Sony uses the MediaTek MT6753 chipset as the platform of choice for the Xperia E5. The chip features a quad-core 1.3GHz Cortex-A53 processor, 1.5GB of RAM and dual-core Mali-T720MP2 GPU.
We chose to compare the Xperia E5 with similarly spec'd 5" 720p smartphones. Most of them rely on Snapdragon 616 and 410 chipsets - the later sports quad-core CPU and older GPU.
The first bencharmark is GeekBench, which is great at giving us a reliable reading of raw CPU performance. Here, the Xperia E5 sits above the Snapdragon 410 in the Galaxy J5 (2016).
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The same happens in the compound AnTuTu 6, where the Xperia E5 is trumped by the Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus and Oppo F1, which have a Snapdragon 616 working inside their bellies.
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Moving to graphics performance, the Xperia E5 managed to output measly 3fps on the 1080p offscreen version of GFX 3.0 Manhattan. On screen result doubled to 6fps, but that's still not as good as the Xperia XA for instance.
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All in all, the MediaTek MT6735 chipset did a fine job pushing the 720p display of the Xperia E5 smoothly. The user interface felt snappy and there's hardly any lagging except for really heavy apps.
It's certainly not a benchmark champ but it outperforms competing phones with the Snapdragon 410. However, it's no match for mid-rangers with Snapdragon 615 or higher.
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