Xring O3 vs M5 (iPad)
We compared two 10-core processors: Xiaomi Xring O3 (with Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16 graphics) and Apple M5 (iPad) (Apple M5 GPU). 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 58% better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 54%) AnTuTu 11 score β 5228K vs 3396K
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple M5 (iPad)
- Supports 34% higher memory bandwidth (153 against 113.8 GB/s)
- 6% higher CPU clock speed (4610 vs 4350 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1359147 | 965229 |
| GPU | 2143582 | 1313129 |
| Memory | 941063 | 458312 |
| UX | 784222 | 660296 |
| Total score | 5228014 | 3396957 |
| 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 | - | 576.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 374.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 380 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | - | 452.7 images/sec |
| HDR | - | 549.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | - | 55 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 161.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 18.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | - | 4 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | - | 153 images/sec |
| Face detection | - | 177.6 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | - | 2.22 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | - | 2.84 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | - | 5.76 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | - | 0.95 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | - | 188 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | - | 6580.5 FPS |
| API | - | Metal |
| Samples | - | 4 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 4700 | 4104 |
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 30 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 17310 |
| Graphics test | - | 66 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 88 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 63 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 46 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 M5 (iPad)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-06 (Ty) | AnTuTu 11 | 3824321 |
| π 2026-09-09 (patrick) | AnTuTu 11 | 3511739 |
| π 2026-08-12 (LBWNB) | AnTuTu 11 | 3396957 |
| π 2026-07-17 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 GPU | 76909 |
| π 2026-07-17 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4193 / 15913 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Xring O3 and M5 (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 4.61 GHz β 6x 2.95 GHz β |
| Cores | 10 | 10 |
| Frequency | 4350 MHz | 4610 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 | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16 | Apple M5 GPU |
| Architecture | Valhall 6th gen | Apple GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1600 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Pipelines | 16 | 10 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 2048 | 1280 |
| FLOPS | 6554 Gigaflops | 4147.2 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 | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR6 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 5333 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 24 Bit | 8x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 113.8 Gb/s | 153 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 | - | C1X |
| 4G support | - | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | August 2026 | October 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | T8142 |
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