Xring O3 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
We compared the 10-core Xiaomi Xring O3 (Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16) with the older 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (Adreno 840) 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 8 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- Performs 64% better in floating-point computations
- Has 2 more cores
- Supports 34% higher memory bandwidth (113.8 against 84.8 GB/s)
- Shows better (up to 32%) AnTuTu 11 score β 5228K vs 3950K
- Higher GPU frequency (~23%)
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- 9% higher CPU clock speed (4740 vs 4350 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1359147 | 1112833 |
| GPU | 2143582 | 1494722 |
| Memory | 941063 | 442350 |
| UX | 784222 | 900177 |
| Total score | 5228014 | 3950082 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [283 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | - | 421.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 238 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 286.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | - | 330.6 images/sec |
| HDR | - | 308.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | - | 40.7 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 98.7 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 14.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | - | 79 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | - | 51.9 images/sec |
| Face detection | - | 24.9 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | - | 0.72 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | - | 1 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | - | 2.04 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | - | 0.36 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | - | 115.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | - | 4390.2 FPS |
| API | - | Vulkan |
| Samples | - | 50 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 4700 | 2737 |
| Stability | - | 67% |
| Graphics test | - | 20 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 12156 |
| Graphics test | - | 46 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 52 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 46 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 40 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 11474 | 6490 |
| Graphics test | - | 38 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 31126 |
| Video editing score | - | 8963 |
| Data manipulation score | - | 19422 |
| Photo editing score | - | 62111 |
| Writing score | - | 40875 |
| Phones tested | - | 13 models |
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 |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-04 (fastboot) | AnTuTu 12 | 4280996 |
| π 2026-10-04 (inst1dy) | AnTuTu 11 | 4248808 |
| π 2026-10-04 (Π₯Π°Π½) | AnTuTu 12 | 4092547 |
| π 2026-10-03 (Kapernax) | AnTuTu 12 | 4057598 |
| π 2026-10-03 -> Rennsport | Geekbench 7 GPU | 16267 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Xring O3 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5CPU
| Architecture | 2x 4.35 GHz β C1-Ultra 4x 3.68 GHz β C1-Premium 4x 3.15 GHz β C1-Pro |
2x 4.74 GHz β Oryon Gen 3 Prime 6x 3.63 GHz β Oryon Gen 3 Performance |
| Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Frequency | 4350 MHz | 4740 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.3-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | - | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 12 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 8 MB |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 24 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 8 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16 | Adreno 840 |
| Architecture | Valhall 6th gen | Adreno 800 |
| GPU frequency | 1600 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| Pipelines | 16 | 3 |
| Shading units | 128 | 512 |
| Total shaders | 2048 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | 6554 Gigaflops | 3993.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.2 | 12.1 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon |
| NPU theoretical performance | 200 TOPS | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR6 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 5333 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 24 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 113.8 Gb/s | 84.8 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 |
| Max display resolution | - | 3840 x 2540 |
| Max camera resolution | - | 1x 320MP |
| 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 - VP8 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | Snapdragon X85 |
| 4G support | - | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | - | Up to 12500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | - | Up to 3700 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 | September 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | SM8850-AC, SM8850-5-AC, SM8850-1-AD |
| Official page | - | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site |
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