ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz

Benchmarks for the ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

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The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz

Description:

Class: Mobile/Embedded

Socket:

Clockspeed: 1.3 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Other names: ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2021

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
5209th fastest in multithreading out of 5809 CPUs
5542nd fastest in single threading out of 5809 CPUs
1173rd fastest in out of 1262 Mobile/Embedded CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

416

Single Thread Rating

184

Samples: 23*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz

Integer Math	8,562 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,213 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	3 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,389 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	122.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	2,848 KBytes/Sec
Physics	55 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	165 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	184 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 28th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 28th of February 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Mobile/Embedded CPUs
As of 5th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme		24,670
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 230		19,632
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,130
Intel Core i5-1235U		12,653
Apple A15 Bionic		9,886
Apple A14 Bionic		8,547
Apple A13 Bionic		5,781
Intel N150		5,392
Intel N100		5,346
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G		3,800
ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		416

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 5th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel N100		41.77
Intel Core i5-1235U		40.95
ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		NA
Intel N150		NA
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 230		NA
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple A15 Bionic		NA
Apple A14 Bionic		NA
Apple A13 Bionic		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 5th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Apple A15 Bionic		3,579
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme		3,547
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 230		3,541
Apple A14 Bionic		3,383
Intel Core i5-1235U		3,092
Apple A13 Bionic		2,353
Intel N150		1,901
Intel N100		1,894
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G		1,820
ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		184

Last 5 Baselines for ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5110197 - Dec 25 2025		427
BL5105960 - Oct 31 2025		397
BL5105958 - Oct 31 2025		388
BL5090205 - Mar 25 2025		423
BL5088673 - Mar 07 2025		428

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz
As of 5th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		416
MediaTek MT6739WW vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		489 (+17.5%)
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc MSM8916 vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		420 (+0.8%)
ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1800 MHz vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		510 (+22.6%)
Samsung Exynos 7570 vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		506 (+21.7%)
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc MSM8920 vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		487 (+17.1%)
MediaTek MT6737 vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		485 (+16.5%)
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc QM215 vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		483 (+16.2%)
ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1512 MHz vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		470 (+12.9%)
MT8765WB vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		468 (+12.4%)
MediaTek MT6739WA vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		449 (+7.9%)
Rockchip RK3326 vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		440 (+5.8%)
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc APQ8016 vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		415 (-0.2%)

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