Xring O3 vs Kirin 9035

We compared the 10-core Xiaomi Xring O3 (Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16) with the newer 9-core HiSilicon Kirin 9035 (Maleoon 935) 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 O3
  • Shows significantly better (up to 2.9x) AnTuTu 11 score – 5228K vs 1811K
  • Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 5 nm)
  • 53% higher CPU clock speed (4350 vs 2850 MHz)
  • Supports 48% higher memory bandwidth (113.8 against 76.8 GB/s)
  • Better instruction set architecture
  • Has 1 more cores

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Xring O3 +189%
5228014
1811490
CPU 1359147 541759
GPU 2143582 508312
Memory 941063 453112
UX 784222 308307
Total score 5228014 1811490
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Xring O3 +166%
3715
1398
Multi-Core Score
Xring O3 +158%
14213
5510
Compute Score (GPU)
Xring O3 +356%
36901
8098

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
4700
Score 4700 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
11474
Score 11474 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Xring O3
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 -> manvanconggggAnTuTu 124862080
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-08 (KarlderaL)AnTuTu 125558210
HiSilicon Kirin 9035
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Xring O3 and Kirin 9035

CPU

Architecture 2x 4.35 GHz – C1-Ultra
4x 3.68 GHz – C1-Premium
4x 3.15 GHz – C1-Pro
1x 2.85 GHz –
4x 2.27 GHz –
4x 1.72 GHz –
Cores 10 9
Frequency 4350 MHz 2850 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.3-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache 12 MB -
L3 cache 16 MB -
Process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count 24 billion -
Manufacturing TSMC SMIC

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16 Maleoon 935
Architecture Valhall 6th gen Maleoon
GPU frequency 1600 MHz -
Pipelines 16 6
Shading units 128 256
Total shaders 2048 1536
FLOPS 6554 Gigaflops -
Vulkan version 1.4 1.3
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
DirectX version 12.2 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Da Vinci
NPU theoretical performance 200 TOPS -

Memory

Memory type LPDDR6 LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 5333 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 4x 24 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 113.8 Gb/s 76.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution - 3840 x 2160
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
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem - Balong 6000
4G support - LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed - Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed - Up to 3500 Mbps
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 October 2026
Class Flagship Flagship

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