Motorola Moto G5 Plus vs Sony Xperia 5

Key differences

Calculated from recorded specifications using minimum difference thresholds. These are differences, not an overall ranking. For three phones, numeric highlights compare the two extremes.

• Display technology

  OLED versus LCD

  Moto G5 Plus:

  LCD

  Xperia 5:

  OLED

• Weight

  Moto G5 Plus: 9 g lighter

  Moto G5 Plus:

  155 g

  Xperia 5:

  164 g

• Width

  Xperia 5: 6 mm narrower

  Moto G5 Plus:

  74 mm

  Xperia 5:

  68 mm

• Screen diagonal

  Moto G5 Plus: 0.9 in smaller diagonal

  Moto G5 Plus:

  5.2 in

  Xperia 5:

  6.1 in

• Chipset

  Moto G5 Plus:

  Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625 (14 nm)

  Xperia 5:

  Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm)

• Rear camera layout

  Moto G5 Plus:

  Single

  Xperia 5:

  Triple

Relative size, not calibrated actual size. Front and side outlines share one scale and a bottom baseline. Generic outlines use recorded body dimensions, excluding camera bumps.

1. 1. Moto G5 Plus

   Height:

   150.2 mm

   Width:

   74 mm +6 mm versus Xperia 5

   Depth:

   7.7 mm

2. 2. Xperia 5

   Height:

   158 mm +7.8 mm versus Moto G5 Plus

   Width:

   68 mm

   Depth:

   8.2 mm +0.5 mm versus Moto G5 Plus

Screen size

Approximate rectangular screens calculated from recorded diagonal and aspect ratio at one relative scale. Rounded corners and cutouts are not subtracted. These are not phone outlines or calibrated actual sizes.

1. 1. Moto G5 Plus

   Screen diagonal:

   5.2 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   16:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   74.5 cm²

2. 2. Xperia 5

   Screen diagonal:

   6.1 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   21:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   86.9 cm²

Xperia 5 has approximately 16.6% more rectangular screen area than Moto G5 Plus.

Memory variants

Each row compares the same storage capacity. Cells show recorded RAM alternatives, not combined maxima. Not recorded does not mean unavailable in every market.

Practical features

Explicit Yes and No values are shown directly. Qualified or regional records retain their details. Unknown means the record is missing.

Battery capacity

Capacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.

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