Motorola Edge 60 Pro vs Edge 40 Pro

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.7-inch Motorola Edge 60 Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Extreme) that was released on April 24, 2025, against the Motorola Edge 40 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 2 years and 1 month 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 60 Pro
  • Comes with 1400 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 4600 mAh
  • Delivers 52% higher peak brightness (1601 against 1053 nits)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • 13% higher pixel density (444 vs 394 PPI)
  • The phone is 2 years and 1 month newer
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 40 Pro
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (125W versus 90W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Reverse charging feature
  • 41% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1996 and 1412 points

Review

Evaluation of Motorola Edge 60 Pro and Edge 40 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)

Should I update?
No 14% Yes
No, we don't think this update is worth it.
Moving from Motorola Edge 40 Pro to Motorola Edge 60 Pro will likely not feel like a meaningful upgrade.
Main improvements: display, battery life, and camera.
Be aware: the newer phone is weaker in connectivity and performance.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type POLED OLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 444 ppi 394 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 165 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits 1100 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 92.3% 90%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.3% 147.3%
PWM 715 Hz 235 Hz
Response time 10 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1601 nits
1053 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.69 mm (6.33 inches) 161.16 mm (6.34 inches)
Width 73.06 mm (2.88 inches) 74 mm (2.91 inches)
Thickness 8.24 mm (0.32 inches) 8.59 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 186 g (6.56 oz) 199 g (7.02 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Blue, Purple Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.58/5) -
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
92.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Motorola Edge 60 Pro and Motorola Edge 40 Pro
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Extreme Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Max clock 3350 MHz 3200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.35 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 780 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G615 MPЗ6 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 768 1536
GPU clock 1400 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~2150.4 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Motorola Edge 60 Pro and Motorola Edge 40 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1996
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
5352
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 9102 -
Single-core score 1412 1996
Multi-core score 4471 5352
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1726985
1726358
CPU 493624 587284
GPU 499506 428539
Memory 307893 296589
UX 425962 413946
Total score 1726985 1726358
Samples [13 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1226
Stability 41% 79%
Graphics test 9 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 1226 1094
3DMark Solar Bay
5311
Stability - 81%
Graphics test 19 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 21 FPS 23 FPS
Section 2 19 FPS 20 FPS
Section 3 17 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 4997 5311
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 71%
Graphics test - 21 FPS
Graphics score - 3631
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
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
Motorola Edge 40 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-09 (Phmadg)AnTuTu 111723378
📘 2026-01-20 (ilmedritscher)AnTuTu 111726358
📘 2025-09-06 (Mateo_XD)AnTuTu 111778080

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM Hello UI My UX
OS size - 26 GB
OS updates 6 years 3 years
Security updates - 3 years

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 4600 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 125 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Fast charging Yes (81% in 30 min) Yes (83% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:44 hr 0:23 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 12:38 hr 09:44 hr
Watching video 12:21 hr 14:09 hr
Gaming 07:03 hr 05:36 hr
Standby 102 hr 122 hr
General battery life
24:17 hr
24:27 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 2x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 114°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Sony LYT-700C Omnivision OV50A
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP 12 MP
Aperture - f/1.6
Focal length 73 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K3K1 Sony IMX663
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.93" (≈ 0.34 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.22 micron
Stabilization Optical Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Sensor Samsung JNS Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 70
Preview - 70
Zoom - 95
Samples - Photo samples of Motorola Edge 40 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 60 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4576 x 3296
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Sensor Samsung JNS Omnivision OV60A
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.61 micron
Autofocus No 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 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
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 5.3
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
DisplayPort No Yes, DP 1.4
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 20
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
88.1 dB
85.9 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced April 2025 April 2023
Release date April 2025 April 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $599 $899
Successor - - Motorola Edge 60 Pro
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 125 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, camera, battery life, and software are more important to you, then choose the Motorola Edge 60 Pro. But if the performance, gaming, and connectivity are more of a priority – go for the Motorola Edge 40 Pro.

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