Motorola Edge 70 Pro vs Edge 50 Pro

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 Motorola Edge 50 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and came out 2 years and 1 month before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 70 Pro
  • Delivers 145% higher peak brightness (3182 against 1299 nits)
  • 2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2186K versus 1090K)
  • Comes with 2000 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 4500 mAh
  • Shows 30% longer battery life (29:54 vs 22:58 hours)
  • The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 15
  • The phone is 2 years and 1 month newer
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 50 Pro
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Supports higher wattage charging (125W versus 90W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 240FPS

Review

Evaluation of Motorola Edge 70 Pro and Edge 50 Pro 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 86% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Motorola Edge 50 Pro to Motorola Edge 70 Pro is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: gaming, performance, and battery life.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED POLED
Size 6.8 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1272 x 2772 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.6:9 20:9
PPI 449 ppi 444 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 5200 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 92% 92.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 98%
PWM - 714 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Edge 70 Pro +145%
3182 nits
1299 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162.7 mm (6.41 inches) 161.23 mm (6.35 inches)
Width 75.6 mm (2.98 inches) 72.4 mm (2.85 inches)
Thickness 6.99 mm (0.28 inches) 8.19 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 183 g (6.46 oz) 186 g (6.56 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Eco-leather Eco-leather
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors White, Gray, Green Black, Silver, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
92.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Motorola Edge 70 Pro and Motorola Edge 50 Pro
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Max clock 3400 MHz 2630 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 1.8 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)
L3 cache 6 MB 3 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 880 Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali-G720 MP8 Adreno 720
GPU shading units 1024 512
GPU clock 1508 MHz 975 MHz
FLOPS ~3088.4 GFLOPS ~998.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Motorola Edge 70 Pro and Motorola Edge 50 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1763
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Edge 70 Pro +106%
6105
Compute Score (GPU)
Edge 70 Pro +266%
14563
Compute Score (GPU) 14563 3980
Single-core score 1763 1131
Multi-core score 6105 2967
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Edge 70 Pro +100%
2186261
1090709
CPU 668010 401603
GPU 675888 213087
Memory 357657 180548
UX 484706 295471
Total score 2186261 1090709
Samples Less than 3 [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 4 FPS
Graphics score - 490
Sources: 3DMark [5]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Motorola Edge 70 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-16 (Soumik)AnTuTu 122348530
📘 2026-07-11 (Fernando)AnTuTu 112186261
📘 2026-07-11 (Fernando)Geekbench 6 GPU14850
📘 2026-07-11 (Fernando)Geekbench 6 CPU1763 / 6105
Motorola Edge 50 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-23 (Mohan Kumar)AnTuTu 121098551
📘 2026-04-22 -> Pratheesh LayolaAnTuTu 11978664
📘 2026-04-07 (Vinnizzk)AnTuTu 111135299
📘 2026-02-20 (Bombuleila)AnTuTu 111038427
📘 2025-12-21 (allex882)AnTuTu 111077916

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 2.2
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 17 Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM Hello UI Hello UI
OS size - 17 GB
OS updates 3 years 3 years
Security updates 5 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 6500 mAh 4500 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 125 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Fast charging Yes (73% in 30 min) Yes (91% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:49 hr 0:18 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 14:43 hr 08:58 hr
Watching video 23:48 hr 14:13 hr
Gaming 08:57 hr 05:10 hr
Standby 89 hr 112 hr
General battery life
29:54 hr
22:58 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3.5x Optical, 3x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 30FPS
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: 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/1.4
Focal length 24 mm 25 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-710 OmniVision OV50E
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 10 MP
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.0
Focal length 81 mm 73 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5K3K1
Sensor size - 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 12 mm 16 mm
Sensor - SK Hynix HI1336
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.9
Focal length - 21 mm
Sensor CMOS Samsung JNS
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
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 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.1
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No Yes, DP 1.4
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 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
79.1 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced April 2026 April 2024
Release date April 2026 April 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $450 $699
Successor - - Motorola Edge 70 Pro
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 90 W Yes, 125 W
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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Motorola Edge 70 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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