GoKawiilXiaomi's Xring O3 chip nears Apple in single-core, beats it in multi-core benchmarks
Xiaomi's new Xring O3 processor scored 3,945 in Geekbench single-core and 15,221 in multi-core tests, putting it roughly on par with Apple's silicon on single-threaded work but far ahead on multithreaded tasks. The chip packs 44MB of cache, more than most laptop CPUs, and its top C1-Ultra cores feature 21 execution ports with SME2 and SVE2 support for AI and SIMD workloads.
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The Xring O3 signals a broader industry shift toward massively parallel core designs with wider execution pipelines and larger caches rather than just faster clock speeds. This suggests Chinese chipmakers are closing the performance gap with Apple's mobile silicon, though the O3 may be hard to find in shipping phones and Apple's next chip could reset the comparison.
- Xring O3 matches Apple cores in single-thread performance but is much faster in multithreaded workloads
- The chip's 44MB cache exceeds that of many laptop CPUs, showing where transistor budgets are going
- Its C1-Ultra cores have 21 execution ports, reflecting a broader trend toward wider, more parallel ARM chip designs
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