I can't believe the temps on my G5 !!! (comparison inside)

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I have been doing some heavy gaming on my G5 while monitoring the temps, and to my utter amazement G5 never goes beyond 40C mark even after an hour of continuous gaming. Because of that it never throttles down and stays at max cores almost the whole time. Now, coming from G3 this is a HUGE improvement where normal temps would go beyond 80C and throttling would make gaming virtually unplayable (even after root and thermal tweaks)

Sample temps comparison after at least 30min of continuous gaming (room temp around 23C)

Lara Croft GO - Max settings
G3= 80C+ lag and throttling
G5=36C+ smooth

Xenowerk - Max settings
G3= 80C+ lag and throttling
G5=35C+ smooth

GTA San Andreas = Max settings
G3= UNPLAYABLE
G5=39C+ smooth (yes I cannot believe it finally runs like butter )

Dawn of Titans = Max settings
G3= 80C+ lag and throttling
G5=41C+ smooth

Real Racing 3 = Max Settings
G3= 75C+ smooth
G5=31C Lag

There you have it, overall a whole 45+ difference in temps while gaming !!! Not only do games run buttery smooth, the phone stay cool as a cucumber.
The only exception here is Real Racing 3, which I think needs to be patched to work properly on newer hardware (even S7 SD820 has similar performance issues)

This goes to show that Qualcomm have done a miracle with SD820 and kudos to LG as well for proper hardware implementation.

Let me know what you guys think and if you want me to do more comparisons like this

 

[GottZ]

i hereby confirm the temps and add temple run 2 (both maps, runs like butter in the mines), asphalt 8 aswell as modern combat 4 and 5 to the list of low temp max settings games.
even antutu keeps it cool

 

[keenerb]

I can use Autoguard dashcam software with GPS enabled, waze in the background, and charge my phone and it's only slightly warm.