Xring O3 vs Dimensity 9600 Pro
We compared the 10-core Xiaomi Xring O3 (Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16) with the newer 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro (Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP12) 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
- Has 2 more cores
- Performs 19% better in floating-point computations
- Shows better (up to 8%) AnTuTu 11 score – 5228K vs 4838K
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro
- Has a smaller size transistor (2 versus 3 nm)
- Higher GPU frequency (~13%)
- Supports 12% higher memory bandwidth (128 against 113.8 GB/s)
- 5% higher CPU clock speed (4550 vs 4350 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1359147 | 1388289 |
| GPU | 2143582 | 1881401 |
| Memory | 941063 | 488503 |
| UX | 784222 | 1079840 |
| Total score | 5228014 | 4838033 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Compute Score (GPU)
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 4700 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 11474 | 9245 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Xring O3 and Dimensity 9600 ProCPU
| Architecture | 2x 4.35 GHz – C1-Ultra 4x 3.68 GHz – C1-Premium 4x 3.15 GHz – C1-Pro |
2x 4.55 GHz – C2-Ultra 3x 4.35 GHz – C2-Pro 3x 3.1 GHz – C2-Pro |
| Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Frequency | 4350 MHz | 4550 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.3-A | ARMv9.3-A |
| L1 cache | - | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 16 MB |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 2 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 24 billion | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16 | Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP12 |
| Architecture | Valhall 6th gen | Valhall 6th gen |
| GPU frequency | 1600 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Pipelines | 16 | 12 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 2048 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | 6554 Gigaflops | 5529.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.2 | 12.2 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | MediaTek NPU 1090 |
| NPU theoretical performance | 200 TOPS | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR6 | LPDDR6 |
| Memory frequency | 5333 MHz | 5333 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 24 Bit | 4x 24 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 113.8 Gb/s | 128 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.1 |
| Max camera resolution | - | 1x 200MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| 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 LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 |
Connectivity
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 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 | - | MT6995 |
| Official page | - | MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro official site |
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