Yeah the original says Cell far surpasses the androids but like Kenshi said it may be in future tense. At least Herms translated that as it was in future.
Does Piccolo mention Vegeta specifically being powerless against the androids? Or does Picc mention the situation as a whole? Because in the translation I tried to pull off, it seems Piccolo says "Cell far surpasses those utterly unmanageable androids (17 and co.)", rather than saying Vegeta specifically was powerless against them. Could just be that I suck tho.