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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
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

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S25 and Motorola Edge 60 Pro 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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Currency
12 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
46.4
(Average)
Value Index
68.0
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

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
Display tests
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)
1389 nits
1591 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

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
91.1%
92.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S25 and Motorola Edge 60 Pro
SoC
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
GPU
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

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S25 and Motorola Edge 60 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S25 +113%
3012
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy S25 +118%
9766
Compute Score (GPU)
Galaxy S25 +118%
19829
Compute Score (GPU) 19829 9102
Single-core score 3012 1412
Multi-core score 9766 4471
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S25 +69%
2920032
1726985
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
Galaxy S25 +81%
2216
Stability 59% 41%
Graphics test 16 FPS 9 FPS
Graphics score 2216 1226
3DMark Solar Bay
Galaxy S25 +101%
10045
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 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
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

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S25
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-24 (Icecream)AnTuTu 123297029
📘 2026-09-18 (S25 owner)AnTuTu 123476989
📘 2026-08-23 (S25 owner)AnTuTu 113149606
📘 2026-08-14 (Atharva0999)AnTuTu 113027002
📘 2026-08-04 (Abn)AnTuTu 112514474
Motorola Edge 60 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-28 (Madara)AnTuTu 111772072
📘 2026-09-06 (Bishal Chowdhury)AnTuTu 111505912
📘 2026-08-21 (Gord)AnTuTu 111752404
📘 2026-08-02 (Fenqndo)AnTuTu 111763577
📘 2026-06-28 -> Rupeshk.dAnTuTu 111726985

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
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
Battery life tests
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
24:10 hr
24:17 hr

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
Standard lens
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
Telephoto lens
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
Ultra-wide lens
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
Network
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
91.7 dB
88.1 dB

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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