Nothing CMF Phone 2 Pro vs Motorola Moto G86 Power 5G

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.77-inch Nothing CMF Phone 2 Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Pro) that was released on April 28, 2025, against the Motorola Moto G86 Power 5G, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 7300 and came out 1 month after. 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 Nothing CMF Phone 2 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Reverse charging feature
Reasons to consider the Motorola Moto G86 Power 5G
  • Comes with 1720 mAh larger battery capacity: 6720 vs 5000 mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Stereo speakers
  • Delivers 8% higher peak brightness (1369 against 1267 nits)
  • 15% higher pixel density (446 vs 388 PPI)
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Nothing CMF Phone 2 Pro and Motorola Moto G86 Power 5G 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 / 128 GB
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8 / 128 GB
88.4
(Very good)
Value Index
99.2
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.77 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2392 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 388 ppi 446 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 1500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3000 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Panda Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 86.5% 89.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 96.3%
PWM - 930 Hz
Response time - 4 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1267 nits
1369 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 164 mm (6.46 inches) 161.21 mm (6.35 inches)
Width 78 mm (3.07 inches) 74.74 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) 8.65 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 185 g (6.53 oz) 198 g (6.98 oz)
Waterproof IP54 IP69
Rear material Plastic Eco-leather
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Green, Orange Black, Gold, Gray, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.64/5)
Drop resistance - Very good (B) Β· 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Nothing CMF Phone 2 Pro and Motorola Moto G86 Power 5G
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Pro MediaTek Dimensity 7300
Max clock 2500 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 655 MediaTek APU 655
GPU
Graphics Mali-G615 MP2 Mali-G615 MP2
GPU shading units 256 256
GPU clock 1047 MHz 1047 MHz
FLOPS ~536.1 GFLOPS ~536.1 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Nothing CMF Phone 2 Pro and Motorola Moto G86 Power 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 2509 2603
Single-core score 999 1049
Multi-core score 2867 2939
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 347749 317933
GPU 125925 124614
Memory 139324 156837
UX 282941 267769
Total score 895939 867154
Samples [15 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 98% 98%
Graphics test 3 FPS 3 FPS
Graphics score 345 400
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 11279 19980
Video editing 5278 8059
Photo editing 23499 32244
Data manipulation 9970 11846
Writing score 17296 19158

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Nothing CMF Phone 2 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-12 (CoiLLove)AnTuTu 11847225
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-15 (Shery)AnTuTu 11894168
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-07 (Danik)AnTuTu 11895939
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-17 (iambeaver)AnTuTu 11886042
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-13 (TeghGuns)AnTuTu 11873369
Motorola Moto G86 Power 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-19 (Alexandru L.)AnTuTu 11919422
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-09 -> Josue_26Geekbench 6 GPU2605
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-09 -> Josue_26AnTuTu 11867154
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-06 (Josue)Geekbench 6 CPU1049 / 2939
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-05 (Josue)AnTuTu 11822287

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 2048 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 15 Android 15
ROM Nothing OS 4.0 Hello UI
OS size - 56 GB
OS updates 3 years 1 year
Security updates 6 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 6720 mAh
Max charge power 33 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (46% in 30 min) Yes
Full charging time 1:25 hr -
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:12 hr -
Watching video 16:34 hr -
Gaming 05:59 hr -
Standby 153 hr -
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2x Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 118Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 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
Focal length 24 mm 25 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN9 -
Sensor size 1/1.57" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/1.9 -
Focal length 50 mm -
Sensor OmniVision OV50D -
Sensor size 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch) -
Pixel size 0.61 micron -
Stabilization Digital -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 12 mm
Sensor GalaxyCore GC08A8 -
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4640 x 3488 3280 x 2460
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 22 mm -
Sensor GalaxyCore GC16B3 -
Sensor size 1/3.0" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (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 5.3 5.4
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 No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Mono Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced April 2025 May 2025
Release date May 2025 June 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $249 $329
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 33 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Motorola Moto G86 Power 5G. It has a better design and sound.

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