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Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260

► remove from comparison Qualcomm S3 MSM8260

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.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928

► remove from comparison Qualcomm 400 MSM8928

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 is an entry-level ARM-SoC for Android smartphones and tablets. It offers four Cortex-A7 cores clocked at up to 1.6 GHz (Quad-Core) as well as an Adreno 305 graphics card. Furthermore, a HSPA+/LTE radio is integrated in the SoC, which is manufactured in a 28-nanometer LP process.

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230

► remove from comparison Qualcomm S4 Plus MSM8230

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.

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ModelQualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230
CodenameARMv7ARMv7ARMv7
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm Snapdragon
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 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 MSM8260 « 1.5 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 MSM8928 « 1.6 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
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
Clock1500 MHz1600 MHz1200 MHz
L1 Cache64 KB64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 24 / 42 / 2
Technology45 nm28 nm28 nm
FeaturesHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMAdreno 305 GPU, LPDDR2/3 Memory Controller, GSM/UMTS/WCDMA/LTEHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FM
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 220Qualcomm Adreno 305Qualcomm Adreno 305
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 7756     avg: 8177     median: 8177 (7%)     max: 8598 Points
min: 4020     avg: 4586     median: 4586 (4%)     max: 5152 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 7704     avg: 8386.3     median: 8696 (7%)     max: 8759 Points
4038 Points (3%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 7913     avg: 8926.5     median: 9016 (7%)     max: 9761 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
785 Points (9%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
441 Points (5%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
1100 Points (2%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 1109     avg: 1309     median: 1338 (2%)     max: 1451 Points
457 Points (1%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 338     avg: 393.3     median: 398.5 (8%)     max: 438 Points
454 Points (9%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
385 Points (3%)
536 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
1034 Points (9%)
1320 Points (12%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
1230 Points (2%)
1515 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
912 Points (2%)
670 Points (1%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
994 Points (3%)
1082 Points (3%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 12145     avg: 13708.6     median: 13209 (47%)     max: 15968 ms
16231 ms (58%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
min: 1888     avg: 1888     median: 1888 (838%)     max: 225.2 ms
min: 1529     avg: 1529     median: 1529 (679%)     max: 225.2 ms
min: 1055     avg: 1261.3     median: 1125 (500%)     max: 225.2 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 1207     avg: 1429.3     median: 1404.5 (170%)     max: 826 ms
min: 1154     avg: 1811.5     median: 1811.5 (219%)     max: 826 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 1894     avg: 2292     median: 2242 (2%)     max: 2755 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
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Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta
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Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser
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Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
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AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
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AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
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AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
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AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
24799 Points (9%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
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AndEBench - AndEBench Native
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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 7044     avg: 7929     median: 7929 (1%)     max: 8814 Points
min: 3723     avg: 4294     median: 4294 (1%)     max: 4865 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
2383 Points (12%)
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
red legend - Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

v1.33
Errors [Close]

#0 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 76.5> for benchmark 118, setting:435 +0s ... 0.107s

#1 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 265> for benchmark 118, setting:435 +0s ... 0.107s

#2 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 205.7> for benchmark 118, setting:435 +0s ... 0.107s

#3 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 43.21> for benchmark 118, setting:434 +0s ... 0.108s

#4 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 98> for benchmark 118, setting:434 +0s ... 0.108s

#5 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 133.9> for benchmark 118, setting:434 +0s ... 0.108s

#6 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 1888>225.2 for benchmark 124, setting:437 +0s ... 0.134s

#7 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 1529>225.2 for benchmark 124, setting:437 +0s ... 0.134s

#8 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 1604>225.2 for benchmark 124, setting:437 +0s ... 0.134s

#9 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 1701>826 for benchmark 124, setting:649 +0s ... 0.135s

#10 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 2469>826 for benchmark 124, setting:649 +0s ... 0.135s

#11 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 771> for benchmark 281, setting:792 +0s ... 0.17s

#12 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 1248> for benchmark 281, setting:791 +0s ... 0.171s

#13 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 1881> for benchmark 281, setting:790 +0s ... 0.171s

#14 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 10198> for benchmark 123, setting:436 +0s ... 0.172s

#15 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 5114> for benchmark 123, setting:436 +0s ... 0.172s

#16 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 3197> for benchmark 196, setting:586 +0s ... 0.172s

#17 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 2394> for benchmark 196, setting:586 +0s ... 0.173s

#18 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 17354> for benchmark 238, setting:693 +0s ... 0.173s

#19 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 14895> for benchmark 238, setting:693 +0s ... 0.173s

#20 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 19444> for benchmark 292, setting:819 +0s ... 0.174s

#21 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 392> for benchmark 222, setting:657 +0s ... 0.213s

#22 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 236> for benchmark 222, setting:657 +0s ... 0.213s

#23 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 7640> for benchmark 222, setting:656 +0s ... 0.213s

#24 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 5123> for benchmark 222, setting:656 +0s ... 0.214s

log 04. 05:20:44

#0 ran 0s before starting gpusingle class +0s ... 0s

#1 checking url part for id 3760 +0s ... 0s

#2 checking url part for id 6034 +0s ... 0s

#3 checking url part for id 4062 +0s ... 0s

#4 not redirecting to Ajax server +0s ... 0s

#5 did not recreate cache, as it is less than 5 days old! Created at Fri, 04 Jul 2025 05:20:26 +0200 +0s ... 0s

#6 composed specs +0.003s ... 0.003s

#7 did output specs +0s ... 0.003s

#8 getting avg benchmarks for device 3760 +0.07s ... 0.073s

#9 got single benchmarks 3760 +0s ... 0.073s

#10 getting avg benchmarks for device 6034 +0s ... 0.074s

#11 got single benchmarks 6034 +0.006s ... 0.08s

#12 getting avg benchmarks for device 4062 +0.001s ... 0.08s

#13 got single benchmarks 4062 +0s ... 0.081s

#14 got avg benchmarks for devices +0s ... 0.081s

#15 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.003s ... 0.084s

#16 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.003s ... 0.087s

#17 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.003s ... 0.089s

#18 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.002s ... 0.092s

#19 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.003s ... 0.094s

#20 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.002s ... 0.097s

#21 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.097s

#22 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.098s

#23 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.099s

#24 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.099s

#25 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.1s

#26 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.1s

#27 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.101s

#28 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.102s

#29 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.102s

#30 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.103s

#31 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.103s

#32 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.104s

#33 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.104s

#34 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.105s

#35 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.106s

#36 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.106s

#37 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.107s

#38 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.107s

#39 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.107s

#40 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.108s

#41 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.108s

#42 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.108s

#43 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.023s ... 0.132s

#44 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.133s

#45 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.134s

#46 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.134s

#47 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.134s

#48 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.135s

#49 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.135s

#50 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.035s ... 0.17s

#51 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.17s

#52 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.171s

#53 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.171s

#54 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.172s

#55 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.172s

#56 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.172s

#57 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.173s

#58 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.173s

#59 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.173s

#60 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.174s

#61 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.039s ... 0.212s

#62 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.213s

#63 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.213s

#64 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.213s

#65 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.214s

#66 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.214s

#67 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.215s

#68 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.215s

#69 min, max, avg, median took s +0s ... 0.215s

#70 return log +0s ... 0.215s

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