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Motorola Edge 40 vs Edge 30

59 out of 100
Motorola Edge 40
VS
53 out of 100
Motorola Edge 30
Motorola Edge 40
Motorola Edge 30

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.55-inch Motorola Edge 40 (with MediaTek Dimensity 8020) that was released on May 4, 2023, against the Motorola Edge 30, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus and came out 1 year 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 40
  • Delivers 65% higher peak brightness (1044 against 632 nits)
  • Shows 11% longer battery life (22:15 vs 20:01 hours)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (68W versus 33W)
  • 10% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (981K versus 895K)
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • The phone is 1 year newer
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 30
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
  • Has 2 SIM card slots

Review

Evaluation of Motorola Edge 40 and Edge 30 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Edge 40
59
Edge 30
52*
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.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
Edge 40
59
Edge 30
53*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 128 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
35.2
(Mediocre)
Value Index
31.1
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Edge 40
vs
Edge 30

Display

Type POLED AMOLED
Size 6.55 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 402 ppi 405 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-144 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 500 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1200 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 90.8% 86.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 97.1% 96%
PWM 144 Hz 250 Hz
Response time 1 ms 13 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Edge 40 +65%
1044 nits
Edge 30
632 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 158.43 mm (6.24 inches) 159.38 mm (6.27 inches)
Width 71.99 mm (2.83 inches) 74.23 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 7.49 mm (0.29 inches) 6.79 mm (0.27 inches)
Weight 167 g (5.89 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP52
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Black, Blue, Green, Red Silver, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Edge 40 +5%
90.8%
Edge 30
86.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Motorola Edge 40 and Motorola Edge 30
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8020 Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
Max clock 2600 MHz 2500 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 2.5 GHz: Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 6 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 570 Hexagon 770
GPU
Graphics Mali-G77 MC9 Adreno 642L
GPU shading units 288 512
GPU clock 836 MHz 608 MHz
FLOPS ~481.5 GFLOPS ~622.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Motorola Edge 40 and Motorola Edge 30
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Edge 40 +7%
1120
Edge 30
1050
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Edge 40 +31%
3665
Edge 30
2795
Compute Score (GPU)
Edge 40 +103%
4765
Edge 30
2343
Compute Score (GPU) 4765 2343
Single-core score 1120 1050
Multi-core score 3665 2795
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Edge 40 +10%
981459
Edge 30
895081
CPU 349209 338307
GPU 150375 115818
Memory 181946 177448
UX 299929 263508
Total score 981459 895081
Samples [12 tests] [2 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Edge 40
435
Edge 30
n/a
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 3 FPS -
Graphics score 435 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Edge 40
1260
Edge 30
n/a
Stability 99% -
Graphics test 7 FPS -
Graphics score 1260 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Edge 40
16124
Edge 30
n/a
Web score 15979 -
Video editing 7875 -
Photo editing 46444 -
Data manipulation 10609 -
Writing score 18299 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Motorola Edge 40
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (GEKO973239)AnTuTu1022272
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-03 (Ren :3)AnTuTu1007624
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-29 (Ren :3)AnTuTu991321
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-15 (Poseidon)AnTuTu992657
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-05 (Otuab)AnTuTu947213
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Motorola Edge 30
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-29 (Serj)AnTuTu759037
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-12 (Deividi)AnTuTu895081
πŸ“˜ 2023-12-14 (Nikolas)GeekBench GPU2343
πŸ“˜ 2023-12-14 (Nikolas)GeekBench CPU1050 / 2795
πŸ“˜ 2023-12-01 (Renato Barbosa)GeekBench GPU2329
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz -
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM My UX -
OS size 22 GB 20 GB
OS updates 3 years -
Security updates 3 years -

Battery

Capacity 4400 mAh 4020 mAh
Max charge power 68 W 33 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (58% in 15 min) Yes (50% in 22 min)
Full charging time 0:40 hr 1:04 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:43 hr 07:04 hr
Watching video 13:43 hr 12:35 hr
Gaming 05:18 hr 04:37 hr
Standby 108 hr 102 hr
General battery life
Edge 40 +11%
22:15 hr
Edge 30
20:01 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
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 (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 118Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 MP
3) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.4 f/1.8
Sensor Omnivision OV50A Omnivision OV50A
Sensor size 1/1.55" (β‰ˆ 0.65 inch) 1/1.55" (β‰ˆ 0.65 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 13 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor - Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/3.0" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 3264 x 2448 6464 x 4864
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor CMOS Samsung JD1
Sensor size 1/3.0" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/3.14" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus No 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/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode - Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 21 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Edge 40 +6%
89.4 dB
Edge 30
84.6 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced May 2023 April 2022
Release date May 2023 May 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $600 $550
Successor - Motorola Edge 70 - Motorola Edge 70
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 68 W Yes, 33 W
Further details
Notes on Edge 40:
    - The back cover could be made of eco-leather (optionally).
*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 40 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
91 (60.7%)
59 (39.3%)
Total votes: 150

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