Points (0%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
min: 4557     avg: 4588     median: 4588 (11%)     max: 4619 points
6958 points (16%)
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
min: 3235     avg: 3312     median: 3311.5 (22%)     max: 3388 Points
3130 Points (20%)
min: 4032     avg: 5115     median: 5644 (37%)     max: 5669 Points
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
13681 Points (32%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
199 Iter./s (6%)
261 Iter./s (8%)
min: 186     avg: 266     median: 266 (8%)     max: 346 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
4569 Iter./s (15%)
5886 Iter./s (19%)
min: 4389     avg: 4822     median: 4821.5 (16%)     max: 5254 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
3464 Points (0%)
5589 Points (1%)
min: 4329     avg: 6192     median: 7051 (1%)     max: 7195 Points

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 → 100% n=16

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 → 111% n=16

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB → 134% n=16

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