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Motorola Edge 30 Neo vs Edge 30

46 out of 100
Motorola Edge 30 Neo
VS
52 out of 100
Motorola Edge 30
Motorola Edge 30 Neo
Motorola Edge 30

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.28-inch Motorola Edge 30 Neo (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 695) that was released on September 8, 2022, against the Motorola Edge 30, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus and came out 4 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 30 Neo
  • Delivers 60% higher peak brightness (1007 against 630 nits)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 5W
  • Supports higher wattage charging (68W versus 33W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 30
  • 51% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (895K versus 592K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Shows 8% longer battery life (20:01 vs 18:35 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Motorola Edge 30 Neo and Edge 30 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
6 / 128 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
19.7
(Bad)
Value Index
29.5
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Edge 30 Neo
vs
Edge 30

Display

Type POLED AMOLED
Size 6.28 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 419 ppi 405 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 500 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1000 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 87.5% 86.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 95.5% 96%
PWM 730 Hz 250 Hz
Response time 1 ms 13 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Edge 30
6.5β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 15.8 in2
Edge 30 Neo
6.28β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 14.8 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Edge 30 Neo +60%
1007 nits
Edge 30
630 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 152.9 mm (6.02 inches) 159.38 mm (6.27 inches)
Width 71.2 mm (2.8 inches) 74.23 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 7.75 mm (0.31 inches) 6.79 mm (0.27 inches)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
Waterproof IP52 IP52
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Silver, Green, Purple Silver, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Edge 30 Neo +1%
87.5%
Edge 30
86.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Motorola Edge 30 Neo and Motorola Edge 30
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
Max clock 2200 MHz 2500 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 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 1 core at 2.5 GHz: Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 6 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Hexagon 770
GPU
Graphics Adreno 619 Adreno 642L
GPU shading units 256 512
GPU clock 840 MHz 608 MHz
FLOPS ~430.1 GFLOPS ~622.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Motorola Edge 30 Neo and Motorola Edge 30
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Edge 30 Neo
903
Edge 30 +16%
1050
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Edge 30 Neo
2165
Edge 30 +29%
2795
Compute Score (GPU)
Edge 30 Neo
n/a
Edge 30
2343
Compute Score (GPU) - 2343
Single-core score 903 1050
Multi-core score 2165 2795
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Edge 30 Neo
592489
Edge 30 +51%
895081
CPU 241435 338307
GPU 55917 115818
Memory 118265 177448
UX 176872 263508
Total score 592489 895081
Samples [2 tests] [2 tests]
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 2 FPS -
Graphics score 360 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Edge 30 Neo
10127
Edge 30
n/a
Web score 9793 -
Video editing 4449 -
Photo editing 20644 -
Data manipulation 8320 -
Writing score 14220 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Motorola Edge 30 Neo
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 -> MarkzeAnTuTu 11592489
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 (markze)AnTuTu 11592489
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Motorola Edge 30
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-29 (Serj)AnTuTu 11759037
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-12 (Deividi)AnTuTu 11895081
πŸ“˜ 2023-12-14 (Nikolas)Geekbench 6 GPU2343
πŸ“˜ 2023-12-14 (Nikolas)Geekbench 6 CPU1050 / 2795
πŸ“˜ 2023-12-01 (Renato Barbosa)Geekbench 6 GPU2329
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz -
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
OS size 15 GB 20 GB

Battery

Capacity 4020 mAh 4020 mAh
Max charge power 68 W 33 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (5 W) No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (92% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 22 min)
Full charging time 0:40 hr 1:04 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:06 hr 07:04 hr
Watching video 10:58 hr 12:35 hr
Gaming 04:41 hr 04:37 hr
Standby 93 hr 102 hr
General battery life
Edge 30 Neo
18:35 hr
Edge 30 +8%
20:01 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 9000 x 7000 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 118Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 MP
3) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 64 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Sensor Omnivision OV64B Omnivision OV50A
Sensor size 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) 1/1.55" (β‰ˆ 0.65 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 13 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor - Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/3.0" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6464 x 4864 6464 x 4864
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor CMOS Samsung JD1
Sensor size 1/3.0" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/3.14" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 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 3.1 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes 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 No No
LTE Cat* 18 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
Edge 30 Neo +4%
88.1 dB
Edge 30
84.6 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced September 2022 April 2022
Release date October 2022 May 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $350 $550
Successor - Motorola Edge 60 Neo - Motorola Edge 70
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 68 W Yes, 33 W
*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 30 is definitely a better buy.

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13 (21%)
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Total votes: 62

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