Helio A22 vs Dimensity 9500M
We compared the 4-core MediaTek Helio A22 (PowerVR GE8300) with the newer 8-core Dimensity 9500M (Mali-G1 Ultra MP11) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
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
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9500M
- Performs 232.3x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 23x) AnTuTu 11 score β 3579K vs 155K
- Supports 514% higher memory bandwidth (85.3 against 13.9 GB/s)
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 12 nm)
- Higher GPU frequency (~2.6x)
- 111% higher CPU clock speed (4210 vs 2000 MHz)
- Has 4 more cores
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 50011 | 983039 |
| GPU | 11351 | 1327484 |
| Memory | 43708 | 460333 |
| UX | 50292 | 809096 |
| Total score | 155362 | 3579952 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 27.9 MB/sec | - |
| HTML 5 Browser | 15.7 pages/sec | - |
| PDF Renderer | 21.1 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Image detection | 5.92 images/sec | - |
| HDR | 15.8 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Background blur | 0.47 images/sec | - |
| Photo processing | 4.01 images/sec | - |
| Ray tracing | 855.9 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Samples | Less than 3 | - |
Compute Score (GPU)
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 5175 | - |
| Video editing score | 3987 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 3196 | - |
| Photo editing score | 8627 | - |
| Writing score | 4460 | - |
| Phones tested | Less than 3 | - |
Recent User Tests
MediaTek Helio A22
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-08-29 (Honor 8S user) | CPU Throttle | 100% |
MediaTek Dimensity 9500M
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Helio A22 and Dimensity 9500MCPU
| Architecture | 4x 2 GHz β Cortex-A53 | 1x 4.21 GHz β C1-Ultra 3x 3.5 GHz β C1-Premium 4x 2.7 GHz β C1-Pro |
| Cores | 4 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2000 MHz | 4210 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv9.3-A |
| L1 cache | - | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | - | 16 MB |
| Process | 12 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 4 W | 9 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | PowerVR GE8300 | Mali-G1 Ultra MP11 |
| Architecture | PowerVR Series8XE (Rogue) | Valhall 5th gen |
| GPU frequency | 660 MHz | 1716 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | 11 |
| Shading units | 8 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 16 | 1408 |
| FLOPS | 20.8 Gigaflops | 4832.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| OpenCL version | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | - | 12.1 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | NeuroPilot | MediaTek NPU 990 |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 100 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 1600 MHz | 5333 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 13.9 Gb/s | 85.3 Gb/s |
| Max size | 6 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 |
| Max display resolution | 1600 x 720 | - |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 21MP, 2x 13MP | 1x 320MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 30FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 30FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 |
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 |
Connectivity
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 7 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 300 Mbps | Up to 10700 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | June 2018 | August 2026 |
| Class | Low end | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6761V/WAB | - |
| Official page | MediaTek Helio A22 official site | - |
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