Motorola Edge 50 Neo vs Edge 50 Fusion
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Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.4-inch Motorola Edge 50 Neo (with MediaTek Dimensity 7300) that was released on August 29, 2024, against the Motorola Edge 50 Fusion, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 and came out 4 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
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 50 Neo
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- 11% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (898K versus 813K)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- 17% higher pixel density (460 vs 393 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 50 Fusion
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Has a 0.3 inch larger screen size
- Delivers 8% higher peak brightness (1319 against 1225 nits)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
Review
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | POLED | POLED |
| Size | 6.4 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2670 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 393 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (60-144 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | - | 1600 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3000 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | No |
| Touch sampling rate | 300 Hz | 360 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.1% | 91.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 107.9% | 98.7% |
| PWM | 355 Hz | 389 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Edge 50 Fusion
6.7″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
Edge 50 Neo
6.4″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.3 in2
~9% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 154.1 mm (6.07 inches) | 161.9 mm (6.37 inches) |
| Width | 71.2 mm (2.8 inches) | 73.1 mm (2.88 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 171 g (6.03 oz) | 174.9 g (6.17 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Eco-leather | Eco-leather |
| Frame material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Colors | Gray, Blue, Red, Yellow | Blue, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Good (3.96/5) | Good (3.62/5) |
| Drop resistance | Very good (B) · 180 drops | Average (D) · 45 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 7300 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 |
| Max clock | 2500 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
- 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 655 | Yes |
| Graphics | Mali-G615 MP2 | Adreno 710 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 1047 MHz | 940 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~536.1 GFLOPS | ~481.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 2619 | 1802 |
| Single-core score | 1044 | 1014 |
| Multi-core score | 2985 | 2922 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 331859 | 317458 |
| GPU | 128002 | 73200 |
| Memory | 145556 | 161032 |
| UX | 293486 | 261448 |
| Total score | 898903 | 813138 |
| Samples | [14 tests] | [17 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Graphics score | 348 | 254 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 19400 | 15204 |
| Video editing | 8039 | 7411 |
| Photo editing | 34263 | 33336 |
| Data manipulation | 11677 | 11163 |
| Writing score | 18035 | 17721 |
Recent User Tests
Motorola Edge 50 Neo
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 -> xxmichal | AnTuTu 12 | 1028472 |
| 📘 2026-09-06 (Opel O) | AnTuTu 12 | 971060 |
| 📘 2026-06-09 (Dzong) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1044 / 2985 |
| 📘 2026-06-09 (Dzong) | AnTuTu 11 | 936941 |
| 📘 2026-04-14 (Thiago de Oliveira Cardoso) | AnTuTu 11 | 898903 |
Motorola Edge 50 Fusion
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-06 (qwezzex) | AnTuTu 11 | 789460 |
| 📘 2026-10-05 (Nor2x) | AnTuTu 12 | 915872 |
| 📘 2026-10-02 (A. L.) | AnTuTu 12 | 967289 |
| 📘 2026-09-08 (Feroz) | AnTuTu 11 | 829762 |
| 📘 2026-07-26 (Hi) | AnTuTu 11 | 832664 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 2.2 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | Hello UI | Hello UI |
| OS updates | 5 years | 3 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 3 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4310 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 68 W | 68 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes (60% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | - | 1:04 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1200 cycles | 1200 cycles |
| Web browsing | - | 09:21 hr |
| Watching video | - | 15:37 hr |
| Gaming | - | 05:22 hr |
| Standby | - | 111 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | 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 (1920p) | 240 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 25 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYTIA 700C | Sony LYT-700C |
| Sensor size | 1/1.5" (≈ 0.67 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | - |
| Focal length | 73 mm | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 16 mm |
| Sensor | - | SK Hynix HI1336 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 40 | - |
| Preview | 59 | - |
| Zoom | 107 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Motorola Edge 50 Neo from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 3280 x 2460 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.5 |
| Sensor | - | Samsung ISOCELL S5KJD1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 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 5 (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 Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.3 | 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, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 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
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | August 2024 | April 2024 |
| Release date | September 2024 | May 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | $349 |
| Successor | - Motorola Edge 60 Neo | - Motorola Edge 70 Fusion |
| 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, gaming, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Motorola Edge 50 Neo. But if the battery life and software are more of a priority – go for the Motorola Edge 50 Fusion.
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