Read 3 Minutes! Helio A22 vs Helio P22 – Redmi 6A benchmarks

After the birth of the new sixth-generation Xiaomi ultra-budget smartphone Redmi 6A, and after it became known that this device will run on a MediaTek processor (namely on the Helio A22 board), serious alarm arose in the world of mobile gadget reviewers and Xiaomi fans. Like, Xiaomi suddenly moved away from what we all loved it so much for. After all, we are waiting for cheap phones with prestigious and high-quality Snapdragon, but they took and offered us a budget phone with cheap MediaTek. What if the new product starts to slow down, lag and overheat? And is it worth buying this device at all?

Let's remember that last year's budget phone from the manufacturer Redmi 5A was equipped with a Snapdragon 425 board. And we also had a question: is changing the processor manufacturer in an inexpensive Xiaomi phone a step forward or a step back? Let's try to figure it all out.

Technical parameters of Snapdragon 425 and Helio A22

As for the technical characteristics of processors, the advantage in terms of advantages is clearly on the side of the new board produced by MediaTek. The Snapdragon 425, which is installed on the Redmi 5A, has 4 ARM Cortex-A53 cores capable of operating at up to 1.4 GHz. Helio A22 is also equipped with four ARM Cortex-A53 cores, but they are already overclocked to 2 GHz. In addition, the MediaTek processor is manufactured using a new 12-nanometer process technology (the size of transistors on the Snapdragon 425 is 28 nanometers). Let us remember that the thinner the transistors, the less energy the processor consumes and, accordingly, the more energy efficient it is and the less susceptible to heating.

Read 3 Minutes! Helio A22 vs Helio P22 – Redmi 6A benchmarks

Rating of Helio P22 vs Helio A22

Helio P22-10/10 Helio A22-7.5/10

Summary

The latest budget chipset from MediaTek Helio A22 includes all the entry-level features including face unlock, single or dual camera with bokeh effect. On the other hand, Helio P22 is produced using the same technology as Helio A22. Find out all the key differences and the best processor of both.

The newly launched Xiaomi Redmi 6 series smartphones are powered by MediaTek Helio A22 and Helio P22 processors. Helio P22, launched in April 2020, is MediaTek's mid-range processor, marketed as an all-inclusive processor. The MediaTek Helio A22, launched alongside the Redmi 6A, is also touted for entry-level apps like face unlock, smart photo album, etc. The MediaTek A22 is a relatively new processor equipped in the Redmi 6A. What are the key differences between Helio P22 and Helio A22.

Helio P22 vs Helio A22

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Technical Specifications Helio A22

• ARM Cortex processor – A53 Quad core with frequency up to 2.0 GHz
• GPU – IMG PowerVR
• RAM interface – LPDDR3 up to 4 GB @ 933 MHz, LPDDR4x up to 6 GB @ 1600 MHz
• Flash memory (storage) interface I/F-eMMC 5.1
• Display – up to 1600 x 720
• Video – H.264 to 1080p30 and H.265/H. 264 for playback up to 1080p30
• Camera – 21MP single camera @ 30 fps, or 13 + 8MP camera @ 30 fps Features – AI Face ID (Face Unlock), AI Smart Photo Album, Single-Cam/Dual-Cam Bokeh (Bokeh effect); MEMA 3DNR (meme 3dnr technology); Multi-Frame Noise reduction
• Cellular Carrier Aggregation (CA), CDMA2000 1x/EVDO Rev. A (SRLTE), FDD/TDD LTE, HSPA+
• Specific Functions – TAS 2.0, HUPE, IMS (VoLTE\ViLTE\WoWi-Fi), eMBMS, Dual 4G VoLTE (DSDS), Band 71
• LTE Cat-4, Cat-7 DL/Cat-13 UL

For the unversed, MediaTek has changed its mobile processor strategy by focusing on mid-range chipsets. For this reason, we are seeing more mid-range SoCs (System-On-Chip) in the market, such as Helio P60, Helio P70, Helio P22, etc.

First, let's visually compare the specs of MediaTek P22 and MediaTek A22 as shown below.

