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Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8660 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8660

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8660 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 1.7 GHz, a Adreno 220 graphics card and radio elements (including CDMA2000, which is the difference to the MSM8260).

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8277 is a mid-range SoC for smartphones and tablets (mostly Android based). It contains two Krait (improved ARM Cortex-A9) CPU cores at 1.0 GHz and a Adreno 305 graphics card. A memory controller and radio elements (excluding LTE) are also included. The chip is produced in 28nm LP process at TSMC.

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ModelQualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8660Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227
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 compare1.7 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 MSM82271 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8660 « 1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 compare1.5 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 8930AB compare1.7 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 « 1 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM86601.7 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores ARMv7
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 QSD8250 compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores ARMv7
Clock1700 MHz1000 MHz
L1 Cache64 KB64 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 2
Technology45 nm28 nm
FeaturesHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FMHSPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, FM
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 220Qualcomm Adreno 305
ArchitectureARMARM
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Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
3812 Points (3%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
3805 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
619 Points (1%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
349 Points (7%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
472 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
1158 Points (10%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
1385 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
571 Points (1%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
963 Points (3%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
153.9 MFLOPS (5%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
103.1 MFLOPS (10%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 1417     avg: 1670     median: 1669.5 (18%)     max: 1922 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
min: 1296     avg: 1693     median: 1435 (14%)     max: 2180 ms
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
4143 points (10%)
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
2770 Points (18%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
176 Iter./s (5%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
968 Iter./s (3%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
3632 Points (0%)

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 → 0% n=0

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