Motorola Edge 50 Fusion vs Edge 50

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.7-inch Motorola Edge 50 Fusion (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2) that was released on April 16, 2024, against the Motorola Edge 50, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated and came out 4 months after. 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 50 Fusion
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Delivers 14% higher peak brightness (1319 against 1153 nits)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 50
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • 12% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (912K versus 813K)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • 13% higher pixel density (446 vs 393 PPI)
  • 9% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1110 and 1014 points

Review

Evaluation of Motorola Edge 50 Fusion and Edge 50 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)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
72.2
(Good)
Value Index
71.8
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type POLED POLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 393 ppi 446 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-144 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 1600 nits
HDR support No Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 91.5% 93.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98.7% 96.9%
PWM 389 Hz 397 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1319 nits
1153 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.9 mm (6.37 inches) 160.8 mm (6.33 inches)
Width 73.1 mm (2.88 inches) 72.4 mm (2.85 inches)
Thickness 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 174.9 g (6.17 oz) 180 g (6.35 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Rear material Eco-leather Eco-leather
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Blue, Pink Gray, Green, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.62/5) Good (3.89/5)
Drop resistance Average (D) Β· 45 drops Excellent (A) Β· 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Edge 50 +2%
93.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Motorola Edge 50 Fusion and Motorola Edge 50
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated
Max clock 2400 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.36 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A710
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 710 Adreno 644
GPU shading units 256 768
GPU clock 940 MHz 443 MHz
FLOPS ~481.3 GFLOPS ~680.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Motorola Edge 50 Fusion and Motorola Edge 50
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Edge 50 +9%
1110
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Edge 50 +5%
3067
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 1802 -
Single-core score 1014 1110
Multi-core score 2922 3067
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Edge 50 +12%
912649
CPU 317458 381048
GPU 73200 103294
Memory 161032 156637
UX 261448 271670
Total score 813138 912649
Samples [17 tests] [4 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Edge 50 +7%
273
Stability 98% 98%
Graphics test 2 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 254 273
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 15204 -
Video editing 7411 -
Photo editing 33336 -
Data manipulation 11163 -
Writing score 17721 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Motorola Edge 50 Fusion
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-08 (Feroz)AnTuTu 11829762
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-26 (Hi)AnTuTu 11832664
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-23 (Lufus)AnTuTu 11814803
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-16 (Hi)AnTuTu 11824605
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-05 (walk1yann)AnTuTu 11807311
Motorola Edge 50
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-03 (PlutoXtech)AnTuTu 11912649
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-20 (Angel)AnTuTu 11922047
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-20 (Elthuder7)AnTuTu 11910374
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-06 (Gael)AnTuTu 11904999

Memory

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

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM Hello UI Hello UI
OS size - 17 GB
OS updates 3 years 3 years
Security updates 3 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 68 W 68 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging No -
Fast charging Yes (60% in 30 min) Yes
Full charging time 1:04 hr -
Battery cycles 1200 cycles 1200 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:21 hr -
Watching video 15:37 hr -
Gaming 05:22 hr -
Standby 111 hr -
General battery life
23:51 hr
n/a

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Optical, 3x
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) -
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 13 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 25 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-700C -
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 10 MP
Aperture - f/2.0
Focal length - 73 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5K3K1
Sensor size - 1/3.94" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 13 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm 13 mm
Sensor SK Hynix HI1336 -
Sensor size 1/3.0" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/3.0" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 3280 x 2460 -
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.4
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KJD1 -
Sensor size 1/3.14" (β‰ˆ 0.32 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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) 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
- OTG
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
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 Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 18 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
81.7 dB
Edge 50 +8%
88.5 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced April 2024 August 2024
Release date May 2024 August 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $349 $400
Successor - Motorola Edge 70 Fusion - 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, 68 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, camera, gaming, connectivity, and design are more important to you, then choose the Motorola Edge 50. But if the battery life and software are more of a priority – go for the Motorola Edge 50 Fusion.

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