A Nexus 5 yana amfani da wani 2.26 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor tare da 2 GB na RAM, ko dai 16 ko 32 GB na ciki ajiya, da kuma wani 2300 mAh baturi. A Nexus 5 yana amfani da wani 4.95-inch (sayar kamar yadda 5-inch) 445 PPI 1080p IPS nuni, kuma ya hada da wani 8-megapixel baya-ta fuskar kamara tare da Tantancewar stabilization (OIS), da kuma wani 1.3-megapixel gaban-ta fuskar kamara. A Nexus 5 goyon bayan LTE networks, inda sabanin Nexus 4 wanda unofficially damar a kan AWS 4 LTE Band tare da boye yi gini. Wadannan uku waje launuka suna samuwa: baki, fari da ja.
8-megapixel kamara mai fuskantar baya