Motorola Edge 50 Pro vs Google Pixel 8a
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Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.7-inch Motorola Edge 50 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3) that was released on April 3, 2024, against the Google Pixel 8a, which is powered by Google Tensor G3 and came out 1 month after. 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 Pro
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Supports higher wattage charging (125W versus 18W)
- Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
- Shows 16% longer battery life (22:58 vs 19:43 hours)
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Thinner bezels – 11.5% more screen real estate
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Reverse charging feature
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 8a
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 15
- 31% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1433K versus 1090K)
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- Delivers 17% higher peak brightness (1504 against 1288 nits)
- Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+1)
- 32% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1491 and 1131 points
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 | OLED |
| Size | 6.7 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 444 ppi | 431 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 2000 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1400 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10 |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 92.8% | 81.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 98% | 99.1% |
| PWM | 714 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 2 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Edge 50 Pro
6.7″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
Pixel 8a
6.1″ (20:9 ratio) = 13.9 in2
~20% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.23 mm (6.35 inches) | 152.1 mm (5.99 inches) |
| Width | 72.4 mm (2.85 inches) | 72.7 mm (2.86 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.19 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 186 g (6.56 oz) | 188 g (6.63 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP67 |
| Rear material | Eco-leather | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Purple | White, Black, Blue, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.52/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 | Google Tensor G3 |
| Max clock | 2630 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 9 (1 + 4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510) - 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715) - 1 core at 2.63 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715) |
- 4 cores at 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 4 cores at 2.37 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X3 |
| L3 cache | 3 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 720 | Immortalis-G715s MC10 |
| GPU shading units | 512 | 896 |
| GPU clock | 975 MHz | 890 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~998.4 GFLOPS | ~1594.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 3980 | 8490 |
| Single-core score | 1131 | 1491 |
| Multi-core score | 2967 | 3584 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 401603 | 546093 |
| GPU | 213087 | 391230 |
| Memory | 180548 | 195569 |
| UX | 295471 | 300801 |
| Total score | 1090709 | 1433693 |
| Samples | [9 tests] | [6 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 67% |
| Graphics test | 4 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | 490 | 990 |
Recent User Tests
Motorola Edge 50 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-23 (Mohan Kumar) | AnTuTu 12 | 1098551 |
| 📘 2026-04-22 -> Pratheesh Layola | AnTuTu 11 | 978664 |
| 📘 2026-04-07 (Vinnizzk) | AnTuTu 11 | 1135299 |
| 📘 2026-02-20 (Bombuleila) | AnTuTu 11 | 1038427 |
| 📘 2025-12-21 (allex882) | AnTuTu 11 | 1077916 |
Google Pixel 8a
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-12-28 (adismsha) | AnTuTu 11 | 1471866 |
| 📘 2025-12-22 -> jpara_dise | Geekbench 6 GPU | 8490 |
| 📘 2025-12-22 -> jpara_dise | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1491 / 3584 |
| 📘 2025-12-22 -> jpara_dise | AnTuTu 11 | 1397797 |
| 📘 2025-12-17 (jpara_dise) | AnTuTu 11 | 1397797 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | Hello UI | Stock Android |
| OS size | 17 GB | 18.4 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 3 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 4492 mAh |
| Max charge power | 125 W | 18 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (91% in 15 min) | Yes (33% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:18 hr | 2:09 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 08:58 hr | 08:15 hr |
| Watching video | 14:13 hr | 13:00 hr |
| Gaming | 05:10 hr | 04:54 hr |
| Standby | 112 hr | 86 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 64 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 9000 x 7000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 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 | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 64 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 64 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.4 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV50E | Sony IMX787 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) | 1/1.73" (≈ 0.58 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | - |
| Focal length | 73 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3K1 | - |
| 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 | 16 mm | - |
| Sensor | SK Hynix HI1336 | Sony IMX712 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 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 | - | 60 |
| Preview | - | 71 |
| Zoom | - | 126 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Google Pixel 8a from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | - |
| Focal length | 21 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung JNS | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | - |
| Stabilization | 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 MiMO - 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 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.4 | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| 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 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | April 2024 | May 2024 |
| Release date | April 2024 | May 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | $499 |
| Successor | - Motorola Edge 70 Pro | - Google Pixel 10a |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 125 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Edge 50 Pro:
- The 8/256 GB memory variant comes with a 68-watt power adapter.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, and software are more important to you, then choose the Google Pixel 8a. But if the battery life, design, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Motorola Edge 50 Pro.
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