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Motorola Edge (2025) vs Edge (2021)

66 out of 100
Motorola Edge (2025)
VS
50 out of 100
Motorola Edge (2021)
Motorola Edge (2025)
Motorola Edge (2021)

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.7-inch Motorola Edge (2025) (with MediaTek Dimensity 7400 Ultra) that was released on May 27, 2025, against the Motorola Edge (2021), which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G and came out 3 years and 10 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge (2025)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (68W versus 30W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 12
  • 19% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (981K versus 825K)
  • The phone is 3 years and 10 months newer
  • 13% higher pixel density (446 vs 395 PPI)
  • POLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge (2021)
  • Higher display refresh rate โ€“ 144 Hz
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS

Review

Evaluation of Motorola Edge (2025) and Edge (2021) crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 81% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Motorola Edge (2021) to Motorola Edge (2025) is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: camera, display, and battery life.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Edge (2025)
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Edge (2021)

Display

Type POLED IPS LCD
Size 6.7 inches 6.8 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1080 x 2460 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 395 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 1400 nits 450 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits 650 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 600 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 92% 87.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3

Design and build

Height 161.19 mm (6.35 inches) 169 mm (6.65 inches)
Width 73.06 mm (2.88 inches) 75.6 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 7.99 mm (0.31 inches) 9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 181 g (6.38 oz) 200 g (7.05 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP52
Rear material Eco-leather Plastic
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Green Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
Edge (2025) +5%
92%
Edge (2021)
87.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Motorola Edge (2025) and Motorola Edge (2021)
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 7400 Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Max clock 2500 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A78		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 655 Hexagon 770
GPU
Graphics Mali-G615 MC2 Adreno 642L
GPU shading units 256 512
GPU clock 1300 MHz 550 MHz
FLOPS ~665.6 GFLOPS ~563.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Motorola Edge (2025) and Motorola Edge (2021)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Edge (2025) +5%
1063
Edge (2021)
1017
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Edge (2025) +4%
3070
Edge (2021)
2943
Compute Score (GPU)
Edge (2025) +48%
3118
Edge (2021)
2112
Compute Score (GPU) 3118 2112
Single-core score 1063 1017
Multi-core score 3070 2943
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Edge (2025) +19%
981681
Edge (2021)
825910
CPU 341345 322720
GPU 151427 95314
Memory 191519 168073
UX 297390 239803
Total score 981681 825910
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Edge (2025) +80%
404
Edge (2021)
225
Graphics test 3 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 404 225
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 99%
Graphics test - 4 FPS
Graphics score - 680
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Edge (2025) +4%
14062
Edge (2021)
13483
Web score 17549 13011
Video editing 7379 7623
Photo editing 30810 27998
Data manipulation 9771 11425
Writing score 14106 15638
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Motorola Edge (2025)
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-18 -> Junior_escalant3AnTuTu 11926931
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-02 (ะ”ะผะธั‚ั€ะธะน)AnTuTu 11981681
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Motorola Edge (2021)
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-06 -> Beyonder-editzGeekbench 6 GPU2112
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-06 -> Beyonder-editzGeekbench 6 CPU1008 / 2930
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-04 -> Beyonder-editzAnTuTu 11825910
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-07-14 -> Beyonder-editzGeekbench 6 CPU1017 / 2943
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-05-20 -> Beyonder-editzGeekbench 6 CPU1017 / 2943
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 -
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 12)
ROM Hello UI -

Battery

Capacity 5200 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 68 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (75% in 30 min) Yes (60% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:45 hr 1:25 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 12032 x 9204
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 122ยฐ 119ยฐ
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5KHM2
Sensor size 1/1.56" (โ‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.52" (โ‰ˆ 0.66 inch)
Pixel size - 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP -
Focal length 73 mm -
Sensor size 1/3.94" (โ‰ˆ 0.25 inch) -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 12 mm -
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/1.9 f/2.3
Sensor - CMOS
Pixel size - 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
DisplayPort No -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC, SBAS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* Yes No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo -
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes No

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced May 2025 August 2021
Release date June 2025 September 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $549 $600
Successor - - Motorola Edge (2025)
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 30 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Motorola Edge (2025) is definitely a better buy.

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