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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A vs MediaTek MT8161 vs HiSilicon Kirin 655

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A is a high-end SoC for Android smartphones and tablets, which was introduced in 2012. The chip integrates 4 CPU cores, which are based on the ARMv7-compatible, but by Qualcomm designed Krait architecture. This provides a much higher per-MHz performance than Cortex-A9 chips such as Nvidia's Tegra 3 or the Exynos 4412 from Samsung, but does not quite reach the performance of the Cortex-A15 (for example in the Tegra 4). The memory is accessed via 2 x 32 bit LPDDR2 at up to 533 MHz, which offers a bandwidth of 8.5 GB/s.

The APQ8064A integrates an Adreno 320 GPU by IMG, which clocks at 400 MHz and offers a performance of over 50 GFLOPS. Thus, the graphics unit is one of the fastest in the SoC market (early 2013) and is only surpassed by a few models such as the PowerVR SGX554MP4 in the iPad 4. Therefore, even the most demanding 3D games in high resolutions will run fluently (Sony Xperia Z with 1080p display).

Thanks to a dedicated decoder, the SoC can accelerate 1080p video playback up to a frame rate of 30 fps. 3D photos are possible up to a resolution of 20 megapixels. In addition, the chip also integrates a wireless module with Bluetooth 4.0 and WLAN 802.11ac/a/b/g/n. Produced by TSMC in 28 nm (LP), the power consumption should be around 4 watts (estimated, depending on the clock speed).

MediaTek MT8161

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The MediaTek MT8161 is an ARM based entry-level to mid-range SoC for (Android based) tablets. It offers four ARM Cortex-A53 processor cores (quad-core) that are clocked with up to 1.3 GHz. Furthermore, an ARM Mali-720 graphics card, a LPDDR3 memory controller (e.g., accessing 1 GB in the Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50), Bluetooth 4.0 and dual-band 802.11 b/g/n are integrated in the SoC.

The performance is situated in the entry level of 2015 and often similar to the Kirin 910T (see benchmark below).

HiSilicon Kirin 655

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The HiSilicon Kirin 655 is an ARM-based octa-core SoC for mid-range smartphones and tablets. It was announced late 2016 and features eight ARM Cortex-A53 cores. Four cores can be clocked with up to 1.7 GHz (power saving cores) and four with up to 2.1 GHz (performance cores). The difference to the older Kirin 650 is the 100 MHz higher clock speed of the performance cores.

Furthermore, a ARM Mali-T830 MP2 graphics card (at 600 MHz or 900 MHz with 40.8 GFLOPS), a 64-Bit LPDDR3 memory controller and a dual-sim capable LTE Cat. 6 (max. 300 MBit/s and GSM, WCDMA, UMTS, HSPA+) radio are integrated in the SoC. The processor performance can be compared with the older Kirin 930 and therefore sufficient for daily usage as browsing and non demanding apps. High-end SoCs with Cortex-A57 or A72 cores however should be noticeably faster. The SoC is produced in a modern 16nm FinFET process and is therefore very power efficient.

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064AMediaTek MT8161HiSilicon Kirin 655
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonMediatek
CodenameARMv7Cortex-A53Cortex-A53
Series: Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A « 1.5 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 MSM86601.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM82601.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD82501 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
JLQ JR5101.5 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9352.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6592.36 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6582.35 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6552.1 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6502 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9302 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6201.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/B 1.3 GHz1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8161 « 1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Marvell Armada PXA19081.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
JLQ JR5101.5 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9352.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6592.36 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6582.35 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 655 « 2.1 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6502 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9302 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6201.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/B 1.3 GHz1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT81611.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Marvell Armada PXA19081.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Clock1500 - 1700 MHz1300 MHz2100 MHz
L1 Cache32 KB
L2 Cache2 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 48 / 8
Technology28 nm28 nm16 nm
FeaturesLTE, HSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMLP-DDR3 memory controller, 1080p video encode, 1080p video decode, embedded GPS / GLONASS / BeiDou module, Bluetooth 4.0, FM radio support, ARM Jazelle, ARM TrustZoneARMv8-ISA, Mali-T830 MP2, Dual SIM LTE (Cat. 6), LPDDR3 Memory Controller
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 320 (400 MHz)ARM Mali-T720 MP2ARM Mali-T830 MP2 (900 MHz)
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 4672     avg: 8626     median: 9782.5 (8%)     max: 10777 Points
89%
1 MT8161 +
8693 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 5909     avg: 8379     median: 8764.5 (7%)     max: 10508 Points
96%
1 MT8161 +
8398 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
11099 Points (9%)
9598 Points (8%)
min: 13535     avg: 13553     median: 13535 (11%)     max: 13590 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
1438 Points (17%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
1391 Points (16%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 780     avg: 784     median: 784 (11%)     max: 788 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3240     avg: 3291     median: 3290.5 (8%)     max: 3341 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 1304     avg: 1473     median: 1473 (3%)     max: 1642 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 485     avg: 498     median: 498 (10%)     max: 511 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 MT8161 +
1838 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 MT8161 +
616 Points (9%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 14529     avg: 14855     median: 14854.5 (17%)     max: 15180 ms
24610 ms (29%)
min: 8768     avg: 9071     median: 9070.5 (11%)     max: 9373 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 854     avg: 1378     median: 1337 (15%)     max: 2012 ms
95%
1 MT8161 +
1713 ms (19%)
97%
1 MT8161 +
1654 ms (16%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
2223 Points (2%)
2510 Points (2%)
min: 4199     avg: 4415     median: 4414.5 (4%)     max: 4630 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
723 Points (19%)
126%
1 MT8161 +
911 Points (24%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta
1230 Points (27%)
114%
1 MT8161 +
1398 Points (31%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser
1580 Points (21%)
118%
1 MT8161 +
1866 Points (25%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
min: 4552     avg: 7055     median: 7541 (17%)     max: 8142 points
100%
1 MT8161 +
7512 points (17%)
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
min: 6086     avg: 7440     median: 7290 (47%)     max: 8596 Points
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
20270 Points (47%)
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
25095 Points (25%)
107%
1 MT8161 +
26820 Points (27%)
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
min: 56764     avg: 56781     median: 56781 (19%)     max: 56798 Points
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
min: 144     avg: 321.5     median: 345 (11%)     max: 452 Iter./s
223%
1 MT8161 +
768 Iter./s (24%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
min: 8393     avg: 9636     median: 9432.5 (31%)     max: 11286 Iter./s
82%
1 MT8161 +
7742 Iter./s (25%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 8536     avg: 10282     median: 10517.5 (1%)     max: 11558 Points
43768 Points (6%)
162396 Points (21%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
2735 Points (14%)
3396 Points (17%)
min: 4383     avg: 4401     median: 4401 (22%)     max: 4419 Points

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A → 100% n=5

Average Benchmarks MediaTek MT8161 → 165% n=5

Average Benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 655 → 427% n=5

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- 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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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)