Helio A22 vs Kirin 710

We compared the 4-core MediaTek Helio A22 (PowerVR GE8300) with the newer 8-core HiSilicon Kirin 710 (Mali-G51 MP4) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 710
  • Performs 3.1x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 2.2x) AnTuTu 11 score – 336K vs 155K
  • Has 4 more cores
  • Higher GPU frequency (~52%)
  • 10% higher CPU clock speed (2200 vs 2000 MHz)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
155362
Kirin 710 +117%
336905
CPU 50011 149801
GPU 11351 23442
Memory 43708 78854
UX 50292 84808
Total score 155362 336905
Samples Less than 3 [11 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
300
Kirin 710 +21%
362
Multi-Core Score
486
Kirin 710 +151%
1222
Asset compression 27.9 MB/sec 76.5 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 15.7 pages/sec 41.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 21.1 Mpixels/sec 44.9 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 5.92 images/sec 12.9 images/sec
HDR 15.8 Mpixels/sec 44.8 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 0.47 images/sec 1.85 images/sec
Photo processing 4.01 images/sec 10.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 855.9 Mpixels/sec 2.08 Mpixels/sec
Samples Less than 3 4 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur - 1.56 images/sec
Face detection - 0.95 images/sec
Horizon detection - 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection - 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur - 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching - 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching - 3.27 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics - 143.5 FPS
API - OpenCL
Samples - 3 tests

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
4794
Kirin 710 +36%
6543
Web score 5175 5937
Video editing score 3987 4886
Data manipulation score 3196 5530
Photo editing score 8627 11098
Writing score 4460 6649
Phones tested Less than 3 3 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile - 51 FPS
[Medium]
Call of Duty: Mobile - 29 FPS
[Low]
Fortnite - 25 FPS
[Low]
Shadowgun Legends - 56 FPS
[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz - 52 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device - Huawei Honor 10 Lite
1080 x 2340
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
MediaTek Helio A22
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-29 (Honor 8S user)CPU Throttle100%
HiSilicon Kirin 710
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-16 (ᢀᡃᡐH.D.H7)AnTuTu356350
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-09 (Daryn)AnTuTu307195
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-20 (Zephy)AnTuTu337060
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-13 (Flarbo)AnTuTu329479
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-02 (Vite180)AnTuTu324696

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Helio A22 and Kirin 710

CPU

Architecture 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A73
4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Cores 4 8
Frequency 2000 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache - 256 KB
L2 cache - 512 KB
L3 cache - 1 MB
Process 12 nanometers 12 nanometers
Transistor count - 5.5 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W 5 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name PowerVR GE8300 Mali-G51 MP4
Architecture PowerVR Series8XE (Rogue) Bifrost 1st gen
GPU frequency 660 MHz 1000 MHz
Pipelines 2 4
Shading units 8 8
Total shaders 16 32
FLOPS 20.8 Gigaflops 64 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 1.2 2.0

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) NeuroPilot No

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1600 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth 13.9 Gb/s -
Max size 6 GB 6 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution 1600 x 720 2340 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 21MP, 2x 13MP 1x 40MP, 2x 24MP
Video capture 1K at 30FPS 1K at 30FPS
Video playback 1080p at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G support LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 12
5G support No No
Download speed Up to 300 Mbps Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 4
Bluetooth 5.0 4.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced June 2018 July 2018
Class Low end Mid range
Model number MT6761V/WAB Hi6260
Official page MediaTek Helio A22 official site HiSilicon Kirin 710 official site
Successor - - HiSilicon Kirin 820

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