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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 vs HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620

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 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.

HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620

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Coretex A9 Quad-Core - max 1.5 GHz, im Huawei Mediapad 10 FHD mit 1.2 GHz

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm Snapdragon
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 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 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 A6x1.4 GHzcores
Apple A61 GHzcores
Apple S52 / 2 cores
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 « 1.2 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
Clock1500 - 1700 MHz1200 MHz1200 MHz
L1 Cache64 KB64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 24 / 4
Technology28 nm28 nm40 nm
FeaturesLTE, HSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMARMv7
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 225 (400 MHz)Qualcomm Adreno 305
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
4439 Points (4%)
min: 4020     avg: 4586     median: 4586 (4%)     max: 5152 Points
min: 3209     avg: 4477     median: 4894 (4%)     max: 5167 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
4363 Points (4%)
4038 Points (3%)
min: 5354     avg: 5357     median: 5357 (4%)     max: 5360 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
457 Points (1%)
1094 Points (2%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
454 Points (9%)
327 Points (6%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
min: 555     avg: 629     median: 639.5 (5%)     max: 681 Points
536 Points (4%)
min: 439     avg: 489.9     median: 500 (4%)     max: 547 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 1394     avg: 1626     median: 1631 (15%)     max: 1849 Points
1320 Points (12%)
min: 940     avg: 1187     median: 1218 (11%)     max: 1290 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 1882     avg: 2487     median: 2563.5 (5%)     max: 2940 Points
1515 Points (3%)
min: 1793     avg: 2360     median: 2351 (5%)     max: 2731 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 823     avg: 933     median: 922 (2%)     max: 1065 Points
670 Points (1%)
min: 1000     avg: 1317     median: 1275 (3%)     max: 1591 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 1281     avg: 1585     median: 1626.5 (4%)     max: 1806 Points
1082 Points (3%)
min: 1209     avg: 1573     median: 1557 (4%)     max: 1819 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
242 MFLOPS (8%)
min: 183.5     avg: 194.6     median: 194.6 (7%)     max: 205.7 MFLOPS
min: 92.3     avg: 133.3     median: 138.1 (5%)     max: 151.8 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
134.8 MFLOPS (13%)
min: 37.71     avg: 85.8     median: 85.8 (8%)     max: 133.9 MFLOPS
min: 37.8     avg: 44.2     median: 46.6 (5%)     max: 48.71 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
45456 ms (53%)
16231 ms (19%)
26477 ms (31%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 891     avg: 1327     median: 1045.5 (11%)     max: 2038 ms
min: 1154     avg: 1812     median: 1811.5 (20%)     max: 2469 ms
min: 856     avg: 2197     median: 1610 (18%)     max: 4026 ms
min: 1055     avg: 1261     median: 1125 (11%)     max: 1604 ms
min: 1522     avg: 1643     median: 1540 (15%)     max: 2080 ms
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
min: 4202     avg: 4658     median: 4658 (11%)     max: 5114 points
min: 4404     avg: 4736     median: 4736 (11%)     max: 5068 points
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
3130 Points (20%)
2394 Points (16%)
min: 4820     avg: 5667     median: 5662 (37%)     max: 6713 Points
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
14895 Points (35%)
14434 Points (34%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
261 Iter./s (8%)
236 Iter./s (7%)
min: 92     avg: 191     median: 191 (6%)     max: 290 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
5886 Iter./s (19%)
5123 Iter./s (17%)
min: 8740     avg: 8897     median: 8897 (29%)     max: 9054 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
5589 Points (1%)
min: 3723     avg: 4294     median: 4294 (1%)     max: 4865 Points
min: 8223     avg: 8737     median: 8678 (1%)     max: 9118 Points

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 → 100% n=16

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 → 88% n=16

Average Benchmarks HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 → 107% n=16

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- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

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