HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs MediaTek Helio A22

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 970 with MediaTek Helio A22. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

Kirin 970

318577

Helio A22

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 970

389

Helio A22

331

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 970

1502

Helio A22

1142

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	8	4
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	10 nm	12 nm
Number of transistors	5500 million
TDP	9 Watt	4 Watt
Neural Processing	HiSilicon NPU	MediaTek NeuroPilot

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 6 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	1866 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G72 MP12	Imagination PowerVR GE8300
GPU Architecture	Mali Bifrost	PowerVR Rogue
GPU frequency	750 MHz	660 MHz
Execution units	12	2
Shaders	192	16
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.0	1.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2340x1080	1600x720
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP	1x 21MP, 2x 13MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	FullHD+@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1.2 Gbps	0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS GLONASS