Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has officially launched its first in-house mobile processor, the XRING 01. This debut marks a major shift in Xiaomi’s strategy, transitioning from reliance on Qualcomm and MediaTek to establishing its own foothold in the high-performance SoC (System-on-Chip) arena.
The XRING 01 is a deca-core processor built on TSMC’s 3nm N3E process, promising improved power efficiency and performance. Accompanying the CPU is the ARM Immortalis-G925 MC16 GPU, which Xiaomi claims delivers a graphics edge over its competitors. The GPU boasts 16 shader cores, surpassing the 12 shader cores found in MediaTek’s flagship Dimensity 9400 a direct rival to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite.
Xiaomi has positioned the XRING 01 to compete at the top tier of mobile processing. According to the company, the chipset scored approximately 30 million points on the AnTuTu benchmark, a widely-used performance testing tool. However, a new report from Wccftech indicates a slightly lower real-world score of 26 million, which places the XRING 01 just behind the Snapdragon 8 Elite and the Dimensity 9400 in terms of raw power.
Despite not being the outright performance leader, the XRING 01 shows Xiaomi’s ambition to control more of its hardware ecosystem, similar to Apple and Samsung. By developing its own silicon, Xiaomi gains greater flexibility in software optimization and device integration.
The first devices to feature the new chipset are the Xiaomi 15s Pro smartphone and the Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra tablet, both currently available in China. These devices will serve as real-world testing grounds for the capabilities of the XRING 01 and may determine Xiaomi’s future in chip development.
With the XRING 01, Xiaomi has taken a bold step toward vertical integration and brand differentiation. While it may not yet dethrone the current performance leaders, it lays the foundation for a more competitive and innovative future in the mobile chipset market.
