Motorola Edge 40 Neo vs Google Pixel 7
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Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.55-inch Motorola Edge 40 Neo (with MediaTek Dimensity 7030) that was released on September 14, 2023, against the Google Pixel 7, which is powered by Google Tensor G2 and came out 11 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
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 40 Neo
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Shows 8% longer battery life (21:04 vs 19:30 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Supports higher wattage charging (68W versus 20W)
- Delivers 10% higher peak brightness (1072 against 973 nits)
- Thinner bezels – 6% more screen real estate
- The phone is 11 months newer
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 25 grams less
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 7
- 57% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1203K versus 765K)
- Handles wireless charging up to 20W
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 15
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- Reverse charging feature
- 40% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1462 and 1043 points
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 | POLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.55 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 402 ppi | 416 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 90 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-144 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 550 nits | 450 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1300 nits | 1400 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.2% | 84.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 97.7% | 98.5% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 360 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 3 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Edge 40 Neo
6.55″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.1 in2
Pixel 7
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 159.63 mm (6.28 inches) | 155.6 mm (6.13 inches) |
| Width | 71.99 mm (2.83 inches) | 73.2 mm (2.88 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.89 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.7 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 172 g (6.07 oz) | 197 g (6.95 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue | White, Black, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 7030 | Google Tensor G2 |
| Max clock | 2500 MHz | 2850 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.35 GHz: Cortex-A78 - 2 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X1 |
| L3 cache | - | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 6 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 550 | Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit |
| Graphics | Mali-G610 MC3 | Mali-G710 MC10 |
| GPU shading units | 192 | 448 |
| GPU clock | 1000 MHz | 848 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~384 GFLOPS | ~759.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 2024 | 3696 |
| Single-core score | 1043 | 1462 |
| Multi-core score | 2472 | 3871 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 274719 | 420771 |
| GPU | 92479 | 289075 |
| Memory | 136154 | 204670 |
| UX | 261578 | 288865 |
| Total score | 765130 | 1203381 |
| Samples | [6 tests] | [24 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 77% |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 5 FPS |
| Graphics score | 264 | 703 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 75% |
| Graphics test | - | 11 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1841 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15129 | 7923 |
| Video editing | 7564 | 6434 |
| Photo editing | 32979 | 18842 |
| Data manipulation | 10769 | 11061 |
| Writing score | 18936 | 15053 |
Recent User Tests
Motorola Edge 40 Neo
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-22 -> Starjack36 | AnTuTu 11 | 795410 |
| 📘 2026-07-09 -> Maryblood | AnTuTu 11 | 796406 |
| 📘 2026-07-09 (Maryblood) | AnTuTu 11 | 796406 |
| 📘 2026-04-07 (Polar) | AnTuTu 11 | 765130 |
| 📘 2026-04-04 -> Thetusek302 | CPU Throttle | 85% |
Google Pixel 7
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-28 -> putkin_prosrochka59 | AnTuTu 12 | 1477460 |
| 📘 2026-07-20 -> Dnhlst244. | AnTuTu 11 | 1258304 |
| 📘 2026-07-14 (Ndraa) | AnTuTu 11 | 1259081 |
| 📘 2026-07-11 (zeesun) | AnTuTu 11 | 1232487 |
| 📘 2026-07-08 (Олах #teamPixel) | AnTuTu 11 | 1184600 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | My UX | Stock Android |
| OS size | 14 GB | 14 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | 5 years |
| Security updates | 3 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4355 mAh |
| Max charge power | 68 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (20 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (82% in 30 min) | Yes (48% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:51 hr | 1:40 hr |
| Web browsing | 07:17 hr | 07:58 hr |
| Watching video | 13:01 hr | 13:42 hr |
| Gaming | 05:09 hr | 05:14 hr |
| Standby | 110 hr | 82 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 114° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | - | 25 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50A | Samsung GN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.5" (≈ 0.67 inch) | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.2 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX381 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.25 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 70 |
| Preview | - | 72 |
| Zoom | - | 106 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Google Pixel 7 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 10.8 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 21 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Samsung S5K3J1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 134 |
| Video | - | 144 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | 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 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 18 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2023 | October 2022 |
| Release date | September 2023 | October 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | $599 |
| Successor | - Motorola Edge 60 Neo | - Google Pixel 10 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 68 W | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera, performance, gaming, connectivity, and software are more important to you, then choose the Google Pixel 7. But if the display, battery life, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Motorola Edge 40 Neo.
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