Xring O3
Xiaomi Xring O3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Xiaomi Xring O3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Xiaomi
Qualcomm
Launch Date
August 2026
September 2025
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
System Level Cache (SLC)
16 MB
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
Xiaomi XRING O3
SM8850
Architecture
2x 4.35 GHz C1-Ultra + 4x 3.68 GHz C1-Premium + 4x 3.15 GHz C1-Pro
2x 4.61 GHz –
6x 3.63 GHz –
6x 3.63 GHz –
Cores
10
8
Technology
3 nm
3 nm
Frequency
4350 MHz
4610 MHz
Transistor count
24 billion
-
Instruction set
ARMv9.3-A
ARMv9.2-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
G2-Ultra NX (16-core)
Adreno 840
GPU frequency
-
1200 MHz
FLOPS
-
3.6864 TFLOPS
Shading units
-
512
Connectivity
4G support
-
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
-
Yes
Bluetooth
-
6.0
Wi-Fi
-
7
Navigation
-
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR6
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
10667 Mbps
-
Memory Bus
4 x 24-bit (96-bit)
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
12 MB
-
L3 cache
16 MB
16 MB
Audio codecs
-
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Max camera resolution
432 MP single camera; 64 MP + 64 MP + 50 MP triple camera
1x 320MP
Storage type
-
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video codecs
H.266 (VVC) hardware decoding
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Video playback
-
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60 FPS with AI RAW-domain noise reduction
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
AI features
SME2 CPU acceleration, 8 NX GPU neural accelerators, AI super resolution, AI frame generation, ISP AINR, DPU AI super resolution, ADSP AI engine
-
Neural processor (NPU)
4-core NPU, 200 TOPS tensor, 3.13 TFLOPS vector
Hexagon
Advantages
Xring O3
- Newer Launch Date: August 2026 (August 2026 vs September 2025)
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- Higher Frequency: 4610 MHz (4350 MHz vs 4610 MHz)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Xring O3
+2%
3945
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3872
Multi Core
Xring O3
+24%
15221
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12272
SiliconCat Rating
3
Ranks 3 among all SOC on our website
4
Ranks 4 among all SOC on our website
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
