Google launched the Nexus 5, the company’s latest flagship smartphone last month. We brought you the unboxing of the device earlier this week, here we have the benchmarks of the device. It is manufactured by LG and is powered by a 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) 28nm HPm quad-core Krait 400 CPU with Adreno 330 GPU. We brought you the benchmarks of the Snapdragon 800 on a reference smartphone few months back. Here we have also compared it in these benchmarks to show you the difference. Since Google has optimized the processor to use the minimal use of CPU cores when the phone is idle, some benchmarks such as Quadrant, AnTuTu and Linpack shows low scores. GPU-based benchmarks doesn’t get affected.
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Quadrant Benchmark
The Nexus 5 manages to score 8379 points in the Quadrant benchmark, since the CPU use is minimal when the benchmark runs.
AnTuTu Benchmark 3.3
The nexus 5 scores 22876 points in the AnTuTu Benchmark 3.3, again due to the CPU optimization in the device.
Vellamo 2.0 HTML5
Again the phone manages to score 1403 points in the Vellamo 2 HTML5 browser benchmark.
Vellamo 2.0 Metal
It manages to score 1088 points in the Vellamo 2 Metal CPU subsystem performance test.
Linpack Single Thread
It clocks around 120 MFLOPS in the Linpack single thread benchmark.
Linpack Multi-Thread
It manages to clock 316 fps in the Linpack multi-thread benchmark.
SunSpider JavaScript benchmark
It clocked 778.1 ms in the SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark. We tested it in the default Chrome browser, since it doesn’t have a separate browser.
NenaMark 2
It clocked 59.1 fps in the Nenamark 2 GPU benchmark.
GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex (On screen)
It clocked 24 fps in the GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex (On screen) benchmark, similar to the Xperia Z1 and the Z Ultra.
GFXBench 2.5 Egypt HD (On screen)
It clocked 50fps in the GFXBench 2.5 Egypt HD (On screen) benchmark.
Basemark X HD (Onscreen)
The Nexus 5 tops the Basemark X OnScreen GPU benchmark and lies just behind the Qualcomm Snapdragon development phone.
Basemark X HD (Offscreen)
The Google Nexus 5 clocks around 13.7 fps better than most of the devices.
Changes in the scores are due to the CPU optimization from Google, and not due to the Android 4.4 KitKat. We brought you the in-depth overview of the Android 4.4 KiKat on the Nexus 4 recently. We also tested the benchmarks scores of the phone running KitKat, which were almost similar to the Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). Subscribe to our YouTube channel for gaming performance demo and more videos of the Nexus 5.