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.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
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:
5035th fastest in multithreading out of 5495 CPUs
5446th fastest in single threading out of 5495 CPUs
1141st fastest in out of 1229 Mobile/Embedded CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

416

Single Thread Rating

184

Samples: 22*
*Margin for error: Low

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

Integer Math	8,560 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,212 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	3 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,381 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	122.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	2,844 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 16th of December 2025.

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

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of December 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of December 2025.
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 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme		24,660
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U		18,315
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,142
Intel Core i5-1235U		12,721
Apple A15 Bionic		9,890
Apple A14 Bionic		8,548
Intel N97		5,865
Apple A13 Bionic		5,769
Intel N100		5,354
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G		3,799
ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		416

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel N97		45.82
Intel N100		41.83
Intel Core i5-1235U		41.17
ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U		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 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,677
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U		3,583
Apple A15 Bionic		3,583
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme		3,554
Apple A14 Bionic		3,383
Intel Core i5-1235U		3,108
Apple A13 Bionic		2,348
Intel N97		2,039
Intel N100		1,895
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G		1,819
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
BL5105960 - Oct 31 2025		397
BL5105958 - Oct 31 2025		388
BL5090205 - Mar 25 2025		423
BL5088673 - Mar 07 2025		428
BL5084585 - Jan 19 2025		425

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 16th of December 2025 - 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		487 (+17.3%)
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc MSM8916 vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		415 (-0.2%)
Unisoc SC9832e vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		517 (+24.5%)
ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1800 MHz vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		510 (+22.7%)
Samsung Exynos 7570 vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		487 (+17.2%)
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc MSM8920 vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		487 (+17.2%)
MediaTek MT6737 vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		481 (+15.8%)
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc QM215 vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		480 (+15.6%)
ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1512 MHz vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		470 (+13.0%)
MT8765WB vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		468 (+12.6%)
Rockchip RK3326 vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		440 (+5.9%)
MediaTek MT6739WA vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1296 MHz		429 (+3.3%)

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