Samsung Galaxy S25 vs Motorola Edge 60 Pro
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.2-inch Samsung Galaxy S25 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on January 22, 2025, against the Motorola Edge 60 Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Extreme and came out 3 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25
- 69% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2920K versus 1726K)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 15
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- 2.1x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3012 and 1412 points
- Reverse charging feature
- Weighs 24 grams less
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 60 Pro
- Comes with 2000 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 4000 mAh
- Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 25W)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Has a 0.5 inch larger screen size
- Delivers 15% higher peak brightness (1591 against 1389 nits)
Review
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | Dynamic AMOLED | POLED |
| Size | 6.2 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1220 x 2712 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 416 ppi | 444 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 2600 nits | 1600 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 4500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 300 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91.1% | 92.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 97.4% | 99.3% |
| PWM | 240 Hz | 715 Hz |
| Response time | 2 ms | 10 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Edge 60 Pro
6.7″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
Galaxy S25
6.2″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.6 in2
~14% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 146.9 mm (5.78 inches) | 160.69 mm (6.33 inches) |
| Width | 70.5 mm (2.78 inches) | 73.06 mm (2.88 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.2 mm (0.28 inches) | 8.24 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 162 g (5.71 oz) | 186 g (6.56 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP69 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink | Blue, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Good (3.23/5) | Good (3.58/5) |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite | MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Extreme |
| Max clock | 4470 MHz | 3350 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
- 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 3.35 GHz: Cortex-A715 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | MediaTek APU 780 |
| Graphics | Adreno 830 | Mali-G615 MPЗ6 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS | ~2150.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 19829 | 9102 |
| Single-core score | 3012 | 1412 |
| Multi-core score | 9766 | 4471 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 899843 | 493624 |
| GPU | 1139434 | 499506 |
| Memory | 330975 | 307893 |
| UX | 549780 | 425962 |
| Total score | 2920032 | 1726985 |
| Samples | [44 tests] | [13 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 59% | 41% |
| Graphics test | 16 FPS | 9 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2216 | 1226 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 38 FPS | 19 FPS |
| Section 1 | 48 FPS | 21 FPS |
| Section 2 | 37 FPS | 19 FPS |
| Section 3 | 29 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | 10045 | 4997 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 51% | - |
| Graphics test | 33 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 5664 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 21815 | - |
| Video editing | 8619 | - |
| Photo editing | 34466 | - |
| Data manipulation | 17708 | - |
| Writing score | 27109 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#125th place)
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S25
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-24 (Icecream) | AnTuTu 12 | 3297029 |
| 📘 2026-09-18 (S25 owner) | AnTuTu 12 | 3476989 |
| 📘 2026-08-23 (S25 owner) | AnTuTu 11 | 3149606 |
| 📘 2026-08-14 (Atharva0999) | AnTuTu 11 | 3027002 |
| 📘 2026-08-04 (Abn) | AnTuTu 11 | 2514474 |
Motorola Edge 60 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-28 (Madara) | AnTuTu 11 | 1772072 |
| 📘 2026-09-06 (Bishal Chowdhury) | AnTuTu 11 | 1505912 |
| 📘 2026-08-21 (Gord) | AnTuTu 11 | 1752404 |
| 📘 2026-08-02 (Fenqndo) | AnTuTu 11 | 1763577 |
| 📘 2026-06-28 -> Rupeshk.d | AnTuTu 11 | 1726985 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) | Android 15 |
| ROM | One UI 9.0 | Hello UI |
| OS size | 30.1 GB | - |
| OS updates | 7 years | 6 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 4000 mAh | 6000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 90 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | Yes | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (56% in 30 min) | Yes (81% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:17 hr | 0:44 hr |
| Battery cycles | 2000 cycles | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 09:09 hr | 12:38 hr |
| Watching video | 17:15 hr | 12:21 hr |
| Gaming | 05:32 hr | 07:03 hr |
| Standby | 108 hr | 102 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | 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 (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 | Sony LYT-700C |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | 10 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Focal length | 67 mm | 73 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5K3K1 | Samsung S5K3K1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX564 | Samsung JNS |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3LU | Samsung JNS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase 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 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 | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Mid-range |
| Announced | January 2025 | April 2025 |
| Release date | February 2025 | April 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | $599 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon) | - |
| SAR (head) | 1.29 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.36 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S25:
- Supports up to 2 eSIMs. The international model has 2 physical SIM slots, while the U.S. model has 1.
*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 Samsung Galaxy S25 is definitely a better buy.
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