In MediaTek's smartphone processor portfolio, the letters A (advanced/affordable) and P (premium) stand for the mid-range and entry-level (low-end) processor segments, respectively. Compared to the processor parameters, MediaTek P22 is relatively more dominant, especially with the eight-core processor.

Also, MediaTek has not revealed the GPU model in the Helio A22 chipset, so we assume that the PowerVR GE8320 GPU has better graphics processing capabilities. 7 LTE specification. Let's take a look at the AnTuTu benchmarks of both smartphones equipped with the above processors.

Redmi 6 vs Redmi 6A The processor, which is the main hardware component that determines the smartphone's performance, gaming performance, power consumption, heat dissipation, fast charging support and network connectivity. With that said, we look at the processor specs and benchmark scores to see which one is better in the phone.

AnTuTu Benchmarks MediaTek Helio P22 vs Helio A22

Rating / points Redmi 6 (Helio P22) Redmi 6A (Helio A22) Overall 75578 / 62498 CPU 36579 / 29942 UX 19602 / 18293 GPU 11964 / 8004 Memory 7433 / 6259

The performance difference between MediaTek P22 and MediaTek A22 is not too big. There is also little difference in other characteristics and support for mobile networks, etc. So don't get confused by P and A. Helio P22 is the best processor that competes directly with Snapdragon 625, Exynos 7870, etc.

Redmi 6A in AnTuTu

Next, it’s worth looking at the results of synthetic tests. For example, in the well-known AnTuTu benchmark, Redmi 5A scores 43,900 points. The indicators of its successor Redmi 6A in the same AnTuTu are already 62,200 “parrots”. As you can see, AnTuTu is also more favorable to the new Xiaomi product with MediaTek on board.

Mobile phones (86)

2020

• Artel Quadro
• Blackview BV4900
• Coolpad Legacy SR
• Cubot P40
• Huawei Honor 8S 2020
• Huawei Honor 8S Prime
• Kenxinda KXD A1 4G
• Kenxinda KXD D68S
• Kyocera Kantan Sumaho2
• Nokia C2 Tava
• Nokia C2 Tennen
• Sigma mobile X-treme PQ36
• T-Mobile Revvl 4
• TCL A2X
• Tecno Pouvoir 4
• Tecno Spark 5
• Tecno Spark 5 Air
• Tecno Spark 6 Air
• Tecno Spark Go Plus
• Tecno Spark Power 2 Air
• Wiko Y61
• ZTE Blade A3 Prime

2019

• Blackview A60 Pro
• Blackview BV5900
• Blackview BV6100
• Coolpad Cool 3 Plus
• Coolpad Cool 9
• Coolpad Legacy S
• Coolpad N5 Lite
• Cubot C15 Pro
• Cubot King Kong Mini
• Cubot Quest Lite
• Cubot R15 Pro
• Cubot R19
• Doogee Y8 Plus
• Elephone A6 Mini
• Energizer Hardcase H570s
• Energizer Ultimate U570s
• Gigaset GS190
• Huawei Honor 8S (Play
• Huawei Y5 2019
• Huawei Y6 2019
• Huawei Y6 Prime 2019
• Huawei Y6 Pro 2019
• Infinix Hot 7 Pro
• Infinix Smart 3
• Infinix Smart 3 Plus
• Infinix Smart 4/4C
• Leagoo M13
• Lenovo A5s
• Nokia 2.2
• Nokia 2.3
• Oukitel C15 Pro (Pro+)
• Oukitel C16 Pro
• Oukitel WP5
• TP-Link Neffos C9 Max
• TP-Link Neffos C9s
• TP-Link Neffos X20
• Tecno Camon 11S
• Tecno Camon 12 Air
• Tecno Camon i Sky 3
• Tecno Camon i4
• Tecno Camon iAce 2
• Tecno Camon iAce 2X
• Tecno POP 2S
• Tecno POP 2S pro
• Tecno POP 3 Plus
• Tecno Pouvoir 3 Air
• Tecno Spark 3 16+2
• Tecno Spark 3 Pro
• Tecno Spark 4
• Tecno Spark 4 Air
• Tecno Spark 4 Lite
• Tecno Spark Go
• UMIDIGI A3S
• UMIDIGI A3X
• Ulefone Note 7P
• VKworld SD200
• Vernee M7
• Vivo Y90
• Vodafone Smart N10
• XOLO Era 5X
• ZTE Blade A7 Prime

