A foldable phone sits at the top of AnTuTu’s latest flagship performance chart. The Xiaomi 18 Fold posted an average score of 4,620,886 in September, a 170,961-point, or roughly 3.8%, lead over the second-place iQOO 16. The result gives Xiaomi’s in-house XRING O3 an early benchmark win over phones powered by Qualcomm’s newest Snapdragon chips.
The result needs an important qualifier: this is the first ranking based on AnTuTu V12, so its scores cannot be compared directly with results produced under V11. The September results were averaged from tests run in China between September 1 and September 30, with each listed configuration requiring at least 1,000 valid test runs. AnTuTu’s September V12 rankings also reflect specific memory and storage versions rather than every configuration sold for a model.
XRING O3 takes the top spot
The winning Xiaomi 18 Fold was tested with 16GB of LPDDR6 memory and 1TB of UFS 4.1 storage. Its XRING O3, also known as Xuanjie O3 in China, uses a 10-core architecture and is manufactured on a 3nm process. That is notable because competing new-generation chips are moving to 2nm, underscoring that process node alone does not determine a phone’s benchmark placement.
Qualcomm still occupies eight of the 10 positions, including the next three after Xiaomi. MediaTek takes fifth place with the OPPO Find X10 Pro Max and its Dimensity 9600 Pro. The prior Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 generation also remains highly competitive: the REDMAGIC 11S Pro+ and iQOO 15 Ultra rank above the newer Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6-powered Xiaomi 18 Pro.
AnTuTu V12 flagship ranking for September
- 1. Xiaomi 18 Fold — XRING O3, 16GB + 1TB — 4,620,886 points
- 2. iQOO 16 — Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, 16GB + 512GB — 4,449,925 points
- 3. HONOR Magic9 Pro Max — Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, 16GB + 1TB — 4,435,489 points
- 4. Xiaomi 18 Pro Max — Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, 16GB + 1TB — 4,395,919 points
- 5. OPPO Find X10 Pro Max — Dimensity 9600 Pro, 16GB + 1TB — 4,385,161 points
- 6. REDMAGIC 11S Pro+ — Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, 16GB + 512GB — 4,344,022 points
- 7. iQOO 15 Ultra — Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, 24GB + 1TB — 4,324,672 points
- 8. HONOR WIN — Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, 16GB + 1TB — 4,099,965 points
- 9. Xiaomi 18 Pro — Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, 16GB + 512GB — 4,095,618 points
- 10. realme GT 8 Pro — Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, 16GB + 512GB — 4,089,081 points
AnTuTu says the appearance of several 512GB configurations may be tied to rising memory prices and manufacturers offering more affordable variants. For now, the ranking is a useful early look at how Xiaomi’s foldable implementation stacks up in sustained benchmark averages, rather than a direct measure of everyday battery life, software experience, cameras, or availability. U.S. pricing and availability for the Xiaomi 18 Fold have not been confirmed in the information provided.
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