The Honor 5X is powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 616 CPU with cores clocked at 1.5 GHz. The phone performs quite well for the price. It does lag every now and then, perhaps when loading a heavy game for the first time or opening a heavy app from a fresh boot like Facebook or Tumblr.
Once open, though, app switching is quick enough for the occasional juggle between more than five apps at once. Still. The Honor 5X could be quicker in everyday tasks. Turning off the animations helps the device think a little faster and work a little quicker.
For GeekBench 3, the Honor 5X scored toward the upper middle range of midrange devices with 5.5 inch, 1080p displays. We threw the iPhone 6 Plus in here too, to make it a 5.5 inch display party. The reason the iPhone falls in these areas at all is because iOS' software is so well optimized, it doesn't need as powerful a CPU as Android phones need.
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AnTuTu 5 made the Honor 5X sweat a bit when competing with similar phones. It scored very close to the Moto X Play which has a similar CPU and GPU setup. While the Snapdragon 616 should outperform the 615, the Moto X Play was able to match the 616 in the 5X, likely due to Motorola's minimal skinning of Android.
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Seeing how the CPU and GPU work together for games, the Honor 5X scored near the Moto X Play again. With their similar setups, the Moto X Play, 5X, and Huawei Mate S all got within 0.5fps of each other.
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This time around, the Honor 5X scored dead in the middle of the pack. It scored the same 6.1fps like both the Moto X Play and the Lenovo K3 Note. The OnePlus One has the best performing graphics this time around.
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As an all-around device, the Honor 5X did not get a great all-around score compared to the other devices in the bunch. The Honor 5X could perform better, but its software optimizations need to be on point in order to beat more of the other devices. Perhaps optimizations will come with the Marshmallow update.
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The Honor 5X scored toward the middle of the bunch in the Basemark OS II 2.0 benchmark test. Again, the Moto X Play scored adjacent to the 5X, leaving both the Galaxy J7 and the Meizu m2 note in the dust.
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Opening large apps or games might take a bit longer than you'd expect; however, once open, games and apps run fluidly with minor hiccups. Of course, heavier games will surely see dropped frames with the Honor 5X's Adreno 405.
Even with the metal back plate, the Honor 5X tends to heat up a bit with occasional heavy usage or playing games for an extended period. Even downloading large files or apps can leave our palms feeling the warmth.
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