We finally have Nokia 5.1 benchmark on Geekbench which outshines its predecessor by a huge margin. Nokia 5.1 has a score of 845 for the single core and 3261 for the multicore whereas Nokia 5 only managed 677 and 2880 for the single core and the multicore respectively. Although it should not surprise you as the Nokia 5.1 is a newer model and a better product in terms of specs.
There are few noteworthy changes inside Nokia 5.1 such as the processor which is Mediatek Helio P18. In comparison with Nokia 5 which debuted with Snapdragon 430, Nokia 5.1 is a much more powerful given that both have Octacore CPU inside them. Besides processor, Nokia 5.1 also jumped some megapixels and achieved a 16-megapixel camera with dual LED flash. There is also a significant jump in screen resolution and screen size as compared to Nokia 5. The newer model will possess a 5.5-inch screen with a full HD display(1080×2160).
One important thing to note that Nokia 5.1 will come with two variant. One having a secondary memory of 32 GB with 3GB of RAM and the other will possess a slightly lower number, a 16GB with 2GB of RAM. Mind you that the difference just ends here and all the exciting hardware improvements will be available to both the 32GB and the 16GB variant with no single exception. You can read the more detail about Nokia 5.1 by clicking on this link.
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