Xring O3 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
We compared the 10-core Xiaomi Xring O3 (Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16) with the older 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 (Adreno 829) 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 10 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
- Performs 2.6x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 71%) AnTuTu 11 score β 5228K vs 3057K
- Supports 48% higher memory bandwidth (113.8 against 76.8 GB/s)
- Has 2 more cores
- Higher GPU frequency (~31%)
- 14% higher CPU clock speed (4350 vs 3800 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1359147 | 905159 |
| GPU | 2143582 | 1061006 |
| Memory | 941063 | 388817 |
| UX | 784222 | 702233 |
| Total score | 5228014 | 3057215 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [91 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | - | 377.4 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 221 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 268.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | - | 269.9 images/sec |
| HDR | - | 306 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | - | 35.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 87.9 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 12 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | - | 20 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | - | 38 images/sec |
| Face detection | - | 18.7 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | - | 0.71 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | - | 0.85 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | - | 1.41 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | - | 0.27 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | - | 79.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | - | 3028.3 FPS |
| API | - | Vulkan |
| Samples | - | 10 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 4700 | 1823 |
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 9094 |
| Graphics test | - | 35 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 40 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 35 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 29 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 11474 | - |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 18849 |
| Video editing score | - | 7194 |
| Data manipulation score | - | 15237 |
| Photo editing score | - | 40238 |
| Writing score | - | 25119 |
| Phones tested | - | Less than 3 |
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 Gen 5
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-30 (F2I4) | AnTuTu 12 | 3102899 |
| π 2026-09-30 (Feary7) | AnTuTu 12 | 3338986 |
| π 2026-09-29 (dpicugin) | AnTuTu 12 | 3071402 |
| π 2026-09-28 (Ketrox) | AnTuTu 12 | 2895140 |
| π 2026-09-28 (Macro_peek) | AnTuTu 12 | 3189922 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Xring O3 and Snapdragon 8 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 3.8 GHz β Oryon Prime 6x 3.32 GHz β Oryon Performance |
| Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Frequency | 4350 MHz | 3800 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.3-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | - | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 12 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 6 MB |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 24 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 9 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP16 | Adreno 829 |
| Architecture | Valhall 6th gen | Adreno 800 |
| GPU frequency | 1600 MHz | 1225 MHz |
| Pipelines | 16 | 2 |
| Shading units | 128 | 512 |
| Total shaders | 2048 | 1024 |
| FLOPS | 6554 Gigaflops | 2508.8 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 | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 24 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 113.8 Gb/s | 76.8 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 X80 |
| 4G support | - | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | - | Up to 10000 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 | November 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | SM8845 |
| Official page | - | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 official site |
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