The Nokia 5 is powered by the Snapdragon 430 chipset, much like its stablemate, the Nokia 6. That means an octa-core CPU that is a significant upgrade over the Nokia 3 and its quad-core processor, even if we're talking about the same Cortex-A53 cores, capped at a lowly 1.4GHz. The Nokia 5 only has 2GB of RAM, however, unlike the 6, which comes with either 3 or 4 gigs.
Unsurprisingly, the Nokia 5 posts virtually identical numbers to the Nokia 6 in the CPU-centric GeekBench. There are some variations between the other Snapdragon 430 or 435 equipped devices with both the Moto G5 and Lenovo K6 Power trailing the Nokias. The Exynos 7870 and 7880, represented by the Galaxy A3 (2017) and A5 (2017), outperform the S430 in the Nokia 5. So do the S625s (Moto G5 Plus, Redmi Note 4, Moto Z Play), predictably.
GeekBench 4.1 (multi-core)
Higher is better
Moto G5 Plus 4255
Nokia 5 2851
Moto G5 2580
Xiaomi Redmi 4 1819
Nokia 3 1529
GeekBench 4.1 (single-core)
Higher is better
Moto G5 Plus 847
Nokia 5 672
Xiaomi Redmi 4 670
Moto G5 618
Nokia 3 551
GeekBench 4 (multi-core)
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) 3958
Moto G5 Plus 3789
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) 3294
Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime 3016
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 3011
Nokia 5 2728
Nokia 6 (Chinese version) 2719
Motorola Moto Z Play 2621
Xiaomi Redmi 4 2099
Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime 1944
Lenovo K6 Power 1698
Nokia 3 1487
GeekBench 4 (single-core)
Higher is better
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 832
Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime 819
Moto G5 Plus 799
Motorola Moto Z Play 795
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) 764
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) 681
Xiaomi Redmi 4 655
Nokia 5 647
Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime 641
Nokia 6 (Chinese version) 638
Lenovo K6 Power 610
Nokia 3 557
In overall performance, the Nokia 5 takes a lead ahead of the other S430 competitors, at least according to Basemark OS II 2.0. It's on par with the Exynos 7870 rivals here, almost matching the Galaxy A3 (2017) and J7 (2016)'s score. The Snapdragon 625 devices are a little further ahead, with the Exynos 7880-packing Galaxy A5 (2017) having a commanding advantage.
Basemark OS 2.0
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) 1417
Moto G5 Plus 1089
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 1050
Motorola Moto Z Play 1031
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) 1007
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) 999
Nokia 5 982
Xiaomi Redmi 4 832
Moto G5 795
Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime 794
Nokia 3 568
Lenovo K6 Power 281
It's slightly different in Antutu - all of the S430 devices are packed tightly, less than 800 points splitting best from worst. This benchmark does a great job of showing the difference between the S625 and S430 too - phones with the 600-series chips inside post 40% higher scores than the S430 ones - again, not the least bit unexpected.
AnTuTu 6
Higher is better
Moto G5 Plus 63390
Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime 62316
Motorola Moto Z Play 62217
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 61616
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) 61020
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) 49094
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) 45742
Lenovo K6 Power 44115
Xiaomi Redmi 4 44089
Nokia 6 (Chinese version) 44062
Moto G5 43755
Nokia 5 43392
Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime 43344
Nokia 3 28441
In the graphics department, the Nokia 5 does well with what it's got. Raw power coming out of the Adreno 505 may not be abundant, but it's more than an adequate to drive a 720p display, as the fps numbers from the onscreen tests in GFXBench can attest.
For example, the Galaxy A5 (2017) has the most oomph, and is capable of twice the frame rate of the Nokia 5 when rendering stuff at 1080p. However, when each device needs to render the content for its respective display resolution, the Nokia 5 is able to match the A5 (2017) in frame rates, thanks to having to render a little over half the pixels. The Snapdragon 625 devices with 1080p displays can't even compete with the Nokia 5 in onscreen testing.
GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) 15
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 9.9
Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime 9.8
Motorola Moto Z Play 9.8
Moto G5 Plus 9.7
Xiaomi Redmi 4 7.2
Nokia 6 (Chinese version) 7.2
Lenovo K6 Power 7.1
Moto G5 7.1
Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime 7.1
Nokia 5 7.1
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) 5.1
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) 4.9
Nokia 3 2.2
GFX 3.0 Manhattan (onscreen)
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) 15
Nokia 5 14
Xiaomi Redmi 4 14
Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime 14
Motorola Moto Z Play 10
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 9.7
Moto G5 Plus 9.7
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) 9.6
Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime 9.6
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) 9.5
Lenovo K6 Power 7.1
Moto G5 7.1
Nokia 6 (Chinese version) 7
Nokia 3 4.5
GFX 3.1 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) 9.1
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) 7.2
Moto G5 Plus 6.4
Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime 6.2
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 6.2
Motorola Moto Z Play 6.2
Moto G5 4.6
Nokia 6 (Chinese version) 4.6
Nokia 5 4.6
Xiaomi Redmi 4 4.5
Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime 4.5
Lenovo K6 Power 4.4
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) 3.2
Nokia 3 1.4
GFX 3.1 Manhattan (onscreen)
Higher is better
Nokia 5 10
Xiaomi Redmi 4 10
Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime 10
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) 9
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) 7.3
Motorola Moto Z Play 6.7
Moto G5 Plus 6.4
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 6.2
Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime 6.1
Moto G5 4.6
Nokia 6 (Chinese version) 4.6
Lenovo K6 Power 4.4
Nokia 3 3.2
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) 3.2
GFX 3.1 Car scene (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) 5.2
Moto G5 Plus 3.5
Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime 3.4
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 3.4
Motorola Moto Z Play 3.4
Xiaomi Redmi 4 2.5
Nokia 6 (Chinese version) 2.5
Moto G5 2.5
Nokia 5 2.5
Lenovo K6 Power 2.4
Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime 2.3
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) 1.9
GFX 3.1 Car scene (onscreen)
Higher is better
Nokia 5 5.2
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) 5.2
Xiaomi Redmi 4 5.1
Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime 4.9
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) 3.9
Motorola Moto Z Play 3.7
Moto G5 Plus 3.5
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 3.4
Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime 3.4
Moto G5 2.5
Nokia 6 (Chinese version) 2.5
Lenovo K6 Power 2.4
Basemark X serves to show the difference between chipset and GPU tiers. The Snapdragon 625/Adreno 506 devices post identical numbers at the top of the chart, the Snapdragon 430/Adreno 505 ones, Nokia 5 among them, are in the middle (once more with little to separate them), and the Exynos 7870/Mali-T830MP2 Galaxies are in the back. The poor Nokia 3 is nothing but an also-ran.
Basemark X
Higher is better
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625) 10446
Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime 10424
Moto G5 Plus 10406
Motorola Moto Z Play 10401
Xiaomi Redmi 4 7608
Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime 7604
Nokia 6 (Chinese version) 7522
Lenovo K6 Power 7475
Moto G5 7475
Nokia 5 7316
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) 5383
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) 5160
Nokia 3 2210
There's little to point out when it comes to the Nokia 5's scores - it's a standard Snapdragon 430 performer. That is to say, it's adequately equipped to handle general workloads, and some mobile gaming. The 2GB of RAM don't seem to adversely affect its benchmark results, while the 720p resolution is beneficial when it comes to graphics-intense tasks.
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