Xring O3 vs M4 (iPad)
We compared two 10-core processors: Xiaomi Xring O3 (with Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16 graphics) and Apple M4 (iPad) (). 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 74% better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 68%) AnTuTu 11 score β 5228K vs 3116K
- Higher GPU frequency (~9%)
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple M4 (iPad)
- Supports 5% higher memory bandwidth (120 against 113.8 GB/s)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1359147 | 915032 |
| GPU | 2143582 | 1135331 |
| Memory | 941063 | 349968 |
| UX | 784222 | 715682 |
| Total score | 5228014 | 3116013 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [3 tests] |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | - | 501.5 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 305.6 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 317.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | - | 416.7 images/sec |
| HDR | - | 461.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | - | 54.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 139.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 14.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | - | 7 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | - | 103 images/sec |
| Face detection | - | 124.8 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | - | 1.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | - | 2.32 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | - | 2.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | - | 0.73 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | - | 164.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | - | 4657.1 FPS |
| API | - | Metal |
| Samples | - | 6 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 4700 | 3477 |
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 26 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 14286 |
| Graphics test | - | 54 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 63 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 56 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 43 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 11474 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Xring O3
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-23 -> manvancongggg | AnTuTu 12 | 4862080 |
| π 2026-09-08 (KarlderaL) | AnTuTu 12 | 5558210 |
Apple M4 (iPad)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-07 (Lexapes) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 57080 |
| π 2026-09-07 (Lexapes) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3907 / 15397 |
| π 2026-09-07 (Lexapes) | AnTuTu 11 | 3396741 |
| π 2026-08-03 (Astreeek) | AnTuTu 11 | 2940000 |
| π 2026-04-26 (BG-M4-User) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 52952 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Xring O3 and M4 (iPad)CPU
| Architecture | 2x 4.35 GHz β C1-Ultra 4x 3.68 GHz β C1-Premium 4x 3.15 GHz β C1-Pro |
4x 4.41 GHz β 6x 2.85 GHz β |
| Cores | 10 | 10 |
| Frequency | 4350 MHz | 4410 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.3-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | - | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | - |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 24 billion | 28 billion |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16 | - |
| Architecture | Valhall 6th gen | - |
| GPU frequency | 1600 MHz | 1470 MHz |
| Pipelines | 16 | - |
| Shading units | 128 | - |
| Total shaders | 2048 | - |
| FLOPS | 6554 Gigaflops | 3763.2 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 | 38 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR6 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 5333 MHz | 7500 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 24 Bit | 8x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 113.8 Gb/s | 120 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | - | 2752 x 2064 |
| 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 | - | Snapdragon X71 |
| 4G support | - | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | - | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | - | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | August 2026 | May 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
Further details
Notes on M4 (iPad):
- There is slightly slower (5-7%) version of M4 that uses 3 performance + 6 efficiency cores array in 256GB/512GB models of iPad Pro.
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