Sony Xperia 5 V pops up on Geekbench with 16GB of RAM

Ro, 23 February 2023

Sony's Xperia 5 compact flagship seriesis about to get a new member, a new Geekbench listing reveals. It also reveals some of the specs of the upcoming phone.

Geekbench 5 listing

Perhaps it's no surprise that the device is running on the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, but the listing also confirms that Sony is preparing a 16GB RAM variant. It will match the iQOO 11 Pro and the OnePlus 11 among a number of other recently launched phones with 16GB of RAM.

Back to the benchmark listing itself, the Xperia 5 V shows similar performance to other Snapdragon 8 Gen 2-powered handsets we've tested, even if it's early in its development stage. We also get to see the phone's model number, which is XQ-DQ72 and will help us identify it in future leaks.

Source (in Chinese)

Reader comments

G-Rock
07 May 2023
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Sony needs to work on getting the WiFi calling working on their devices here in the US. I love my Xperia 5 III but still run into issues with cellular from time to time and it's disappointing my Xperia XZ1 compact had it but the newer ones don&#...

Hussain
21 Apr 2023
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+1 agree So sick of mainstream device fanbois telling us how "inferior" having more options are.

DBS
12 Apr 2023
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Calling the Xperia 5 line-up "compact" is RIDICULOUS. The phones are BIGGER than the regular S2x and iPhone and iPhone Pro, thanks to Sony's insistence on the silly 21:9 aspect ratio. I also doubt they'll release the 5 with...