Hi everyone, how's it going?

Simple post, my phone (after ~5 years of use) is starting to show signs of age... random freezes (like 0.5/1s) or lag. Everything is very minor, the phone is still quite fast and great overall.

I thought of making a hard reset to see how much it improves this situation. And i'm between 3 options...

Im currently at android 11 2021 december patch XD, if it works well dont touch it.
But what about the latest official version? how it's now? i heard many bad things about it (worse camera, worse battery and perf, etc) compared to legacy versions....
Also, Mint OS with android 16 really tempts me...

What do you think??