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Motorola Edge 50 Pro vs Edge 40

66 out of 100
Motorola Edge 50 Pro
VS
59 out of 100
Motorola Edge 40
Motorola Edge 50 Pro
Motorola Edge 40

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.7-inch Motorola Edge 50 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3) that was released on April 3, 2024, against the Motorola Edge 40, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8020 and came out 11 months 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 50 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (125W versus 68W)
  • 11% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1090K versus 981K)
  • Delivers 25% higher peak brightness (1303 against 1044 nits)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • 11% higher pixel density (446 vs 402 PPI)
  • The phone is 11 months newer
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
  • Reverse charging feature
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 40
  • Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
  • Weighs 19 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Motorola Edge 50 Pro and Edge 40 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
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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
69.6
(Good)
Value Index
35.2
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Edge 50 Pro
vs
Edge 40

Display

Type POLED POLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.55 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 402 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-144 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2000 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 5
Screen-to-body ratio 92.8% 90.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98% 97.1%
PWM 714 Hz 144 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Edge 50 Pro +25%
1303 nits
Edge 40
1044 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.23 mm (6.35 inches) 158.43 mm (6.24 inches)
Width 72.4 mm (2.85 inches) 71.99 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 8.19 mm (0.32 inches) 7.49 mm (0.29 inches)
Weight 186 g (6.56 oz) 167 g (5.89 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Rear material Eco-leather Plastic
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Purple Black, Blue, Green, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Edge 50 Pro +2%
92.8%
Edge 40
90.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Motorola Edge 50 Pro and Motorola Edge 40
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 MediaTek Dimensity 8020
Max clock 2630 MHz 2600 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (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 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache 3 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek APU 570
GPU
Graphics Adreno 720 Mali-G77 MC9
GPU shading units 512 288
GPU clock 975 MHz 836 MHz
FLOPS ~998.4 GFLOPS ~481.5 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Motorola Edge 50 Pro and Motorola Edge 40
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Edge 50 Pro +1%
1131
Edge 40
1120
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Edge 50 Pro
2967
Edge 40 +24%
3665
Compute Score (GPU)
Edge 50 Pro
3980
Edge 40 +20%
4765
Compute Score (GPU) 3980 4765
Single-core score 1131 1120
Multi-core score 2967 3665
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Edge 50 Pro +11%
1090709
Edge 40
981459
CPU 401603 349209
GPU 213087 150375
Memory 180548 181946
UX 295471 299929
Total score 1090709 981459
Samples [9 tests] [12 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Edge 50 Pro +13%
490
Edge 40
435
Stability 98% 98%
Graphics test 4 FPS 3 FPS
Graphics score 490 435
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Edge 50 Pro
n/a
Edge 40
1260
Stability - 99%
Graphics test - 7 FPS
Graphics score - 1260
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Edge 50 Pro
n/a
Edge 40
16124
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 50 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-22 -> Pratheesh LayolaAnTuTu978664
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-07 (Vinnizzk)AnTuTu1135299
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-20 (Bombuleila)AnTuTu1038427
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-21 (allex882)AnTuTu1077916
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-30 (RenJiNezu)AnTuTu1095845
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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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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 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 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM Hello UI My UX
OS size 17 GB 22 GB
OS updates 3 years 3 years
Security updates 3 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 4500 mAh 4400 mAh
Max charge power 125 W 68 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Fast charging Yes (91% in 15 min) Yes (58% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:18 hr 0:40 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:58 hr 08:43 hr
Watching video 14:13 hr 13:43 hr
Gaming 05:10 hr 05:18 hr
Standby 112 hr 108 hr
General battery life
Edge 50 Pro +3%
22:58 hr
Edge 40
22:15 hr
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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 (1080p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 120Β°
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
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.4 f/1.4
Focal length 25 mm -
Sensor OmniVision OV50E 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
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 -
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 50 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 3264 x 2448
Aperture f/1.9 f/2.4
Focal length 21 mm -
Sensor Samsung JNS CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/3.0" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 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 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 Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.1 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.4 -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
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 21
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 50 Pro
79.1 dB
Edge 40 +13%
89.4 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced April 2024 May 2023
Release date April 2024 May 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $699 $600
Successor - Motorola Edge 60 Pro - Motorola Edge 70
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 125 W Yes, 68 W
Further details
Notes on Edge 50 Pro:
    - The 8/256 GB memory variant comes with a 68-watt power adapter.
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 50 Pro is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
79 (44.4%)
99 (55.6%)
Total votes: 178

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