Mali 400, Is it any good?

Intro

Mali 400 is a GPU(Graphic Processing Unit) for Smart Phones, It is available in 

Mali 400 GPU

4 different variants: 

• single core, 
• dual core, 
• triple core and 
• quad core.

But don't Confuse it by thinking it is a CPU! It is a Graphic Processing Unit!

  

Specifications

It has the clock speed of 210mhz - 550mhz, and it was the first OpenGL® ES 2.0 supported GPU for smart phones, which was the reason behind extra smooth 3D and 2D accelerations. It is a quite good gpu for 3D gaming, it produces average of 40-90 FPS (Frames per second) depending on the CPU power and Cores.

Mali-400 MP1

Feature	Value	Description
Frequency	210MHz 500MHz	in 40nm LP in 28nm HPM
Throughput	23Mtri/s, 210Mpix/s 55Mtri/s, 500Mpix/s	in 40nm LP in 28nm HPM

Mali-400 MP4

Feature	Value	Description
Frequency	210MHz 500MHz	in 40nm LP in 28nm HPM
Throughput	23Mtri/s, 840Mpix/s 55Mtri/s, 2.0Gpix/s	in 40nm LP in 28nm HPM

Anti-Aliasing	4xAA 16xAA	4x Multi-Sampling with virtually no performance drop 16xAA outperforming all implementations of comparable quality
API Support	OpenGL ES    1.1/2.0	Full support for legacy 2D/3D graphics applicatio

Bus Interface	AMBA® AXI	Compatible with a wide range of bus interconnect and peripheral IP
L2 Cache	8KB - 256KB	Configurable L2 cache optimized for graphics data traffic
Memory System	MMU	Memory Management Unit
Multi-Core Scaling	1 to 4 cores	A single IP covering a wide range and price/performance points

 Anybody Use'in it?

Samsung Galaxy SII I9100

It was first debuted on Samsung Galaxy SII (2011), Which had the dual core 200-400mhz Mali 400 GPU, 

Dual Core 1.2Ghz Cortex A9, 1GB ram and a Exynos4210 Chipset.It was the power source of 4.3inch AMOLED display (480x800 pixels).

Samsung Galaxy SIII I9300

It was also used later on Samsung Galaxy SIII(2012) it had the Quad core 200-500mhz GPU variant Mali 400MP4 , Giving the SIII a huge amount of 3D acceleration. It had the Quad Core 1.4ghz Cortex A9, 1GB ram same as the SII and Exynos 4412 Chipset. It powered a 4.8 inch HD (1280x720 pixels) Super AMOLED Display.

 Is it still good?

currently this GPU is used in very little devices as it is old (Released 2011) and not quite upto the mark for too much graphic rendering, It can mainly be found in budget phones like Walton Primo H3, Quad core 1.3ghz, Mali 400 dual core 300-450mhz, 1 GB ram and MediaTek MTK chipset. Powering a 4.7 inch (540x960 Pixels) IPS+OGS display.

Walton Primo H3

It power Walton Primo GH2 too, Quad core 1.3ghz, Dual core 200-370mhz Mali 400, 1GB ram and MediaTek MTK chipset. Powering a 4.5 inches FWVGA (480 X 854) pixels TFT display

Walton Primo GH2

Walton Primo R3 is also powered by 1.3ghz Quad core, Triple core 200-500mhz Mali 400MP, 1GB ram and MediaTek MTK chipset. Powering a 4.7inch HD(720x1280 pixels) IPS Black Light Display.

Walton Primo R3

Symphony Xplorer W160 is also powered by 1.3ghz Quad core, Dual Core 200-450mhz Mali 400MP, 1GB ram and a MediaTek MTK chipset. Powering a 5inch HD(720x1280 pixels) IPS display.

Symphony Xpolrer W160

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