ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz

Benchmarks for the ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 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 1600 MHz

Description:

Class: Mobile/Embedded

Socket:

Clockspeed: 1.6 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Other names: ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2022

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
5109th fastest in multithreading out of 5776 CPUs
5460th fastest in single threading out of 5776 CPUs
1148th fastest in out of 1255 Mobile/Embedded CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

478

Single Thread Rating

218

Samples: 9*
*Margin for error: Medium

CPU Test Suite Average Results for ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz

Integer Math	9,583 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,397 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	3 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,841 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	137.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	3,466 KBytes/Sec
Physics	58 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	186 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	218 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 6th of February 2026

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of February 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Mobile/Embedded CPUs
As of 8th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme		24,686
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 230		19,580
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U		18,253
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
Intel Core i5-1235U		12,679
Apple A15 Bionic		9,888
Apple A14 Bionic		8,547
Apple A13 Bionic		5,776
Intel N150		5,402
Intel N100		5,351
ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz		478

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 8th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel N100		41.80
Intel Core i5-1235U		41.03
ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz		NA
Intel N150		NA
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 230		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U		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 8th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Apple A15 Bionic		3,580
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U		3,574
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme		3,551
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 230		3,537
Apple A14 Bionic		3,383
Intel Core i5-1235U		3,098
Apple A13 Bionic		2,351
Intel N150		1,903
Intel N100		1,895
ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz		218

Last 5 Baselines for ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5112706 - Feb 02 2026		471
BL5106302 - Nov 06 2025 [Excluded]		146
BL5106301 - Nov 06 2025		543
BL5099600 - Jul 26 2025		543
BL5093476 - May 02 2025		399

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

Popular comparisons for ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz
As of 8th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz		478
MT8765WA vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz		567 (+18.6%)
MT6761V-WD vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz		580 (+21.4%)
Intel Atom Z3530 @ 1.33GHz vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz		565 (+18.2%)
MT8161P vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz		542 (+13.5%)
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc MSM8917 vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz		541 (+13.3%)
MT6739CH vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz		533 (+11.5%)
MT8167D vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz		532 (+11.3%)
Rockchip RK3328 box liantong avb vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz		491 (+2.8%)
MediaTek MT6739WW vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz		488 (+2.1%)
MT8167A vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz		478 (0.0%)
rockchip,rk3328 vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz		453 (-5.2%)
Qualcomm MSM8916 vs ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz		424 (-11.2%)

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CPU Mark Distribution for ARM Cortex-A53 4 Core 1600 MHz