AnTuTu’s published ranking of Android flagships for September 2026 puts the Xiaomi 18 Fold in first place. The foldable runs Xiaomi’s own XRING O3 chip and averaged 4.62 million points across the month. That puts it ahead of every Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 phone on the list.
The more interesting number is the one Xiaomi used at the chip’s launch. Xiaomi claimed an AnTuTu score of about 5.22 million for the XRING O3. September’s real-world average came in roughly 600,000 points lower, around 11.5 percent off that figure.
A monthly average and a launch figure are not a like-for-like comparison, and the gap is not by itself evidence of underperformance. Still, the monthly average is the closer guide to everyday performance.
AnTuTu’s September 2026 Top 10
Scores are averages collected between September 1 and 30 using AnTuTu V12. Each entry below is the exact memory and storage configuration AnTuTu ranked.
- 1. Xiaomi 18 Fold — XRING O3, 16GB/1TB — 4,620,886
- 2. iQOO 16 — Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, 16GB/512GB — 4,449,925
- 3. Honor Magic9 Pro Max — Extreme Gen 6, 16GB/1TB — 4,435,489
- 4. Xiaomi 18 Pro Max — Extreme Gen 6, 16GB/1TB — 4,395,919
- 5. Oppo Find X10 Pro Max — Dimensity 9600 Pro, 16GB/1TB — 4,385,161
- 6. RedMagic 11S Pro+ — Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, 16GB/512GB — 4,344,022
- 7. iQOO 15 Ultra — Elite Gen 5, 24GB/1TB — 4,324,672
- 8. Honor WIN — Elite Gen 5, 16GB/1TB — 4,099,965
- 9. Xiaomi 18 Pro — standard Elite Gen 6, 16GB/512GB — 4,095,618
- 10. Realme GT8 Pro — Elite Gen 5, 16GB/512GB — 4,089,081
What the Chart Says About the Chips
Read as a chipset comparison, the list is more useful than its headline device. Xiaomi’s XRING O3 beats the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 in the iQOO 16 by about 3.8 percent. That is close enough that no buyer would notice it in use.
The standard Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 in the Xiaomi 18 Pro sits roughly 7 percent below the Extreme version in the 18 Pro Max. That is a useful rough measure of what the Extreme badge actually buys. Oppo’s Find X10 Pro Max is the only MediaTek phone in the top 10, landing fifth on the Dimensity 9600 Pro. Its average of about 4.39 million is within a hair of the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max above it.
Xiaomi 18 Fold Pricing and Availability
One caveat matters more than the leaderboard position. The Xiaomi 18 Fold launched in China in September, and these are its listed prices.
- 12GB/256GB — 10,999 yuan (about $1,639), the launch starting price
- 16GB/1TB — 14,999 yuan (about $2,235), the configuration AnTuTu ranked
As of October 10, Xiaomi has not announced plans to sell the 18 Fold outside China. The top spot therefore belongs to a phone most readers cannot buy, which is why the chip comparison is the part worth keeping.
Source: AnTuTu’s September 2026 ranking, via Gizmochina
