HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Xiaomi Xring O3
[ VERDICT ]
Winner: Xiaomi Xring O3 (100/100)
Xiaomi Xring O3 leads overall with a score of 100/100 compared to HiSilicon Kirin 970 (26/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.
Benchmark Performance Comparison
Normalized Lab Scores| Benchmark | HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Xiaomi Xring O3 |
|---|---|---|
| NanoReview Score | 26.0 Poor | 100.0 Excellent WINNER |
| Performance | 20.0 Poor | 100.0 Excellent WINNER |
Detailed Technical Specifications
AI Accelerator
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Xiaomi Xring O3 |
|---|---|---|
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| NPU theoretical performance | — | 200 TOPS |
AnTuTu 11
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Xiaomi Xring O3 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 175802 | 1359147 |
| GPU | 62679 | 2143582 |
| Memory | 126756 | 941063 |
| Total score | 470805 | 5228014 |
| UX | 105568 | 784222 |
CPU
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Xiaomi Xring O3 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53 | 2x 4.35 GHz – C1-Ultra4x 3.68 GHz – C1-Premium4x 3.15 GHz – C1-Pro |
| Cores | 8 | 10 |
| Frequency | 2360 MHz | 4350 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv9.3-A |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | — |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 12 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Process | 10 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 9 W | — |
| Transistor count | 5.5 billion | — |
| L3 cache | — | 16 MB |
Connectivity
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Xiaomi Xring O3 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | — |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Bluetooth | 4.2 | 6.0 |
| Download speed | Up to 1200 Mbps | — |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | — |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 7 |
GeekBench 6
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Xiaomi Xring O3 |
|---|---|---|
| API | Vulkan | — |
| Asset compression | 87.6 MB/sec | — |
| Background blur | 2.91 images/sec | — |
| Edge detection | 0.31 Gpixels/sec | — |
| Face detection | 3.98 images/sec | — |
| Feature matching | 0.05 Gpixels/sec | — |
| Gaussian blur | 0.15 Gpixels/sec | — |
| HDR | 62.2 Mpixels/sec | — |
| HTML 5 Browser | 53.2 pages/sec | — |
| Horizon detection | 0.22 Gpixels/sec | — |
| Image detection | 16 images/sec | — |
| PDF Renderer | 61.4 Mpixels/sec | — |
| Particle physics | 409.5 FPS | — |
| Photo processing | 11.7 images/sec | — |
| Ray tracing | 2.52 Mpixels/sec | — |
| Samples | 5 tests | — |
| Stereo matching | 15 Gpixels/sec | — |
Graphics
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Xiaomi Xring O3 |
|---|---|---|
| FLOPS | 214.8 Gigaflops | 6554 Gigaflops |
| GPU frequency | 746 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Pipelines | 12 | 16 |
| Shading units | 12 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 144 | 2048 |
| Vulkan version | 1 | 1.4 |
| DirectX version | — | 12.2 |
Info
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Xiaomi Xring O3 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | September 2017 | August 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | Hi3670 | — |
| Official page | HiSilicon Kirin 970 official site | — |
| Successor | -HiSilicon Kirin 9000S | — |
Memory
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Xiaomi Xring O3 |
|---|---|---|
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 24 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 29.8 Gb/s | 113.8 Gb/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 5333 MHz |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR6 |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Xiaomi Xring O3 |
|---|---|---|
| Audio codecs | - 32 bit@384 kHz- HD-audio | - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP | — |
| Max display resolution | 3120 x 1440 | — |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | UFS 4.1 |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9- VC-1 | - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
PCMark 3.0
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Xiaomi Xring O3 |
|---|---|---|
| Data manipulation score | 5647 | — |
| Phones tested | Less than 3 | — |
| Photo editing score | 11646 | — |
| Video editing score | 5083 | — |
| Web score | 5445 | — |
| Writing score | 6779 | — |
Recent User Tests
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Xiaomi Xring O3 |
|---|---|---|
| Date | Benchmark | — |
| 📘 2023-10-31(antonio chen) | GeekBench CPU | — |
| 📘 2024-01-02(Пoльзoвaтeль huiвынь) | GeekBench GPU | — |
| 📘 2024-07-21(Guest #4) | GeekBench CPU | — |
| 📘 2024-09-30(danicabello2010) | GeekBench CPU | — |
| 📘 2025-10-19(Realalex021) | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2025-12-12(Tran loc) | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2026-01-15(DQP) | AnTuTu | — |
Smartphones
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Xiaomi Xring O3 |
|---|---|---|
| 1.Honor 10 | 492523 | — |
| 2.Huawei P20 Pro | 460393 | — |
| Phones with Kirin 970 | AnTuTu v11 | — |
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