Xiaomi's 'Xring' Chipset Performance Hinted in Latest Leak

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May 15, 2025 - 07:52

For a few months now, there has been talk of Xiaomi’s return to chipset development. The company made an attempt years ago with the Surge S1, but the project was put on hold after just one generation. Now, the Chinese giant is reportedly looking to revive its project both to gain more technological independence. In line with that, a new report has offered more details about Xiaomi’s chipset, codenamed Xring, including its potential performance.

According to a leak by WhyLab on Weibo, this “Xring” silicon is expected to pack a punch roughly on par with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 that powered most mobile flagships in 2023. This suggests that Xiaomi doesn’t intend to compete with the most powerful mobile hardware on the market. However, the Xring SoC should be able to give battle to Google’s Tensor chips. It could also be a decent rival to Qualcomm’s “pseudo flagship” chips, such as the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and the latest 8s Gen 4.

Xiaomi’s ‘Xring’ chipset tipped to offer Snapdragon 8 Gen 2-like performance

Xiaomi would turn to TSMC’s efficient 4nm process to manufacture the Xring chipset. The hardware is tipped to sport an interesting 1+3+4 core setup with 1x super-fast prime core clocked at 3.2 GHz, 3x performance cores humming at 2.5 GHz, and 4x power-sipping efficiency cores ticking at 2.0 GHz. Of course, Xiaomi hasn’t officially confirmed these specs. So, you can take them with a grain of digital salt for now.

The big question mark is: what phone will be the first to sport this “Xring”? The current frontrunner appears to be a special edition device called the Xiaomi 15S Pro. This particular model would be exclusive to the Chinese market. Interestingly, it is also rumored to share a lot of its other hardware with the Snapdragon 8 Elite-powered Xiaomi 15 Pro. The Civic 5 Pro also seems like a good candidate to feature the hardware platform.

It could arrive at Xiaomi’s 15th anniversary event

Xiaomi will hold a special event for its 15th anniversary later this year. Some leaked event merchandise seems to hint at the arrival of “Xring,” as you can see in the image below. Xiaomi could make other big announcements related to HyperOS and its electric vehicles during the event.

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