Motorola Razr Plus (2024) vs Edge 50 Ultra

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.9-inch Motorola Razr Plus (2024) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3) that was released on June 25, 2024, against the Motorola Edge 50 Ultra, which is powered by the same chip and came out 3 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 Razr Plus (2024)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 50 Ultra
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 58% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1826K versus 1158K)
  • Shows 16% longer battery life (22:32 vs 19:24 hours)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Supports higher wattage charging (125W versus 45W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Delivers 17% higher peak brightness (1470 against 1259 nits)
  • Thinner bezels – 8% more screen real estate

Review

Evaluation of Motorola Razr Plus (2024) and Edge 50 Ultra 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
12 / 512 GB
16.4
(Bad)
Value Index
31.4
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type POLED POLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2640 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 22:9 20:9
PPI 413 ppi 446 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-165 Hz) Yes (60-144 Hz)
Max rated brightness 3000 nits 2500 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 360 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 84.9% 92.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 94.4% 97.5%
PWM 90 Hz 239 Hz
Response time 11 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1259 nits
1470 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 171.4 mm (6.75 inches) 161.1 mm (6.34 inches)
Width 74 mm (2.91 inches) 72.4 mm (2.85 inches)
Thickness 7.1 mm (0.28 inches) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 189 g (6.67 oz) 197 g (6.95 oz)
Waterproof IPX8 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Eco-leather Eco-leather
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Blue, Green, Pink, Yellow Gray, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Motorola Razr Plus (2024) and Motorola Edge 50 Ultra
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Max clock 3000 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 4 + 3) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
Architecture - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 735 Adreno 735
GPU shading units 768 768
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Motorola Razr Plus (2024) and Motorola Edge 50 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 9946
Single-core score 2023 2013
Multi-core score 5601 5378
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1826731
CPU 368065 572700
GPU 258814 501245
Memory 250835 347328
UX 281273 405458
Total score 1158987 1826731
Samples Less than 3 [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 52% 67%
Graphics test 7 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 1007 1077
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 16 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 21 FPS 23 FPS
Section 2 15 FPS 20 FPS
Section 3 12 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 4189 5198
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
17213
Web score 20437 14214
Video editing 7272 7192
Photo editing 31133 28573
Data manipulation 15938 14358
Writing score 22269 20775

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Motorola Razr Plus (2024)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-01-16 (NikimanTI)AnTuTu1158987
Motorola Edge 50 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-07 (GreenMioFa)GeekBench CPU1955 / 5262
📘 2026-06-17 (MaylonXTG)AnTuTu1856031
📘 2026-03-03 (Thx90)AnTuTu1776467
📘 2026-01-19 -> ChrisqaAnTuTu1802873
📘 2025-12-21 (Minato)AnTuTu1804526

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 512 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM Hello UI Hello UI
OS size - 74 GB
OS updates 3 years 3 years
Security updates 4 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 4000 mAh 4500 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 125 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Fast charging Yes (78% in 30 min) Yes (81% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:47 hr 0:21 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:02 hr 08:41 hr
Watching video 13:57 hr 15:30 hr
Gaming 05:14 hr 05:36 hr
Standby 79 hr 102 hr
General battery life
19:24 hr
22:32 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution - 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2x Optical, 3x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens - 122°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 64 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.6
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-600 Omnivision OV50H
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.4
Focal length 47 mm 72 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-600 Omnivision OV64B
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution - 50 MP
Aperture - f/2.2
Focal length - 12 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size - 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size - 0.64 micron
Stabilization - Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 80
Preview - 77
Zoom - 147
Samples - Photo samples of Motorola Edge 50 Ultra from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.4 f/1.9
Focal length 25 mm 21 mm
Sensor - Samsung JNS
Sensor size 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size - 0.64 micron
Autofocus - No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
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 GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, 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* 20 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
83.6 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced June 2024 April 2024
Release date June 2024 May 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $999
Successor - Motorola Razr Plus (2025) -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 68 W Yes, 125 W
Further details
Notes on Razr Plus (2024):
    - Outside the US, this device is branded as the Motorola 50 Ultra.
*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 50 Ultra is definitely a better buy.

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