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Motorola Edge 70 vs Edge 40

72 out of 100
Motorola Edge 70
VS
59 out of 100
Motorola Edge 40
Motorola Edge 70
Motorola Edge 40

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.7-inch Motorola Edge 70 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 ) that was released on October 29, 2025, against the Motorola Edge 40, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8020 and came out 2 years and 7 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 70
  • 39% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1368K versus 981K)
  • Delivers 41% higher peak brightness (1457 against 1034 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
  • The phone is 2 years and 7 months newer
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • 11% higher pixel density (446 vs 402 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 40
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz

Review

Evaluation of Motorola Edge 70 and Edge 40 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Edge 70
83*
Edge 40
59
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.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
Edge 70
72*
Edge 40
59
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 66% Yes
Yes, we think most users will notice the upgrade.
Updating from Motorola Edge 40 to Motorola Edge 70 makes sense and should feel noticeably better in daily use.
Main improvements: camera, display, and gaming.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Edge 70
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 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-144 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1400 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits 1200 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 91.6% 90.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 97.1%
PWM - 144 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Edge 70 +41%
1457 nits
Edge 40
1034 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 159.9 mm (6.3 inches) 158.43 mm (6.24 inches)
Width 74 mm (2.91 inches) 71.99 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 6 mm (0.24 inches) 7.49 mm (0.29 inches)
Weight 159 g (5.61 oz) 167 g (5.89 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material - Plastic
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Green Black, Blue, Green, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.63/5) -
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
Edge 70 +1%
91.6%
Edge 40
90.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Motorola Edge 70 and Motorola Edge 40
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 MediaTek Dimensity 8020
Max clock 2800 MHz 2600 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 4 + 3) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 3 cores at 1.84 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-520)
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-720)
- 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-720)		 - 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 722 Mali-G77 MC9
GPU shading units 512 288
GPU clock 1150 MHz 836 MHz
FLOPS ~1177.6 GFLOPS ~481.5 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Motorola Edge 70 and Motorola Edge 40
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Edge 70 +19%
1329
Edge 40
1120
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Edge 70 +15%
4219
Edge 40
3665
Compute Score (GPU)
Edge 70 +62%
7727
Edge 40
4765
Compute Score (GPU) 7727 4765
Single-core score 1329 1120
Multi-core score 4219 3665
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Edge 70 +39%
1368100
Edge 40
981459
CPU 474637 349209
GPU 331870 150375
Memory 228458 181946
UX 333135 299929
Total score 1368100 981459
Samples [3 tests] [12 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Edge 70
n/a
Edge 40
435
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 3 FPS
Graphics score - 435
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Edge 70
n/a
Edge 40
1260
Stability - 99%
Graphics test - 7 FPS
Graphics score - 1260
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Edge 70 +8%
17468
Edge 40
16124
Web score 20377 15979
Video editing 7926 7875
Photo editing 38655 46444
Data manipulation 11910 10609
Writing score 20941 18299
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Motorola Edge 70
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-29 (Black)AnTuTu 111361822
📘 2026-08-28 (Rupinder)AnTuTu 111367750
📘 2026-08-15 (Ankit)AnTuTu 111355373
📘 2026-07-12 (স্বামী বিবেকানন্দ)CPU Throttle82%
📘 2026-07-12 (স্বামী বিবেকানন্দ)AnTuTu 111368100
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Motorola Edge 40
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-22 (GEKO973239)AnTuTu 111022272
📘 2026-05-03 (Ren :3)AnTuTu 111007624
📘 2026-04-29 (Ren :3)AnTuTu 11991321
📘 2026-04-15 (Poseidon)AnTuTu 11992657
📘 2026-03-05 (Otuab)AnTuTu 11947213
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM Hello UI My UX
OS size - 22 GB
OS updates 6 years 3 years
Security updates - 3 years

Battery

Capacity 4800 mAh 4400 mAh
Max charge power 68 W 68 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (85% in 30 min) Yes (58% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:41 hr 0:40 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:31 hr 08:43 hr
Watching video 16:02 hr 13:43 hr
Gaming 05:53 hr 05:18 hr
Standby 105 hr 108 hr
General battery life
Edge 70 +3%
23:00 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 Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 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/1.7 f/1.4
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Samsung GNJ Omnivision OV50A
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
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 12 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 -
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 32 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 3264 x 2448
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.4
Focal length 21 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 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 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 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 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 70
n/a
Edge 40
89.4 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced October 2025 May 2023
Release date October 2025 May 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $600
Successor - - 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
Further details
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 70 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
2 (20%)
8 (80%)
Total votes: 10

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