Xring O3 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
We compared the 10-core Xiaomi Xring O3 (Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16) with the newer 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 (Adreno 850) 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
- Performs 47% better in floating-point computations
- Has 2 more cores
- Higher GPU frequency (~10%)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
- Has a smaller size transistor (2 versus 3 nm)
- 15% higher CPU clock speed (5010 vs 4350 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1359147 | 1407243 |
| GPU | 2143582 | 1940214 |
| Memory | 941063 | 739539 |
| UX | 784222 | 1108982 |
| Total score | 5228014 | 5195978 |
| 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 | 4310 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 18485 |
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 |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Xring O3 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6CPU
| Architecture | 2x 4.35 GHz β C1-Ultra 4x 3.68 GHz β C1-Premium 4x 3.15 GHz β C1-Pro |
2x 5.01 GHz β 3x 4.03 GHz β 3x 3.74 GHz β |
| Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Frequency | 4350 MHz | 5010 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.3-A | ARMv9.4-A |
| L1 cache | - | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | - |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 2 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 24 billion | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16 | Adreno 850 |
| Architecture | Valhall 6th gen | Adreno 800 |
| GPU frequency | 1600 MHz | 1450 MHz |
| Pipelines | 16 | 3 |
| Shading units | 128 | 512 |
| Total shaders | 2048 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | 6554 Gigaflops | 4454.4 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 | LPDDR6 |
| Memory frequency | 5333 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 24 Bit | 4x 24 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 113.8 Gb/s | 113.8 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.1, UFS 5.0 |
| Max display resolution | - | 3840 x 2540 |
| 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 - H.266 (VVC) - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | Qualcomm X105 |
| 4G support | - | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | - | Up to 14800 Mbps |
| Upload speed | - | Up to 4200 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 8 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 6.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | August 2026 | September 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | SM8975 |
| Official page | - | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 official site |
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