Motorola Edge 40 Neo vs Google Pixel 7 Pro

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 Pro, 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 40 Neo
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Shows 14% longer battery life (21:04 vs 18:28 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (68W versus 23W)
  • The phone is 11 months newer
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Weighs 40 grams less
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 7 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • 47% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1122K versus 765K)
  • 27% higher pixel density (512 vs 402 PPI)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 23W
  • 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

Evaluation of Motorola Edge 40 Neo and Google Pixel 7 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
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8 / 128 GB
44.8
(Average)
Value Index
30.9
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type POLED AMOLED
Size 6.55 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1440 x 3120 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 402 ppi 512 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-144 Hz) Yes (10-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 550 nits 550 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1300 nits 1500 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% 88.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 97.7% 97%
PWM 120 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 1 ms 4 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1072 nits
1083 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 159.63 mm (6.28 inches) 162.9 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 71.99 mm (2.83 inches) 76.6 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 7.89 mm (0.31 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 172 g (6.07 oz) 212 g (7.48 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Blue White, Black, Gray
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
90.2%
88.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Motorola Edge 40 Neo and Google Pixel 7 Pro
SoC
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
GPU
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

Benchmark comparison of Motorola Edge 40 Neo and Google Pixel 7 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1462
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
3866
Compute Score (GPU)
Pixel 7 Pro +151%
5079
Compute Score (GPU) 2024 5079
Single-core score 1043 1462
Multi-core score 2472 3866
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
765130
1122581
CPU 274719 381695
GPU 92479 267518
Memory 136154 156286
UX 261578 317082
Total score 765130 1122581
Samples [6 tests] [14 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Pixel 7 Pro +166%
702
Stability 98% 74%
Graphics test 2 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 264 702
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 77%
Graphics test - 10 FPS
Graphics score - 1821
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
14866
11920
Web score 15129 9424
Video editing 7564 6870
Photo editing 32979 19507
Data manipulation 10769 12051
Writing score 18936 15852

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Motorola Edge 40 Neo
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-22 -> Starjack36AnTuTu 11795410
📘 2026-07-09 -> MarybloodAnTuTu 11796406
📘 2026-07-09 (Maryblood)AnTuTu 11796406
📘 2026-04-07 (Polar)AnTuTu 11765130
📘 2026-04-04 -> Thetusek302CPU Throttle85%
Google Pixel 7 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-09 -> Kimash333AnTuTu 111253847
📘 2026-09-08 (Kimash333)AnTuTu 111253847
📘 2026-07-28 (Th3Vulkan)AnTuTu 111252895
📘 2026-06-24 (Hagoon)AnTuTu 111041828
📘 2026-04-07 -> DeadlyKPSSAnTuTu 111285265

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
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 5000 mAh
Max charge power 68 W 23 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (23 W)
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (82% in 30 min) Yes (46% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:51 hr 1:49 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:17 hr 07:06 hr
Watching video 13:01 hr 12:49 hr
Gaming 05:09 hr 04:48 hr
Standby 110 hr 83 hr
General battery life
21:04 hr
18:28 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Optical, 5x
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° 126°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
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
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 48 MP
Aperture - f/3.5
Focal length - 120 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5KGM1
Sensor size - 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size - 0.8 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
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 - 74
Zoom - 143
Samples - Photo samples of Google Pixel 7 Pro 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 - 140
Video - 146

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, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
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
83.9 dB
88.4 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced September 2023 October 2022
Release date September 2023 October 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $899
Successor - Motorola Edge 60 Neo - Google Pixel 10 Pro
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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Google Pixel 7 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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