Xring O3 vs A20 Pro
We compared the 10-core Xiaomi Xring O3 (Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16) with the newer 6-core Apple A20 Pro (Apple A20 Pro 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
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 Xiaomi Xring O3
- Performs 2.3x better in floating-point computations
- Has 4 more cores
- Shows significantly better (up to 52%) AnTuTu 11 score – 5228K vs 3434K
Pros of Apple A20 Pro
- Has a smaller size transistor (2 versus 3 nm)
- 13% higher CPU clock speed (4930 vs 4350 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1359147 | 879839 |
| GPU | 2143582 | 1407166 |
| Memory | 941063 | 418755 |
| UX | 784222 | 728894 |
| Total score | 5228014 | 3434654 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 4700 | 4263 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 17850 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 11474 | 9024 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Xring O3
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-23 -> manvancongggg | AnTuTu 12 | 4862080 |
| 📘 2026-09-08 (KarlderaL) | AnTuTu 12 | 5558210 |
Apple A20 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-25 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4707 / 12705 |
| 📘 2026-09-25 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 GPU | 65077 |
| 📘 2026-09-24 (Ianzzzz) | AnTuTu 11 | 3659652 |
| 📘 2026-09-20 (Théo's) | AnTuTu 11 | 3428810 |
| 📘 2026-09-12 (hiya) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 64915 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Xring O3 and A20 ProCPU
| Architecture | 2x 4.35 GHz – C1-Ultra 4x 3.68 GHz – C1-Premium 4x 3.15 GHz – C1-Pro |
2x 4.93 GHz – 4x 2.64 GHz – |
| Cores | 10 | 6 |
| Frequency | 4350 MHz | 4930 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.3-A | ARMv9.4-A |
| L1 cache | - | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | - |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 2 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 24 billion | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16 | Apple A20 Pro GPU |
| Architecture | Valhall 6th gen | Apple A GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1600 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Pipelines | 16 | 7 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 2048 | 896 |
| FLOPS | 6554 Gigaflops | 2903 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.2 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | 200 TOPS | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR6 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 5333 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 24 Bit | 3x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 113.8 Gb/s | 115.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Max camera resolution | - | 3x 48MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 |
- AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | Apple C2 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | August 2026 | September 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | APL1Y01 |
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