Performance
Powered by the Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808 chipset with a hexa-core CPU, consisting of 4x1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 and 2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A57, the Nexus 5X provides a smooth user experience for day-to-day tasks and moderate multitasking. The Adreno 418 GPU offers reasonable graphics performance for 2015, handling most games and media playback with ease. Although initially launched with Android 6.0 Marshmallow, it supports upgrades up to Android 8.0 Oreo, ensuring access to Google's latest features and optimizations for the software’s lifecycle.