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AnTuTu has published its September 2026 Android flagship performance ranking, and to everyone’s surprise, the Xiaomi 18 Fold took first place with an average score of 4,620,886 points. It finishes ahead of every phone running Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chip, as well as the one Dimensity 9600 Pro phone on the list.
The scores are averages collected between September 1 and September 30 using AnTuTu V12. The Xiaomi 18 Fold in the ranking is the 16GB RAM, 1TB storage model, and it runs Xiaomi’s XRING O3 chip.
The September top 10
The iQOO 16 comes second with 4,449,925 points. It uses the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, and it trails the Xiaomi 18 Fold by 170,961 points (about 3.7%).
The Honor Magic9 Pro Max follows in third with 4,435,489 points, and the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max takes fourth with 4,395,919 points. Both use the same Extreme Gen 6 chip with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. The Oppo Find X10 Pro Max is fifth at 4,385,161 points, and it is the only MediaTek phone in the top 10 with its Dimensity 9600 Pro.
Sixth place goes to the RedMagic 11S Pro+ at 4,344,022 points, which topped AnTuTu’s August flagship chart. The iQOO 15 Ultra is seventh with 4,324,672 points and the 24GB RAM and 1TB storage configuration. Both phones still run the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.
The chart drops off after that. The Honor WIN scores 4,099,965 points in eighth, the Xiaomi 18 Pro scores 4,095,618 points in ninth, and the Realme GT8 Pro closes out the list at 4,089,081 points.
The Xiaomi 18 Pro is the one phone here that uses the standard Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 rather than the Extreme version. It scores about 300,000 points (roughly 7%) below the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max, which gives you a rough idea of what the Extreme variant adds in this benchmark.
What the Xiaomi 18 Fold offers
Xiaomi launched the Xiaomi 18 Fold on September 7 as the first phone to use the XRING O3. It is a mid-fold design with a 5.38-inch outer screen, a 7.58-inch inner screen, and a Leica triple rear camera.
The starting price is 10,999 yuan, which converts to roughly $1,639. The price covers the 12GB RAM and 256GB storage model, though. The 16GB and 1TB version that AnTuTu tested costs 14,999 yuan, or about $2,235, so you pay a lot more for the score you see on this chart.
The result also lands below the number Xiaomi quoted for the chip itself. The company claimed 5.22 million AnTuTu points for the XRING O3 when it announced the processor, while the Xiaomi 18 Fold averages 4.62 million across a full month of real-world runs.
Sales of the Xiaomi 18 Fold started in China on September 10, and Xiaomi appears to have no plans to sell it outside China for now. If you were hoping to buy one internationally, you will probably need to import it.
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