2018

• Elephone A5 lite
• Vivo Y81i
• Xiaomi Redmi 6A

User reviews

Let’s also give the floor to living people who have experience using the new product. We took reviews from real Redmi 6A users from the well-known website 4PDA. So …

“While I was waiting for the phone, and it took me 5 days to get there, I saw a lot of shitty reviewers, and I was upset because... Almost all of them crap on the phone, like 5a was better, like here Mediatek is crap, it works slowly, and so on. But when I received the phone, I realized that these reviewers live in a parallel world. Maybe, of course, I will offend the feelings of religious fanatics of Snapdragon, but in fact what we have: on 5a (Snap 425), GTA San Andreas (not the most demanding toy today, of course, but still) was running on the most minimal settings with terrible brakes, on 6a it runs at the highest visually without any brakes, I didn’t measure the FPS, but it runs smoothly, asphalt 8 on 5a at high settings also slowed down a lot, on 6a it runs smoothly. On 5a in games I felt heating through the case, on 6a without the case the case was barely warm, so there can be no talk of any throttling that torments all reviewers. The interface also works faster on 6a. Conclusion: 5A, in principle, completely suited me, but 6A is an order of magnitude higher, personally, I didn’t regret changing it, and you shouldn’t look at the shitty reviewers who, just after using the 10th stub, went to the post office for an ultra budget phone to do a review.” .

“I tested the smartphone in normal work (not in games) - the performance is completely sufficient, there are no lags or slowdowns. I compared it with my Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (4Gb RAM) - I didn’t notice any significant differences in terms of operating speed: applications (such as 2GIS, Google Maps, browsers / opening sites in them, etc.) launch at almost the same speed (some at most half a second slower), interface operation, scrolling - there are also practically no differences, only on YouTube scrolling was not so smooth - there are slight jerks. The only thing noticeable is the difference in RAM (2 GB versus 4 GB). Redmi 6A unloads applications from memory much more often, but this is not a big problem, because... they start up pretty quickly.

In general, for a price of about 6 thousand rubles, the device is simply excellent, it will not cause any discomfort during use and is sufficient for ordinary tasks.”

“The fact that the device is a bit thoughtful is a fact. But it works without failures. Applications don’t hang or crash, the phone doesn’t reboot. What exactly did you not like? I have at hand several phones of different models that are much more powerful in terms of hardware (lphone SE iphone 7plus, Samsung gelaksi S7, Leeco X651.....they are all faster and more powerful than redmi 6a. But I honestly don’t see any special advantage. Higher performance noticeable mainly in games... Well, applications load another second faster... but there’s no big difference.”

Well, for the sake of objectivity, let’s name the problems with the performance of Redmi 6A that some users encountered:

“About the camera - yes, it can run for 4 seconds, but personally, this doesn’t happen to me every time.”

“Microfreezes are noticeable on YouTube and when quickly moving around the play market. It gets a little warm when watching HD on YouTube.”

But that's probably all.

Gaming performance

As for the age-old question of whether heavy games can be played on a cheap phone, the answer may be as follows. Budget phones are initially intended only for normal everyday use (calls, SMS, social networks, Internet surfing, music, video). Those who are going to “pee” in demanding toys from morning to evening should definitely turn their attention to more expensive devices.

Games will also work on Redmi 6A (for example, “Tanks” on medium settings). Examples of tank races can be seen in numerous video reviews of this device on YouTube. Or here’s another review from w3bsit3-dns.com:

Just played free fire. By default, I set the settings to medium, it plays normally, there is no lag, for some people, probably, the Internet does not allow them to play it without lags. My Wi-Fi is ok.

But the opportunity to play some modern toy on a budget device is rather an additional bonus for the user. Plus the optimal price-quality ratio of the phone (the ability to easily use the device for everyday needs).

You can get a clear idea of ​​how quickly applications open on Redmi 6A and how it performs in games (compared to Redmi 5A) from the following video.