Bottom line: which one is better?
To compare LG G5 and LG G6 is a beautiful task as both are products of LG with quite a number of differences. They have quite large storage system with G6 on 64GB and G5 on 32GB. Further to this, G6 offers quite high battery capacity of 3300mAh to G5’s 2800mAh
Design
There are quite a number of differences in design in looking at LG G5 vs LG. For starters, G5 is wider and longer than G6. It stands at 73.9mm in width and 149.4mm in height, a difference of 2mm and 0.5mm respectively to G6.
LG G6 takes the lead on thickness at 7.9mm, a high of 0.6mm over G5. The G6 is also heavier by 4 grams and is available in array of colors over G5.
Display
There is a clear-cut difference in comparing LG G6 vs LG G5 design wise. The G6 takes the lead in aspect ratio at 18:9, a high of 2:0 over G5. Further, G6 has high pixel density of 565ppi, high screen size of 5.7 inches, high screen resolution of 1440 x 2880 pixels, and high screen to body ratio of 78.32%.
Performance
The LG G5 vs G6 is not an enjoyable subject under performance feature as they have almost all features similar. They have similar graphics, architecture, and RAM specs. The difference is in chipset where G5 has Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 and G6 on Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro.
The G6 runs on Quad core (2.3 GHz, Dual core, Kryo + 1.6 GHz, Dual core, Kryo) processor while G5 is running on Octa core (2.1 GHz, Quad core, Kryo + 1.6 GHz, Quad core, Kryo) processor.
Cameras
In comparing G5 vs G6, it is worth noting that despite being launched a year after G5, G6 lacks much of improvement in camera specs. The G5 has additional camera features over G6 like 8 x Optical Zoom and Digital image stabilization. G5 has a higher Image Resolution of 4616 x 3464 Pixels to G6’s 4160 x 3120 Pixels. The G5 comes with additional sensor feature in CMOS image sensor plus a front camera resolution of 8 MP.
Audio
As would have been expected when comparing LG G6 vs G5, there is no point of distinction between the two phones. Both have loudspeaker, offer access the FM radio, and are both fixed with an audio jack of 3.5mm.
Battery
In comparing G5 vs G6, there is greater safety in owning G5 due to having an in-built battery. It further offers a longer standby and talk times over G6 and additional quick charging ability of v3.0. The only G6 strength over G5 is a higher charge capacity of 3300mAh to 2800mAh.
Special features
The two phones have two outstanding points of difference. G5 has an additional spec of rgbw sensor lacked by G6. In terms of operating system, G5 runs on v6.0.1 (Marshmallow) while G6 rans on v7.0 (Nougat) android.
The comparison of these two phones showed closeness not easily witnessed with many phones. There is a strong case put forward feature wise by G6 to be considered a better phone.

