MediaTek Helio A22 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (97/100)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Helio A22 (19/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 19)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 9)
MediaTek Helio A22
MediaTek

MediaTek Helio A22

19/100
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[ WINNER ]
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark MediaTek Helio A22 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 19.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 9.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio A22 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) NeuroPilot Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio A22 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 50011 1112833
GPU 11351 1494722
Memory 43708 442350
Total score 155362 3950082
UX 50292 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio A22 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 4 8
Frequency 2000 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 12 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W —
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio A22 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 24
5G support No Yes
Bluetooth 5.0 6.0
Download speed Up to 300 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 7
Modem — Snapdragon X85

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio A22 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Asset compression 27.9 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 0.47 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
HDR 15.8 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 15.7 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Image detection 5.92 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 21.1 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 4.01 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 855.9 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples Less than 3 79 tests
API — Vulkan
Edge detection — 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 2.04 Gpixels/sec
Horizon detection — 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics — 4390.2 FPS
Stereo matching — 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio A22 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS 20.8 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 660 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 1.2 3.0
Pipelines 2 3
Shading units 8 512
Total shaders 16 1536
Vulkan version 1.1 1.4
DirectX version — 12.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio A22 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced June 2018 September 2025
Class Low end Flagship
Model number MT6761V/WAB SM8850-AC
Official page MediaTek Helio A22 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio A22 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 13.9 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 6 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 1600 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio A22 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 21MP, 2x 13MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 1600 x 720 3840 x 2540
Storage type eMMC 5.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 1K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 1080p at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio A22 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 3196 15949
Phones tested Less than 3 13 models
Photo editing score 8627 40273
Video editing score 3987 8052
Web score 5175 16855
Writing score 4460 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio A22 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-08-29(Honor 8S user) CPU Throttle —
📘 2026-08-19->2295031556Leon — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Ilya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(q_l8) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24->Ang3L4D — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Edwin3q) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Hüseyn Alizade) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(erosado-pr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(freqr) — AnTuTu

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio A22 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test — 20 FPS
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS
Stability — 67%

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio A22 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro Plus — 4716234
10.Honor Magic 8 — 4037547
2.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro — 4678468
3.Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra — 4602290
4.Vivo X300 Ultra — 4247433
5.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus — 4244509
6.Oppo Find X9 Ultra — 4231988
7.Honor Robot Phone — 4166339
8.Honor Magic V6 — 4166339
9.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro — 4117238
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 — AnTuTu v11

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