Xring O1 vs M3 (iPad)

We compared the 10-core Xiaomi Xring O1 (Mali-G925 Immortalis MP16) with the older 8-core Apple M3 (iPad) (Apple M3 GPU) 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 Xiaomi Xring O1
  • Performs 79% better in floating-point computations
  • Has 2 more cores
  • Better instruction set architecture
  • Shows better (up to 7%) AnTuTu 11 score – 2963K vs 2777K
Pros of Apple M3 (iPad)
  • Supports 33% higher memory bandwidth (102.4 against 76.8 GB/s)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Xring O1 +7%
2963052
2777287
CPU 937172 782907
GPU 996086 1029236
Memory 409648 305749
UX 620146 659395
Total score 2963052 2777287
Samples [5 tests] [8 tests]
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
2746
M3 (iPad) +13%
3113
Multi-Core Score
8431
M3 (iPad) +40%
11795
Asset compression 332.8 MB/sec 458.1 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 236.9 pages/sec 270.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 266 Mpixels/sec 299.9 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 208.8 images/sec 287.2 images/sec
HDR 262.9 Mpixels/sec 422.1 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 32.7 images/sec 48.2 images/sec
Photo processing 80.1 images/sec 116.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 8.25 Mpixels/sec 13.4 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 4 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
21512
M3 (iPad) +115%
46172
Background blur 42.3 images/sec 86.1 images/sec
Face detection 14.3 images/sec 108.3 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.9 Gpixels/sec 1.43 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 1.15 Gpixels/sec 1.93 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 1.72 Gpixels/sec 2.41 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.22 Gpixels/sec 0.62 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 71.6 Gpixels/sec 128.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 2977 FPS 4690 FPS
API Vulkan Metal
Samples 4 tests 3 tests
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
2413
M3 (iPad) +12%
2695
Score 2413 2695
Stability 92% 70%
Graphics test 18 FPS 20 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
9022
M3 (iPad) +15%
10356
Score 9022 10356
Graphics test 34 FPS 39 FPS
Section 1 37 FPS 52 FPS
Section 2 35 FPS 38 FPS
Section 3 31 FPS 28 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
5832
n/a
Score 5832 -
Graphics test 34 FPS -

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
15735
n/a
Web score 17566 -
Video editing score 6957 -
Data manipulation score 15048 -
Photo editing score 27481 -
Writing score 19142 -
Phones tested 3 models -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Xring O1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-28 (Satoru_Goatjo)AnTuTu 112842416
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-09 (Albert)CPU Throttle92%
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-05 (Albert?)Geekbench 6 GPU21512
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-05 (Albert?)Geekbench 6 CPU2746 / 8431
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-05 (Albert?)AnTuTu 112963052
Apple M3 (iPad)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-17 (Jacob)AnTuTu 112015536
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-12 (Kaimen)AnTuTu 112811760
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-08 (Bearry)AnTuTu 112838721
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-22 (Noora)AnTuTu 112779459
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-21 (Noora)AnTuTu 112708158

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Xring O1 and M3 (iPad)

CPU

Architecture 2x 3.9 GHz – Cortex-X925
4x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725
2x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A725
2x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A520
4x 4.05 GHz –
4x 2.75 GHz –
Cores 10 8
Frequency 3900 MHz 4050 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache - 256 KB
L2 cache - 16 MB
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Transistor count 19 billion 25 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 20 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G925 Immortalis MP16 Apple M3 GPU
Architecture Valhall 5th gen Apple GPU
GPU frequency 1392 MHz 1380 MHz
Pipelines 16 9
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 2048 1152
FLOPS 5701.6 Gigaflops 3179.5 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 -
OpenCL version 3.0 -
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance 44 TOPS 18 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5T LPDDR5
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 8x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 76.8 Gb/s 102.4 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 NVMe
Max display resolution - 2732 x 2048
Max camera resolution - 1x 48MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem MediaTek T800 -
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7900 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 4200 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 6
Bluetooth 5.4 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced May 2025 October 2023
Class Flagship Flagship

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Samsung trash February 20, 2026 at 02:03 PM
A 3 year old proccessor beating the current best lol
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