Moto G5 Plus vs Nexus 5x

[DarthMaul14]

Would the Nexus 5x or moto g5 plus be faster and which phone would hold more apps in memory (using the 2gb variant of the moto g5 plus). Also how can I make sure that my multi tasking is as optimized as possible .

 

[Cats_PJs]

Not sure how different the performance would be between the phone, but my wife's 5x just hard bricked after 1.5 years. No help from Google it lg, even though it's a known problem. We both have g5 plus's now, and they've been great so far. The battery life seems quite a bit better on the g5 plus so far

 

[easyrider77]

If your using the 2gb variant of the g5 plus, then you have the same ram as the 5x which also has 2gb ram.
The Lg 5 plus will probably handle things better as it has an upgraded and newer cpu+gpu, so a given would probably be the g5 plus would be better at most everything as compared to the 5x.

I own a 5x, and even today it is no slouch in performance really, but it is a bit dated.

I looked up a few videos of both phones of people doing antutu testing, and some of the videos do geek test, but I just narrowed down to antutu. I'll post the scores from a couple of videos of each phone, with links and timestamps where the scores are, for anyone who wishes to see the difference.

Honestly I was surprised the 5x put out those numbers, they don't seem far from the g5 plus, but I personally would rather own the g5 plus if I had a choice of the two.

Here are the links with scores

5x
AnTuTu Benchmarktest

Video 1: 55330

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=345eKlssdH8&ytbChannel=null (time frame end of video or 6:59)

Video 2: 63508

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67lkw0Pj5Rg&t=244s (time frame 4:02)


g5 plus
AnTuTu Benchmarktest

Video 1: 60154

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8nD_j9OshA&t=6s (time frame 4:17)

video 2: 62769

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=345eKlssdH8&ytbChannel=null (time frame 5:20) <-----also in spanish but still shows the results score.

Interesting results if your into benchmark scores. I personally am not into benchmark scores because (for me) i think it's just bragging rights, as there are a lot of variables that can make the results of scores, just like on a pc, any settings and such you disable or enable can influence the scores you get, so in the case of phones, you flash a different kernel and overclock, it can drastically affect your score you got, as apposed to someone who has a stock kernel, and not overclocked.

On pc's I've done the oc of both video cards and cpu's game, and I honestly just gave it up, it's more a hobby than anything else.
I've also argued with people who said they can magially see the difference in 60fps vs 100fps, those same people will also swear that they can see a fly in the air and count how many flaps the fly's wings do in a certain time frame (rolls eyes).
For me, I've played games that read 30fps, and ran JUST as smooth as a game that runs at 100-120fps, so it's all relative in my opinion. Take those people, without their oc, their fps counter, and I can almost guarentee you they won't know what fps they are getting and will not be able to tell if you are lagging from low fps or not.
In those rare instances that there IS lag from fps, or performance, then yeah I've seen that too, but thats rare, as lag can also come from bandwidth issues, server side, etc....so many variables to account for, yet people STILL to this day get hung up on the fps kick.

So take stock in what you will, for me, I just see it as a testing tool, or possibly a "just curious" tool and also bragging rights imo, just my 2 cents.

 

[DarthMaul14]

Thanks everyone . Can someone do a phonebuff style speed test with the Nexus 5x and moto g5 plus(with 2 GB of RAM). Here's an example of one of their speed tests

 

[easyrider77]

Thanks everyone . Can someone do a phonebuff style speed test with the Nexus 5x and moto g5 plus(with 2 GB of RAM). Here's an example of one of their speed tests

Well I took the plunge and got a US variant 64gb storage/4gb ram moto g5 plus today at bestbuy black friday. Couldn't pass the price up. $299, down to $225....that's cheaper than the 32gb storage/2gb ram model which is $229, so yeah for $25 more I jumped the 5x ship and hopped on the g5 plus ship.

I will tell you that the g5 plus in working with it the last few hours (at least for this variant) is MUCH more snappier and faster than the 5x is, the camera is not bad at all either really. No picture taking stablizer (aka: anti-shake) feature, but it has one for video that's electronically done, not as good as the built in, but it works ok, jsut none for pic taking. So when taking pics in digital zoom in, yeah might as well forget good pics sadly....I'de avoid useing zoom if you can, and just walk closer to the subject, and at most use 1.5x - 2.0x, after that it gets shakey. Even on the 5x with lazer focus it gets bad, so in short, just go closer to what you are taking a pic of, you will have nice pics.

Overall, price per bang for buck, this phone is spot on. I am not even close to being upset with my purchase, so much so I am charging the 5x up, placing it in a box and its going in storage for my backup phone (if I ever need it that is)

Edit:
Take this as you want, but after experienceing call issues, and fingerprint issues, I'm taking the phone back for a refund and going back to my 5x.

Here are a few threads on the official lenovo forums, and here on xda for the call issues. This is to big of a concern for me and a brand new phone and to many threads and posts about call issues for me not to take it back, especially since I have had the exact same issues on botht he fingerprint and the calls.

https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/moto-g5-plus-problems-solutions/

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/forums/v3_1/forumtopicpage/board-id/MotoG5thGen/thread-id/1392/page/1 <---thats a huge thread
voice calls
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Moto-G5-Moto-G5-Plus/Voice-call-quality-issue-in-G5-plus/m-p/3641608 <----another voice issue

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Moto-G5-Moto-G5-Plus/network-issue-while-call/m-p/3644129#M2083 <---more voice issues

https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus/help/poor-voice-quality-caller-t3595643 <-----xda thread about it as well

These are just call issues.

I have called moto, and got transferred to tier 2, and the girl told me it was the first time she ever heard of it.........eh??????? When I asked her if it wasn't an issue, how is it the forums are cluttered with it since aug of this year? she just repeated it could be replaced with a new one. When I asked what good is replaceing it with a new one when the new one has the exact same issue, becuase moto has not resolved the issue, so I'll have a new phone, exact same issue....don't quite get that concept.

Anyways, if you google the fingerprint issue, you'll get almost as many hits on that issue also, so I won't bother linking anything.

So there it is, do with it what you will, as for me I'm jumping ship before I get a dud of a phone, or even the chance of it happening.