Motorola Moto G84 5G vs Edge 30 Fusion

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.5-inch Motorola Moto G84 5G (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 ) that was released on August 24, 2023, against the Motorola Edge 30 Fusion, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus 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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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Motorola Moto G84 5G
  • Shows 35% longer battery life (24:24 vs 18:07 hours)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Water-resistant body (IP54 classification)
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • The phone is 11 months newer
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 30 Fusion
  • 2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1208K versus 610K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (68W versus 30W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • Thinner bezels – 5% more screen real estate
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Motorola Moto G84 5G and Edge 30 Fusion 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)

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8 / 256 GB
VS
6 / 256 GB
57.3
(Average)
Value Index
28.0
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type POLED POLED
Size 6.5 inches 6.55 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 402 ppi 402 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1100 nits
HDR support No Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 85.8% 90.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 146.4% 97.2%
PWM 90 Hz 753 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1004 nits
955 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160 mm (6.3 inches) 158.48 mm (6.24 inches)
Width 74.4 mm (2.93 inches) 71.99 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) 7.45 mm (0.29 inches)
Weight 168.3 g (5.94 oz) 175 g (6.17 oz)
Waterproof IP54 IP52
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Blue, Red White, Gray, Blue, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
85.8%
90.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Motorola Moto G84 5G and Motorola Edge 30 Fusion
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
Max clock 2200 MHz 2990 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 660 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 660 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 1 core at 2.995 GHz: Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
L3 cache - 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 6 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Hexagon 780
GPU
Graphics Adreno 619 Adreno 660
GPU shading units 256 768
GPU clock 840 MHz 840 MHz
FLOPS ~430.1 GFLOPS ~1290.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Motorola Moto G84 5G and Motorola Edge 30 Fusion
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1605
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
3996
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 1404 -
Single-core score 913 1605
Multi-core score 2030 3996
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
610255
1208784
CPU 243901 427402
GPU 56804 237850
Memory 152968 183144
UX 156581 360388
Total score 610255 1208784
Samples Less than 3 [4 tests]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 12401 -
Video editing 4770 -
Photo editing 24498 -
Data manipulation 9779 -
Writing score 14850 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Motorola Moto G84 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-09-06 (Vaqif)AnTuTu 11610255
📘 2025-08-06 (X)Geekbench 6 GPU1412
📘 2025-08-06 (X)Geekbench 6 CPU904 / 2041
📘 2024-07-26 (Francescolli)Geekbench 6 GPU1411
📘 2024-07-26 (Francescolli)Geekbench 6 CPU915 / 2051
Motorola Edge 30 Fusion
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-01-22 (kukuhatop2281337)AnTuTu 111208784
📘 2025-12-15 (Lucas)AnTuTu 111200817
📘 2025-12-08 (WrongButton)AnTuTu 111156304
📘 2025-09-18 (edge30fusionhype)AnTuTu 111235608

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM My UX 13
OS size - 17 GB
OS updates 2 years -
Security updates 2 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4400 mAh
Max charge power 30 W 68 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (54% in 30 min) Yes (82% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:15 hr 0:52 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:01 hr 07:01 hr
Watching video 13:58 hr 10:50 hr
Gaming 05:09 hr 04:48 hr
Standby 121 hr 89 hr
General battery life
24:24 hr
18:07 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No Up to 30FPS
4K video recording No Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
3) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN9 Omnivision OV50A
Sensor size 1/1.5" (≈ 0.67 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 8 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5K4H7AF SK Hynix HI1336
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4920 x 3264 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.5
Sensor OmniVision OV16A1Q Samsung ISOCELL S5KGD2
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- 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 5.1 5.2
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
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Depends on the region Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot Yes No
LTE Cat* 18 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio Yes No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
82 dB
88.9 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced August 2023 September 2022
Release date September 2023 September 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $249 $699
Successor - Motorola Moto G86 5G - Motorola Edge 70 Fusion
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 30 W Yes, 68 W
Further details
Notes on Moto G84 5G:
    - The back cover can also be made of eco-leather.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, battery life, and software are more important to you, then choose the Motorola Moto G84 5G. But if the performance, gaming, connectivity, and design are more of a priority – go for the Motorola Edge 30 Fusion.

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