ARM Cortex A15/A17 SoCs Comparison

Model	Exynos 5422	Tegra K1	A80	RK3288
Maker	Samsung	Nvidia	AllWinner	Rockchip
CPU	4x ARM Cortex-A15 @ 2.1 GHz + 4x ARM Cortex-A7 @ 1.5 GHz big.LITTLE Processing	Quad Core ARM Cortex-A15 r3 @ 2.3GHz + Cortex A15 r3 companion core	4x ARM Cortex-A15 r4 @ 2.0?? GHz + 4x ARM Cortex-A7 @ ?? GHz big.LITTLE Processing	4x ARM Cortex-A17 @ 1.8 GHZ
L1 Icache/Dcache	32KB/32KB	32KB/32KB	32KB/32KB	32KB/32KB
L2 Cache	2MB + 512 KB	2MB + 512 KB	2MB + 512KB	1MB
GPU	ARM Mali-T628 MP6	Kepler GK20a (192-cores)	PowerVR G6230 (64-cores)	ARM Mali-T764
GPU API	OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0/3.0, OpenCL 1.1,OpenVG 1.0.1, DirectX 11, and Google Renderscript	OpenGL ES 2.0/3.0/3.1, OpenGL 4.4, OpenCL 1.2, CUDA 6.0, Directx 12	OpenGL ES 2.0/3.0, OpenCL 1.x, Directx 9.3	OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0/3.0, OpenVG 1.1, OpenCL 1.1 and Renderscript, Directx11
Video Decoder	1920×1080@120fps – MPEG-4/MPEG-2/H.263/H.264/VP8//VC1 8192×8192 – H.264 and VP8	1440p – H.264 BP/MP/HP/MVC, VC-1, VP8, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4	4K2K@30fps: H.264 and VP8 1080p60: MPEG 1/2/4. H.263, H.264, WMV9/VC1, etc… 1080p30: H.265/VP9 3D decoding @ 3840×1080@30fps	4K2K@60fps: HEVC 4K2K@24fps: H.264, MPEG-2, VP6/VP8, MVC 1080p: MPEG-4, Sorenson Spark, VC-1, RV8/RV9/RV10, and AVS 720×576:H.263
Video Encoder	1920×1080@120fps – MPEG-4//H.263/H.264/VP8 8192×8192 – H.264 and VP8	H.264 BP/MP/HP/MVC and VP8	4K2K@30fps: H.264 and VP8	1080p30: H.264, MVC, and VP8
Memory (On-chip)	No data	64KB Boot ROM (IROM)	No data	20KB BootRom, 100KB internal SRAM
Memory Interfaces	LPDDR3/DDR3 – 2-ports 32-bit up to 933 MHz LPDDR2 – 2-ports 32-bit up to 533 MHz 2x eMMC 5.0, 1x eMMC 4.5 8-bit SDIO 3.0, 4-bit SD 3.0	DDR3L, and LPDDR3, up to 8GB LPDDR2 might work but not tested by Nvidia eMMC version 4.5 SDIO	DDR3/DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR2, Up to 8GB Raw NAND with 72-bit ECC eMMC v4.5 4x SD/MMC	DDR3-1333/DDR3L-1333, LPDDR2-1066, LPDDR3-1066, up to 4GB Dual channel async NAND flash, 8-bit, 60-bit ECC Single channel async NAND flash, 16-bit, 60-bit ECC eMMC v4.5 SD/MMC Interface (SD 3.0, MMC ver 4.5)
Display Interfaces	4-lane MIPI DSI up to WUXGA (1920×1200) @ 60 fps 1-port (4 lanes) eDisplayPort (eDP) up to WQXGA (2560×1600) @ 60 fps HDMI 1.4a interfaces with on-chip PHY	LVDS up to 1920×1200@60fps 2x 4-lane MIPI DSI (Dual link: up to 3840×1920@60fps, single link: 2560×1440@60fps) 4-lane eDP up to 3840×2160@60fps HDMI 1.4b up to 4096×2160@30fps	Dual channel LVDS up to 1920×1080@60fps RGB LCD up to 2048×1536@60fps 4-lane MIPI DSI up to 1920×1200@60fps 4-lane eDP up to 2560×1600@60fps HDMI 1.4	Dual channel LVDS 2x Parallel and serial RGB interfaces: Up to 3840×2160 or 2560×1600 MCU LCD interface (optional) 4-lane MIPI up to 1080p60 4-lane eDP up to 4K2K@30fps HDMI 1.4 and 2.0
Camera Interfaces	2-ports (4/4 lanes) MIPI CSI2 interfaces Up to 16MP @ 30fps 14-bit Bayer sensor	1x MIPI CSI Up to 16MP @ 37 fps 2x 4x YUV / RAW / CSI	Parallel and MIPI I/F sensor 5M/8M/12M/16M CMOS sensor 8/10/12-bit YUV/Bayer sensor	12-bit CCIR/Camera I/F up to 5MP MIPI CSI2 I/F up to 14MP 8/10/12-bit raw data interface
USB	2x USB 3.0 1x USB 2.0 1x HSIC	2x USB 3.0 3x USB 2.0 HSIC	2x USB host 1x USB3.0/2.0 host / device HSIC	2x USB 2.0 Host 1x USB 2.0 OTG HSIC
Ethernet	N/A	N/A	1x Ethernet MAC	1x GMAC (RMII/RGMII)
TS Interface	1x TSI	1x TS	No data	2x IN, 1x IN
SATA	N/A	SATA 3.1	N/A	N/A
PCIe	N/A	5-lane PCIe with Gen1 (2.5GT/s) and Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) speeds	N/A	N/A
Audio I/F	1x PCM, 2x I2S, 1x S/PDIF	PCM/I2S, S/PDIF	PCM/I2S	PCM/I2S, SPDIF
Other I/Os	4x I2C, 7x HS-I2C, 3x SPI, 5x UART, GPIOs, 24-channel DMA controller	3x I2C, 2x SPI, UART, Up to 64 MPIO (Multi Purpose IO)	4x SPI, 7x TWI, 7x UART	3x SPI, 6x I2C, 5x UART, 4x PWM, 2x DMAC, 160 GPIO
Antutu 4.x	38580 Hardware: Samsung Galaxy S5 (SMG900H)	43851 Hardware: Tegra K1 Reference Tablet?	41556 Hardware: AllWinner OptimusBoard?	35225 Hardware: Pipo P8 (res: 2048×1536)
Low Cost Development Board	None with Exynos 5422, but two with the similar Exynos 5420: Arndale Octa for $179 Announced: ODROID XU-2 (Price not available)	Nvidia Jetson TK1 for $192	Announced: OptimusBoard, PcDuino8, Cubieboard A80. No price available.	Currently not available, none officially announced.