Techradar felt that the G5's performance was on par with the Snapdragon 820-based version of the Samsung Galaxy S7 sold in the United States, and that "in day-to-day use, and when not directly compared to its rivals' performance in a lab, it feels super slick."
Techradar je osećao da performanse G5 su po Snapdragon 820-zasnovanoj verziji od Samsung Galaksi S7 prodatog u Ujedinjenim Državama, i da "u svakodnevnom korišćenju, i kad nije direktno upoređen sa rivalima , oseća se super klizavo."