Motorola Edge (2026) vs Edge 20

67 out of 100
Motorola Edge (2026)
VS
50 out of 100
Motorola Edge 20

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.3-inch Motorola Edge (2026) (with MediaTek Dimensity 7450) that was released on June 2, 2026, against the Motorola Edge 20, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G and came out 4 years and 11 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge (2026)
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4000 mAh
  • 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)
  • The phone is 4 years and 11 months newer
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
  • 22% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (979K versus 804K)
  • Stereo speakers
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • 17% higher pixel density (461 vs 393 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 20
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
  • Has 2 SIM card slots

Review

Evaluation of Motorola Edge (2026) and Edge 20 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 84% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Motorola Edge 20 to Motorola Edge (2026) 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
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Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.3 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1216 x 2640 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 461 ppi 393 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes No
Max rated brightness - 450 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 5200 nits 700 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 88.9% 88.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space - 153.1%
PWM - 252 Hz
Response time - 7.5 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Edge 20
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Edge (2026)
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
645 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 152.3 mm (6 inches) 163 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 72 mm (2.83 inches) 76 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 7.2 mm (0.28 inches) 7 mm (0.28 inches)
Weight 160.5 g (5.66 oz) 163 g (5.75 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP52
Rear material Eco-leather Plastic
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Green White, Gray, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
88.9%
88.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Motorola Edge (2026) and Motorola Edge 20
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 7450 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 MP2 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 (2026) and Motorola Edge 20
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1075
984
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
3080
2633
Compute Score (GPU)
n/a
Compute Score (GPU) 3132 -
Single-core score 1075 984
Multi-core score 3080 2633
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
979808
804228
CPU 345028 336439
GPU 150583 92141
Memory 193105 155732
UX 291092 219976
Total score 979808 804228
Samples Less than 3 [2 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 99%
Graphics test - 2 FPS
Graphics score - 226
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 99%
Graphics test - 4 FPS
Graphics score - 688
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
13526
Web score - 12292
Video editing - 7903
Photo editing - 30614
Data manipulation - 10708
Writing score - 15451

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Motorola Edge (2026)
No benchmark results yet
Motorola Edge 20
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-01-12 (makuro7)AnTuTu 11804228
📘 2025-10-04 (renan2001)AnTuTu 11755519

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
OS size - 20 GB
OS updates 3 years -
Security updates 4 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4000 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
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (77% in 30 min) Yes (68% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:42 hr 1:01 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 06:52 hr
Watching video - 11:59 hr
Gaming - 04:14 hr
Standby - 94 hr
General battery life
18:47 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 12032 x 9204
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 122° 119°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 16 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" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.52" (≈ 0.66 inch)
Pixel size - 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP 8 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Focal length 73 mm 79 mm
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size - 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 16 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 12 mm 13 mm
Sensor size - 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.0 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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- 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
- OTG
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 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
Hybrid slot No Yes
LTE Cat* - 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Mono
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
84.5 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced June 2026 July 2021
Release date June 2026 August 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $599 $590
Successor - - Motorola Edge (2026)
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included -
*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 (2026) is definitely a better buy.

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