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Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260

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.

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 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 1.5 GHz, a Adreno 220 graphics card and radio elements. Compared to the similar MSM8660, the 8260 does not include support for CDMA2000.

The similar named MSM8260A already contains the faster Krait cores and the slightly faster Adreno 225 graphics card.

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ModelQualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930ABQualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260
CodenameARMv7ARMv7
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm Snapdragon
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 « 1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus APQ8060A compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 compare1.5 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 MSM82601.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250 compare1 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 8930AB1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus APQ8060A compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 compare1.5 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 « 1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250 compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
Clock1700 MHz1500 MHz
L1 Cache64 KB64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 2
Technology28 nm45 nm
FeaturesHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FM
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 305Qualcomm Adreno 220
ArchitectureARMARM
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Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 5181     avg: 6302     median: 6860 (6%)     max: 6864 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 5397     avg: 6193     median: 6192.5 (5%)     max: 6988 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
min: 593     avg: 680     median: 716 (6%)     max: 731 Points
385 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 1527     avg: 1894     median: 2034 (18%)     max: 2121 Points
1034 Points (9%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 244     avg: 1983     median: 2853 (6%)     max: 2853 Points
1230 Points (2%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 898     avg: 1113     median: 1211 (2%)     max: 1229 Points
912 Points (2%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 1394     avg: 1740     median: 1907 (5%)     max: 1919 Points
994 Points (3%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
min: 241.6     avg: 296     median: 298.5 (10%)     max: 347.8 MFLOPS
76.5 MFLOPS (3%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
min: 153.8     avg: 172.7     median: 171.1 (17%)     max: 193.2 MFLOPS
43.2 MFLOPS (4%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
34416 ms (40%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 701     avg: 1047     median: 1117.5 (12%)     max: 1252 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
min: 723     avg: 955     median: 954.5 (9%)     max: 1186 ms
1888 ms (18%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
0 Points (0%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
6958 points (16%)
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
min: 4032     avg: 5115     median: 5644 (37%)     max: 5669 Points
3197 Points (21%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
min: 186     avg: 266     median: 266 (8%)     max: 346 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
min: 4389     avg: 4822     median: 4821.5 (16%)     max: 5254 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 4329     avg: 6192     median: 7051 (1%)     max: 7195 Points

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB → 100% n=9

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 → 48% n=9

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