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Sony Xperia 5 IV vs Xperia 1 IV

62 out of 100
Sony Xperia 5 IV
VS
63 out of 100
Sony Xperia 1 IV
Sony Xperia 5 IV
Sony Xperia 1 IV

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.1-inch Sony Xperia 5 IV (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) that was released on September 1, 2022, against the Sony Xperia 1 IV, which is powered by the same chip and came out 3 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments (1)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Sony Xperia 5 IV
  • Shows 28% longer battery life (21:03 vs 16:28 hours)
  • Delivers 43% higher peak brightness (922 against 645 nits)
  • More recent OS version: Android 14 versus 13
Reasons to consider the Sony Xperia 1 IV
  • The rear camera has a 5.2x optical zoom
  • 43% higher pixel density (643 vs 449 PPI)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • 12% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1716 and 1530 points

Review

Evaluation of Sony Xperia 5 IV and Xperia 1 IV crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
11.9
(Bad)
Value Index
27.9
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Xperia 5 IV
vs
Xperia 1 IV

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.1 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2520 pixels 1644 x 3840 pixels
Aspect ratio 21:9 21:9
PPI 449 ppi 643 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 650 nits 600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1000 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 83.1% 84.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 100% 99%
PWM 475 Hz 480 Hz
Response time 1 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Xperia 1 IV
6.5″ (21:9 ratio) = 15.3 in2
Xperia 5 IV
6.1″ (21:9 ratio) = 13.5 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xperia 5 IV +43%
922 nits
Xperia 1 IV
645 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 156 mm (6.14 inches) 165 mm (6.5 inches)
Width 67 mm (2.64 inches) 71 mm (2.8 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 172 g (6.07 oz) 185 g (6.53 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green White, Black, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
Xperia 5 IV
83.1%
Xperia 1 IV +1%
84.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Sony Xperia 5 IV and Sony Xperia 1 IV
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Max clock 3000 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache 6 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 730 Adreno 730
GPU shading units 1024 1024
GPU clock 818 MHz 818 MHz
FLOPS ~1675.3 GFLOPS ~1675.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Sony Xperia 5 IV and Sony Xperia 1 IV
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xperia 5 IV
1530
Xperia 1 IV +12%
1716
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xperia 5 IV
4039
Xperia 1 IV +26%
5099
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 5511
Single-core score 1530 1716
Multi-core score 4039 5099
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xperia 5 IV
1242193
Xperia 1 IV +6%
1320406
CPU 517505 510429
GPU 172625 209242
Memory 189500 236547
UX 362563 373188
Total score 1242193 1320406
Samples [7 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xperia 5 IV
637
Xperia 1 IV +14%
729
Stability 67% -
Graphics test 5 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 637 729
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Xperia 5 IV +7%
2129
Xperia 1 IV
1990
Stability 58% 75%
Graphics test 12 FPS 11 FPS
Graphics score 2129 1990
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Xperia 5 IV +6%
12864
Xperia 1 IV
12193
Web score 9147 9065
Video editing 6069 6139
Photo editing 30654 30549
Data manipulation 11381 10915
Writing score 17371 16842
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Sony Xperia 5 IV
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-30 (Makaroncha)Battery lifeBattery report
📘 2026-04-16 (Makaroncha)AnTuTu 111280212
📘 2026-04-13 (Bviet2507)AnTuTu 111192213
📘 2026-04-04 (Nizzyy)AnTuTu 111263596
📘 2026-02-15 -> RABBITAnTuTu 111278614
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Sony Xperia 1 IV
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-06 (き)Geekbench 6 GPU5511
📘 2026-03-06 (き)Geekbench 6 CPU1716 / 5099
📘 2026-03-02 (き)AnTuTu 111320406
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory clock 3200 MHz 2750 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM Stock Android -
OS size 24 GB 37 GB

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 30 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes Yes
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Fast charging Yes (45% in 30 min) Yes (47% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:45 hr 1:42 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:14 hr 05:38 hr
Watching video 16:59 hr 10:08 hr
Gaming 05:39 hr 04:39 hr
Standby 81 hr 85 hr
General battery life
Xperia 5 IV +28%
21:03 hr
Xperia 1 IV
16:28 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 4000 x 3000
Zoom Optical, 2.5x Optical, 5.2x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 124° 124°
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth: 0.3 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.7
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX557 Sony IMX557
Sensor size 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch) 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch)
Pixel size 1.8 micron 1.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.3
Focal length 60 mm 85 mm
Sensor Sony IMX650 Sony IMX650
Sensor size 1/3.5" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.5" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm 16 mm
Sensor Sony IMX563 Sony IMX563
Sensor size 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Xperia 5 IV +3%
121
Xperia 1 IV
118
Video quality
Xperia 5 IV +1%
113
Xperia 1 IV
112
Generic main camera score
Xperia 5 IV +1%
119
Xperia 1 IV
118
Bokeh 55 55
Preview 62 59
Zoom 111 116
Samples Photo samples of Sony Xperia 5 IV from DxOMark Photo samples of Sony Xperia 1 IV from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 4000 x 3000
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 24 mm 20 mm
Sensor Sony IMX663 Sony IMX663
Sensor size 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch) 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch)
Pixel size 1.25 micron 1 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort - Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot Yes Yes
LTE Cat* 20 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Xperia 5 IV
87.1 dB
Xperia 1 IV
86.7 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2022 May 2022
Release date September 2022 June 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $1599
Successor - Sony Xperia 5 V - Sony Xperia 1 VII
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Not included
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the performance is more important to you, then choose the Sony Xperia 1 IV. But if the battery life and software are more of a priority – go for the Sony Xperia 5 IV.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
183 (64.9%)
99 (35.1%)
Total votes: 282

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Nazmul Hasan Romi July 27, 2026 at 02:36 PM
Thanks for informing.
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