Xring O3 vs Kirin 9050 Pro

We compared the 10-core Xiaomi Xring O3 (Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16) with the newer 9-core HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro (Maleoon 955) 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 2.7x) AnTuTu 11 score – 5228K vs 1902K
  • Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 7 nm)
  • Performs 2x better in floating-point computations
  • Higher GPU frequency (~52%)
  • 40% higher CPU clock speed (4350 vs 3100 MHz)
  • 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 +175%
5228014
1902468
CPU 1359147 579000
GPU 2143582 543500
Memory 941063 440168
UX 784222 319800
Total score 5228014 1902468
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 +127%
3715
Multi-Core Score
Xring O3 +146%
14213
Compute Score (GPU)
Xring O3 +329%
36901

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 4700 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
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 9050 Pro
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Xring O3 and Kirin 9050 Pro

CPU

Architecture 2x 4.35 GHz – C1-Ultra
4x 3.68 GHz – C1-Premium
4x 3.15 GHz – C1-Pro
1x 3.1 GHz –
2x 2.7 GHz –
4x 2.2 GHz –
2x 1.75 GHz –
Cores 10 9
Frequency 4350 MHz 3100 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.3-A -
L2 cache 12 MB -
L3 cache 16 MB -
Process 3 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count 24 billion -
Manufacturing TSMC SMIC

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16 Maleoon 955
Architecture Valhall 6th gen Maleoon
GPU frequency 1600 MHz 1050 MHz
Pipelines 16 6
Shading units 128 256
Total shaders 2048 1536
FLOPS 6554 Gigaflops 3225.6 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 LPDDR6
Memory frequency 5333 MHz -
Bus 4x 24 Bit -
Max bandwidth 113.8 Gb/s -
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.1, UFS 5.0
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
5G support Yes Yes
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced August 2026 September 2026
Class Flagship Flagship

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