Sony Xperia 5 vs Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact Comparison and Differences

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Sony Xperia 5

Sony Xperia 5

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Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact

Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact

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Sony Xperia 5 or Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Sony Xperia 5 Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact
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Release date 2019, September 2018, February
Dimensions (HxWxD) 158 x 68 x 8.2 mm | 6.22 x 6.22 x 2.68 in 135 x 65 x 12.1 mm | 5.31 x 5.31 x 2.56 in
Weight 164 g | 5.78 oz 168 g | 5.93 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 6) & aluminum frame Front glass, aluminum frame, plastic back
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Colors Blue, Red, Black, Grey Black, White Silver, Moss Green, Coral Pink
Battery 3140 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2870 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 800 EUR 470 EUR
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Screen

Technology OLED IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.1" in 5" in
Screen area 86.9 cm2 64.5 cm2
Screen format 21:9 (height:width) 18:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 80.9% 73.5%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2520 px 1080 x 2160 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 449 PPI 483 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 6 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - DCI-P3 100%
-HDR BT.2020
-Triluminos display
-X-Reality Engine
- HDR BT.2020
-Triluminos display
-X-Reality Engine
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Triple 19 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.6, 26mm (wide), 1/2.6'', 1.4µm, predictive Dual Pixel PDAF, 5-axis OIS
-12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.4'', 1.0µm, predictive PDAF, 2x optical zoom, 5-axis OIS
-12 MP, f/2.4, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/3.4'', 1.0µm
-19 MP, f/2.0, 25mm (wide), 1/2.3'', 1.22µm, predictive PDAF & laser AF
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR, eye tracking LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@24/30fps HDR, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (5-axis gyro-EIS) 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 1080p@960fps
DxOMark Main Score 95
DxOMark Photo 101
DxOMark Video 83
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.0, 24mm (wide), 1/4'', 1.12µm 5 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide), 1/5''
Functions HDR
Video 1080p@30fps (5-axis gyro-EIS) 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS)
DxOMark Selfie Score 79
DxOMark Photo 81
DxOMark Video 76

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Chipset - Qualcomm SM8150 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) - Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.78 GHz Kryo 485) - Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver)
GPU Adreno 640 Adreno 630
External memory microSD, up to 1 TB (uses shared SIM slot) - dual SIM model only microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
Internal memory 128GB 6GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 372456 265183
GeekBench 6 Single Core 949 548
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 2642 1796
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 2461 2056
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 2107 1616
GeekBench 5 Single Core 731 504
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 2624 2193
GeekBench 4 Single Core 2351
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 8281
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 13232

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 46, 66(1700/2100)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100  
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat19 1600/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat15 800/150 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB On-The-Go 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack No No
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Dynamic vibration system
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
-Dolby Atmos sound
- 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass, color spectrum
Other extras
- Fast battery charging 18W (USB Power Delivery 2.0)
-USB Power Delivery
- IP65/IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 3.0)
- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

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