Motorola Edge 70 Pro vs Google Pixel 10a
82
out of 100
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73
out of 100
Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.8-inch Motorola Edge 70 Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme) that was released on April 22, 2026, against the Google Pixel 10a, which is powered by Google Tensor G4 and came out 2 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 70 Pro
- The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
- Comes with 1400 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 5100 mAh
- 54% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2186K versus 1422K)
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Shows 11% longer battery life (29:54 vs 26:59 hours)
- Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 30W)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Has a 0.5 inch larger screen size
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Delivers 10% higher peak brightness (3186 against 2901 nits)
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Thinner bezels – 6.7% more screen real estate
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 10a
- Handles wireless charging up to 10W
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
- Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
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 | AMOLED | POLED |
| Size | 6.8 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1272 x 2772 pixels | 1080 x 2424 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.6:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 450 ppi | 422 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1800 nits | 3000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 5200 nits | 2000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 92% | 85.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | - | 98.4% |
| PWM | - | 240 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Edge 70 Pro
6.8″ (19.6:9 ratio) = 17.5 in2
Pixel 10a
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~18% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.7 mm (6.41 inches) | 153.9 mm (6.06 inches) |
| Width | 75.6 mm (2.98 inches) | 73 mm (2.87 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.99 mm (0.28 inches) | 9 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 183 g (6.46 oz) | 183 g (6.46 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Eco-leather | Plastic |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | White, Gray, Green | White, Black, Red, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.84/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme | Google Tensor G4 |
| Max clock | 3400 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 3 cores at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 1 core at 3.4 GHz: Cortex-A725 |
- 4 cores at 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.1 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 880 | Yes |
| Graphics | Mali-G720 MP8 | Mali-G715 MP7 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 896 |
| GPU clock | 1508 MHz | 940 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3088.4 GFLOPS | ~1684.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 14563 | 10140 |
| Single-core score | 1763 | 1674 |
| Multi-core score | 6105 | 4114 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 668010 | 463927 |
| GPU | 675888 | 407873 |
| Memory | 357657 | 214572 |
| UX | 484706 | 336105 |
| Total score | 2186261 | 1422477 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
Recent User Tests
Motorola Edge 70 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-11 (Fernando) | AnTuTu | 2186261 |
| 📘 2026-07-11 (Fernando) | GeekBench GPU | 12599 |
| 📘 2026-07-11 (Fernando) | GeekBench GPU | 14850 |
| 📘 2026-07-11 (Fernando) | GeekBench CPU | 1763 / 6105 |
Google Pixel 10a
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-14 (123) | GeekBench GPU | 8744 |
| 📘 2026-07-14 (123) | GeekBench CPU | 1674 / 4114 |
| 📘 2026-07-11 (123) | AnTuTu | 1422477 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | - | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 16 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | Hello UI | Stock Android |
| OS size | - | 15 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6500 mAh | 5100 mAh |
| Max charge power | 90 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (10 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (73% in 30 min) | Yes (52% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:49 hr | 1:29 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 14:43 hr | 10:33 hr |
| Watching video | 23:48 hr | 23:15 hr |
| Gaming | 08:57 hr | 06:06 hr |
| Standby | 89 hr | 98 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (47th and 104th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8000 x 6000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.5x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 120 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 122° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 25 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-710 | Samsung GN8 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | - |
| Focal length | 81 mm | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 12 mm | 16 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX712 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 150 |
| Zoom | - | 99 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Google Pixel 10a from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 20 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.12 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | 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 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 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 2026 | February 2026 |
| Release date | April 2026 | March 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $450 | $499 |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.39 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 90 W | Not included |
*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 70 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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Total votes: 5