Qualcomm MSM8974

Benchmarks for the Qualcomm MSM8974 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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Qualcomm MSM8974

Description:

Class: Mobile/Embedded

Socket:

Clockspeed: 2.3 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Other names: Qualcomm MSM8974

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2021

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
4758th fastest in multithreading out of 5785 CPUs
5029th fastest in single threading out of 5785 CPUs
1053rd fastest in out of 1257 Mobile/Embedded CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

750

Single Thread Rating

431

Samples: 65*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Qualcomm MSM8974

Integer Math	3,245 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,503 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	NA
Random String Sorting	3,620 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	253.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	16,630 KBytes/Sec
Physics	85 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,372 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	431 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Qualcomm MSM8974

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th 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 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme		24,690
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 230		19,580
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
Intel Core i5-1235U		12,676
Apple A15 Bionic		9,887
Apple A14 Bionic		8,547
Apple A13 Bionic		5,778
Intel N150		5,398
Intel N100		5,348
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G		3,814
Qualcomm MSM8974		750

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel N100		41.78
Intel Core i5-1235U		41.02
Qualcomm MSM8974		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 13th 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 Z1 Extreme		3,552
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 230		3,537
Apple A14 Bionic		3,383
Intel Core i5-1235U		3,098
Apple A13 Bionic		2,352
Intel N150		1,904
Intel N100		1,895
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G		1,824
Qualcomm MSM8974		431

Last 5 Baselines for Qualcomm MSM8974
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL8108796 - Nov 21 2025		1145
BL8108716 - Nov 19 2025		995
BL8106420 - Oct 12 2025		986
BL8100128 - Jun 11 2025		954
BL8098316 - May 08 2025		831

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

Popular comparisons for Qualcomm MSM8974
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Qualcomm MSM8974		750
MediaTek MT6761V-WBB vs Qualcomm MSM8974		813 (+8.4%)
Qualcomm MSM8974PRO-AC vs Qualcomm MSM8974		674 (-10.1%)
ARM Cortex-A72 4 Core 1800 MHz vs Qualcomm MSM8974		671 (-10.5%)
ARM Cortex-A72 4 Core 1500 MHz vs Qualcomm MSM8974		618 (-17.6%)
MT8766B vs Qualcomm MSM8974		851 (+13.4%)
MT6761V-CAB vs Qualcomm MSM8974		845 (+12.7%)
MT6761V-WAB vs Qualcomm MSM8974		816 (+8.7%)
ARM Cortex-A72 4 Core 2200 MHz vs Qualcomm MSM8974		793 (+5.8%)
MediaTek MT6762V-CN vs Qualcomm MSM8974		784 (+4.5%)
ARM Cortex-A72 4 Core 2000 MHz vs Qualcomm MSM8974		762 (+1.6%)
MediaTek MT6761V-WE vs Qualcomm MSM8974		756 (+0.8%)
Qualcomm APQ 8084 (Flattened Device Tree) vs Qualcomm MSM8974		741 (-1.3%)

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