With 2013 coming to a close, Google has finally launched its flagship phone, the Nexus 5 on 1st November. The latest device is equipped with
With 2013 coming to a close, Google has finally launched its flagship phone, the Nexus 5 on 1st November. The latest device is equipped with the Snapdragon 800 processor similar to its rivals, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and the LG G2. With the release of the phone, we can finally run its performance test and see how it fares against the other flagship devices from various makers.
There are 3 different benchmark tests the phones will participate in. The first is the Sunspider test where we measure CPU performance. The Nexus 5 did well achieving 3rd place behind the Galaxy Note 3 and chart leader iPhone 5S.
The other two tests are done before the official release of the Nexus 5, probably on the prototype. It is best to take it lightly. Onto the second test known as Basemark X , we will see how the phone perform when getting pushed to run performance demanding games. Again the Apple iPhone 5S perform superbly standy far ahead of the 2nd and 3rd places where we can find the Note 3 and Nexus 5 respectively. However, it is a very positive ray of light to see the Nexus 5 being able to outperform the likes of HTC One and Galaxy S4 which can be found on the other end of the chart.
Finally is the GFXBench test which looks into the graphical performance off the device. On this test, we see the Note 3 leading the pack with the iPhone 5S coming 2nd. The Nexus 5 positioned itself on 4th just behind Sony’s Xperia Z1 although both shared the same 21 points. Again this is positive since the iPhone 5s is not far off from the Nexus 5 with only a 2 points difference.
While the Nexus 5 can outperform the LG G2 and the Galaxy S4, it is still 2nd best to iPhone 5S which offers a much solid performance. However, do take into consideration that pixel count wasn’t looked into when running the tests. Do you agree with the results?
