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Motorola Edge 60 vs Edge 50

66 out of 100
Motorola Edge 60
VS
64 out of 100
Motorola Edge 50
Motorola Edge 60
Motorola Edge 50

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Motorola Edge 60 (with MediaTek Dimensity 7300) that was released on April 24, 2025, against the Motorola Edge 50, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated and came out 8 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 60
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Delivers 21% higher peak brightness (1406 against 1162 nits)
  • The phone is 8 months newer
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 50
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • 8% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1110 and 1024 points

Review

Evaluation of Motorola Edge 60 and Edge 50 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Edge 60
74*
Edge 50
73*
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Edge 60
72
Edge 50
64*
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 60
66*
Edge 50
64*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
101.9
(Excellent)
Value Index
71.8
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Edge 60
vs
Edge 50

Display

Type POLED POLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 446 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1400 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 91.4% 93.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 104% 96.9%
PWM 742 Hz 397 Hz
Response time 2 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Edge 60 +21%
1406 nits
Edge 50
1162 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161 mm (6.34 inches) 160.8 mm (6.33 inches)
Width 73 mm (2.87 inches) 72.4 mm (2.85 inches)
Thickness 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 179 g (6.31 oz) 180 g (6.35 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Plastic Eco-leather
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Blue, Green Gray, Green, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.63/5) Good (3.89/5)
Drop resistance Very good (B) Β· 180 drops Excellent (A) Β· 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Edge 60
91.4%
Edge 50 +2%
93.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Motorola Edge 60 and Motorola Edge 50
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated
Max clock 2500 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.5 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
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 655 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G615 MP2 Adreno 644
GPU shading units 256 768
GPU clock 1047 MHz 443 MHz
FLOPS ~536.1 GFLOPS ~680.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Motorola Edge 60 and Motorola Edge 50
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Edge 60
1024
Edge 50 +8%
1110
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Edge 60
2924
Edge 50 +5%
3067
Compute Score (GPU)
Edge 60
2577
Edge 50
n/a
Compute Score (GPU) 2577 -
Single-core score 1024 1110
Multi-core score 2924 3067
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Edge 60
903795
Edge 50 +1%
912649
CPU 317114 381048
GPU 125977 103294
Memory 183217 156637
UX 277487 271670
Total score 903795 912649
Samples [4 tests] [4 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Edge 60 +26%
345
Edge 50
273
Stability 97% 98%
Graphics test 3 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 345 273
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Edge 60
15644
Edge 50
n/a
Web score 18016 -
Video editing 7998 -
Photo editing 32406 -
Data manipulation 10659 -
Writing score 19261 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Motorola Edge 60
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-20 (Andrew)AnTuTu 11903795
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-13 (Beylon)AnTuTu 11845653
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-10 (Wal)AnTuTu 11919187
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-28 (Wal)AnTuTu 11896908
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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
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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 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
Memory card MicroSD No

Software

Operating system Android 15 Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM Hello UI Hello UI
OS size 32 GB 17 GB
OS updates 3 years 3 years
Security updates 4 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 5200 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 (76% in 30 min) Yes
Full charging time 0:45 hr -
Battery cycles 1600 cycles 1200 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:47 hr -
Watching video 14:12 hr -
Gaming 05:34 hr -
Standby 121 hr -
General battery life
Edge 60
25:04 hr
Edge 50
n/a
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x 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 (1080p) -
Angle of widest lens 122Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 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 24 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 10 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 73 mm 73 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3K1 Samsung S5K3K1
Sensor size 1/3.94" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/3.94" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 12 mm 13 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/3.0" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 -
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.4
Sensor CMOS -
Sensor size - 1/3.14" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 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 6 (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 5.2
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 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
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 60
84 dB
Edge 50 +5%
88.5 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced April 2025 August 2024
Release date April 2025 August 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $379 $400
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 Not included Yes, 68 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the battery life is more important to you, then choose the Motorola Edge 60. But if the connectivity and design are more of a priority – go for the Motorola Edge 50.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
22 (31.9%)
47 (68.1%)
Total votes: 69

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