In the latest February performance assessment from AnTuTu, flagship Android smartphones were rated without a Xiaomi device in the lineup. The top spot went to the Oppo Find X7, which relies on the MediaTek Dimensity 9300 processor paired with 16 GB of RAM and a substantial 1 TB of internal storage. Tracking closely are the Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro and the iQOO 12, both powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, with 16 GB of memory and 512 GB of drives to complement the performance.
Following them in the rankings are the Red Magic 9 Pro+ along with Vivo X100 Pro, Vivo X100, iQOO Neo9 Pro, iQOO 12 Pro, Nubia Z60 Ultra, and Oppo Find X7 Ultra. The gap between the first and the tenth place is relatively narrow, with measurements showing about 2.06 million points for the leader and around 2.19 million points for a market-leading tenth place.
Authors of the study note that the absence of Xiaomi devices might surprise consumers who have grown accustomed to seeing Xiaomi and Redmi flagship models in striving for top performance. Analysts suggest a potential reason could be the HyperOS environment, which may not yet showcase the same level of performance as MIUI in high-end configurations. For instance, the Xiaomi 14 Ultra secured the 11th position, while Redmi K70 Pro, Xiaomi 14, and 14 Pro occupied the 13th, 14th, and 16th places respectively.
Some Xiaomi users may still be running older firmware versions that have not yet received the latest optimizations, which could influence broader results in benchmarks and real-world usage alike. In practice, software updates can impact sustained performance, thermal behavior, and system stability, all of which matter when comparing flagship devices across different families and ecosystems. The overall trend suggests that manufacturers optimizing system software and processor pairing can push ahead in benchmark rankings, even when a familiar lineup is missing from the top tier.