Xiaomi’s XRING 01 Rivals Snapdragon 8 Elite and Dimensity 9400

Following the likes of Apple with its A-series and now M-series chipsets, and Google with its Tensor SoC, Xiaomi has unveiled its own in-house system-on-chip — the XRING 01. The new SoC from Xiaomi features a deca-core set up, and comes with the ARM Immortalis-G925 MC16 GPU to handle the graphical workload.

The XRING 01 boasts top-of-the-line specs and numbers, and is taking aim at the popularity of the Snapdragon 8 Elite (which is also expected to feature in the £800 Nothing Phone 3) and the MediaTek Dimensity 9400. For starters, the processor is built on TSMC’s 3nm process, which puts it at par with the industry leading systems-on-chip for mobile devices both in terms of efficiency and performance.

The G925 MC16 GPU in the XRING 01 also features more shader cores (for a total of 16) than in the Dimensity 9400, where the GPU features 12 shader cores. This should, in theory result in better graphical performance, but that remains to be seen once we can independently benchmark this new processor. It will also be interesting to see how the XRING 01’s graphics performance matches up against the Snapdragon 8 Elite which has proven itself better than the Dimensity 9400 in GPU tests so far.

It’s also noteworthy that Xiaomi has already claimed an AnTuTu score of 30 million for its chip. That’s an impressive score, if true. However, there are other reports claiming that the actual score for the XRING 01 is closer to 26 million. That’s still a clear flagship level performance by the chipset, but with a score of 26 million, it will not be beating the Snapdragon 8 Elite or the Dimensity 9400 in benchmarks.

So far, the first devices to come with the XRING 01 are the Xiaomi 15S Pro and the Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra in China. It will be interesting to see when more XRING powered devices will come out, especially globally and in India.

Toasty Take

It’s exciting that Xiaomi has debuted its own in-house SoC, and hopefully it fares well. Performance should be good, considering the deca-core set up and the 3nm process, but it’s also important to see how well it handles thermals and throttling issues.

I’m hoping that Xiaomi can introduce a strong contender to the processor race, but what do you think? Are you excited about Xiaomi’s new processor? Let us know in the comments.