vivo V5 review: The Oddball

The Oddball

GSMArena team, 24 February 2017.

Performance

The vivo V5 is powered by the dated and mediocre MediaTek MT6750 chipset - it sits a step below the Helio P10, and it didn't even deserve a pet name that's easier to remember. It packs a true octa-core Cortex-A53 processor clocked at 1.5GHz. The GPU is nothing special - the Mali-T860 MP2 (read: dual-core), but there are 4 gigs of RAM on board, so that's something.

Vivo V5 review

The same MT6750 chip is the one behind the Meizu M5 and M3, and it has proven to be enough for those devices.

The processor performance is okay when Android operations are concerned, but it trails behind the competition once it comes to heavy duty tasks, which require all eight cores.

GeekBench 4 (single-core)

Higher is better

  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20)
    1546
  • vivo V5 Plus
    846
  • Huawei nova
    842
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625)
    839
  • Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime
    819
  • Lenovo Moto M
    771
  • Meizu M5 Note
    683
  • Lenovo K6 Note
    635
  • vivo V5
    621
  • Meizu M5
    592

GeekBench 4 (multi-core)

Higher is better

  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20)
    4456
  • vivo V5 Plus
    3136
  • Huawei nova
    3105
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625)
    3065
  • Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime
    3016
  • Lenovo Moto M
    2921
  • Meizu M5 Note
    2690
  • Meizu M5
    2428
  • vivo V5
    2427
  • Lenovo K6 Note
    2027

The raw graphics performance provided by the weak Mali-T860 MP2 GPU is rather uninspiring. It's worth noting that the GPU at least supports the latest OpenGL ES 3.1. While the offscreen raw scores are nothing to talk about, the onscreen framerate are helped by the lower 720p resolution, and thus the V5 ends up better than most of its competitors.

GFX 3.1 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20)
    9.5
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650)
    9
  • Huawei nova
    6.3
  • vivo V5 Plus
    6.2
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625)
    6.2
  • Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime
    6.2
  • Lenovo Moto M
    4.7
  • Lenovo K6 Note
    4.4
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10)
    4
  • Meizu M5 Note
    3.6
  • Meizu M5
    3.4
  • vivo V5
    3.4
  • Oppo F1s
    2.4

GFX 3.1 Car scene (offscreen)

Higher is better

  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20)
    5.4
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650)
    5.3
  • Huawei nova
    3.5
  • vivo V5 Plus
    3.4
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625)
    3.4
  • Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime
    3.4
  • Lenovo K6 Note
    2.5
  • Lenovo Moto M
    2.5
  • Meizu M5 Note
    1.9
  • Meizu M5
    1.8
  • vivo V5
    1.8

GFX 3.1 Manhattan (onscreen)

Higher is better

  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20)
    9.4
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650)
    9
  • Meizu M5
    7.9
  • vivo V5
    7.8
  • Huawei nova
    6.5
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625)
    6.2
  • vivo V5 Plus
    6.1
  • Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime
    6.1
  • Oppo F1s
    6
  • Lenovo Moto M
    5.2
  • Lenovo K6 Note
    4.4
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10)
    3.9
  • Meizu M5 Note
    3.6

GFX 3.1 Car scene (onscreen)

Higher is better

  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650)
    5.5
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20)
    5.4
  • vivo V5
    3.7
  • Meizu M5
    3.7
  • Huawei nova
    3.7
  • vivo V5 Plus
    3.4
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625)
    3.4
  • Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime
    3.4
  • Lenovo Moto M
    2.7
  • Lenovo K6 Note
    2.4
  • Meizu M5 Note
    1.9

Meizu M5 Note is powered by the Helio P10 chip, which has the same GPU but running at a higher frequency. You can see the performance gap between the V5 and the M5 Note in the BaseMark X test - when the GPU is that weak, even the tiniest upgrades matter.

Basemark X

Higher is better

  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650)
    14717
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20)
    13666
  • vivo V5 Plus
    10542
  • Huawei nova
    10511
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625)
    10483
  • Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime
    10424
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10)
    8540
  • Lenovo K6 Note
    7480
  • Lenovo Moto M
    6732
  • Meizu M5 Note
    5276
  • vivo V5
    4996
  • Meizu M5
    4767

Compound benchmarks such as AnTuTu and BaseMark OS II give us a better understanding of the overall performance. Here, the vivo V5 stands okay next to the competition even though it's still trailing behind. The MT6750 chip is the definition of mediocrity.

AnTuTu 6

Higher is better

  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Helio X20)
    85162
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650)
    76186
  • Huawei nova
    65021
  • vivo V5 Plus
    63812
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625)
    62454
  • Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime
    62316
  • Lenovo Moto M
    51831
  • Meizu M5 Note
    47806
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10)
    45474
  • Lenovo K6 Note
    44972
  • vivo V5
    41702
  • Meizu M5
    40831
  • Oppo F1s
    30657

Basemark OS II

Higher is better

  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (S650)
    1914
  • Huawei nova
    1473
  • vivo V5 Plus
    1325
  • Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime
    1296
  • Lenovo Moto M
    1127
  • Lenovo K6 Note
    967
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Helio X10)
    956
  • Meizu M5 Note
    944
  • vivo V5
    938
  • Oppo F1s
    888
  • Meizu M5
    846

The benchmark tests show the vivo V5 is a below average performer. It may provide an acceptable user experience, but we expected a bit more - especially at this price point. And the competition is ready to give us that extra bit of oomph at the same or even lower price.

Reader comments

  • Vivo
  • 30 Oct 2023
  • j46

Battery

  • chocomintae
  • 28 Oct 2021
  • PGE

Been using it since April 2017 and its still doing good for me. I like the mini design which makes it look like iphone lol, still superior to most bulky phones nowadays. Best to watch dramas online. When my mom's first bought it at retail price ...

  • Anonymous
  • 08 Jul 2021
  • I@a

I'm using Vivo v5 and it's easy to get lowbat especially when I'm doing a video call..just got charged but gets lowbat already