As shown on this slide, using the Nbench performance benchmarks, the SAMA5D3 has almost double the performance of a device using the Cortex-A8 core with VFPU v3 even though the Cortex device runs faster. Using the Whetstone benchmark, the SAMA5D3 also has double the performance at equivalent processor speeds. Even with the Cortex-A8 device running at 720 MHz, the SAMA5x outperforms it in the Whetstone benchmark. For additional information on the benchmarks, please visit: Nbench-byte at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBench or Whetstone at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whetstone_%28benchmark%29.