I've heard that theae 2 processers are very similar but obviously there must be a few differences. Does anyone know where I can find a comparison between the 2 or can someone compare them for me here? I'm just curious really. Both are really good I hear.
hummingbird made the a4. my guess is it's the same or almost the same just with a different name for apple. both are 1ghz edit: and if i remember correctly the 3gs currently has an a8 running at less than 1ghz. doesn't the galaxy s use the a8? which must mean the galaxy s is using an overclocked a8 or that the iphone 3gs is using an underclocked a8 hope that helps edit again: i just read that the the hummingbird processor in the galaxy s is an a8 core modified to make performance gains. the a4 is also an a8 core modified. basically they have a license to use ARM technology. they take that technology and implement their own ideas for performance gains. the a8 is the main core samsung/hummingbird seems to be using. they just modify that core to fit the specific device. for instance the galaxy s apples ipad, iphone 3gs, and the iphone. 4 all use a modified version of the a8.
no problem just fyi - apparently the hummingbird puts up a good fight against the snapdragon as far as speed. but it uses less power. both are good imo.
ya forgot to mention that as well. i dont play many games so the snapdragon doesnt turn me off. but do you think the better gpu in the hummingbird would make the phone smoother? like switching between screens for instance?
So basically there isnt much of a difference between the a4, snapdragon and hummingbird processors besides the gpu that they use right?
Pretty much, and subtle differences here and there. Factors like RAM ans software would make the most difference with user experience. Tapatalk. Samsung Moment. Yep.
The Hummingbird is more power effienct than the Snapdragon which for me at least is more important than a slight speed gain or better gpu.
That's what extra batteries are for =D But I seriously can't wait until induction charging becomes something they put into phones as a standard feature. Tapatalk. Samsung Moment. Yep.
The ARM Cortex A8 "Hummingbird" is superior to the one found in the iPhone 3GS (it's nearly twice as powerful). Simply because it runs on a 45nm process, consumes less power and has a higher clock speed. Samsung provides Apple with the processors in their phones. The CPU in the 3GS is also an ARM Cortex A8. It runs at 600Mhz.
the a4 uses the hummingbird processor. The A4 is a SoC (system on chip) which means it has pretty much everything your computer would have on the chip itself. The hummingbird is the cpu portion on that chip. Apple A4 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia gives a pretty good explanation. I haven't found a place that lists all the Samsung's SoC specs, but supposedly it has the better GPU...
How modified can they make one processor without. Changing it? Would tossing in an old beef up process in their new phone hurt them as other phones move onto better price. Since rhizome is already getting beefed?
