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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250

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 S1 QSD8250

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250 was one of the first Snapdragon SoCs for smartphones and tablets featuring a Scorpion CPU core, an Adreno 200 GPU and GSM/UMTS radio.

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250
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 « 1.5 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 compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 compare1 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 QSD82501 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 MSM89601.5 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 compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 compare1 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 « 1 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
Clock1500 - 1700 MHz1000 MHz
L1 Cache64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 21 / 1
Technology28 nm65 nm
FeaturesLTE, HSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMEmbedded 600MHz DSP (GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS/WCDMA, HSDPA, HSUPA, MBMS baseband), Embedded Seventh-generation gpsOne GPS module, gpsOneXTRA Assistance
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 225 (400 MHz)Qualcomm Adreno 200
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.google.at

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
4439 Points (4%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
4363 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
min: 555     avg: 629     median: 639.5 (5%)     max: 681 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 1394     avg: 1626     median: 1631 (15%)     max: 1849 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 1882     avg: 2487     median: 2563.5 (5%)     max: 2940 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 823     avg: 933     median: 922 (2%)     max: 1065 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 1281     avg: 1585     median: 1626.5 (4%)     max: 1806 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
242 MFLOPS (8%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
134.8 MFLOPS (13%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
45456 ms (53%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 891     avg: 1327     median: 1045.5 (11%)     max: 2038 ms
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
3130 Points (20%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
261 Iter./s (8%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
5886 Iter./s (19%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
5589 Points (1%)

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