Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus vs MediaTek Helio A22

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus, vs MediaTek Helio A22. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus and MediaTek Helio A22
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus
737495
MediaTek Helio A22
123031
CPU20880932718
GPU20426413014
Memory14091242950
UX18351034349
NanoReview Score737495123031
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus
4180
MediaTek Helio A22
n/a
Stability82 %n/a
Graphics Test25 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus
1162
MediaTek Helio A22
332
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus
3276
MediaTek Helio A22
1145
File Compression153 MB/s77 MB/s
HTML5 Browser87 pages/s39 pages/s
PDF Rendering104.3 MP/sec43.4 MP/sec
Background Blur10.4 frames/s1.68 frames/s
Photo Processing29.5 frames/s9.11 frames/s
Image Detection77.8 frames/s14.1 frames/s
HDR104.9 MP/sec43.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.11 MP/sec2.16 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 74 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 28 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 104 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (High) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 56 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Asus ROG Phone 3 (1080x2340) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.1 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
4/2 (Cortex-A53)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 4
Frequency 3100 2000
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Transistor count 10.3 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 5 W 4 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 650 PowerVR GE8300
Architecture Adreno 600 PowerVR Series8XE (Rogue)
GPU Frequency 675 MHz 660 MHz
Execution Units 3 2
Shader Units 256 8
Total shader 768 16
FLOPS 1036.8 GFLOPS 20.8 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon 698 NeuroPilot

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 1600 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 13.9 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 6 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 3.0
- UFS 3.1
eMMC 5.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 1600x720 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x21 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 1K at 30FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS 1080p at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X55 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 7
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 300 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou

Other

Announced July, 2020 yr June, 2018 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename SM8250-AB MT6761V/WAB

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus the clear winner in this comparison.

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