Motorola Edge Plus (2023) vs Apple iPhone 13
70
out of 100
VS
65
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Motorola Edge Plus (2023) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on May 2, 2023, against the Apple iPhone 13, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 1 year and 8 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 Plus (2023)
- Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
- Comes with 1873 mAh larger battery capacity: 5100 vs 3227 mAh
- Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
- Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Supports higher wattage charging (68W versus 20W)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- 26% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1779K versus 1413K)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- The phone is 1 year and 8 months newer
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13
- 16% higher pixel density (460 vs 395 PPI)
- Weighs 29 grams less
- 11% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2241 and 2017 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 | OLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 395 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 165 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1300 nits | 800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | - | 129% |
| PWM | - | 609 Hz |
| Response time | - | 7.5 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Edge Plus (2023)
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
iPhone 13
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.16 mm (6.34 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 74 mm (2.91 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.59 mm (0.34 inches) | 7.65 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 203 g (7.16 oz) | 174 g (6.14 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black | White, Black, Blue, Green, Red, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max clock | 3200 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 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 |
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard - 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | Apple GPU (4 cores) |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS | ~1712.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 9224 | 18447 |
| Single-core score | 2017 | 2241 |
| Multi-core score | 5282 | 5317 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 544780 | 410975 |
| GPU | 510688 | 370837 |
| Memory | 299259 | 164151 |
| UX | 424897 | 467312 |
| Total score | 1779624 | 1413275 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [26 tests] |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 76% |
| Graphics test | - | 12 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 16 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 12 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 9 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3225 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 74% |
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2445 |
Recent User Tests
Motorola Edge Plus (2023)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2024-09-26 (breadbrowser) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 9224 |
| 📘 2024-09-26 (breadbrowser) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1914 / 5101 |
| 📘 2024-02-12 (mello) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2017 / 5282 |
Apple iPhone 13
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-19 (Vova) | AnTuTu 11 | 1297615 |
| 📘 2026-09-18 (charlesddd) | AnTuTu 11 | 1461749 |
| 📘 2026-09-08 (lUjekSh) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 18864 |
| 📘 2026-09-08 (lUjekSh) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2327 / 5604 |
| 📘 2026-09-03 (Yulik🇺🇦) | AnTuTu 11 | 1289105 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | - | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 512 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) | iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | My UX | - |
| OS size | - | 18 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | - |
| Security updates | 3 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5100 mAh | 3227 mAh |
| Max charge power | 68 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (71% in 20 min) | Yes (54% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:35 hr | 1:46 hr |
| Web browsing | - | 09:29 hr |
| Watching video | - | 13:58 hr |
| Gaming | - | 05:12 hr |
| Standby | - | 114 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 114° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50A | Sony IMX603 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) | 1/1.9" (≈ 0.53 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.7 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/1.6 | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX663 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.93" (≈ 0.34 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 14 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Sony IMX372 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 65 |
| Preview | - | 76 |
| Zoom | - | 65 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 60 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 10000 x 6000 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV60A | Sony IMX514 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 128 |
| Video | - | 143 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/k/v/r) | Wi-Fi 6 (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 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | - |
| USB version | 3.2 | 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* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | May 2023 | September 2021 |
| Release date | May 2023 | September 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $800 | $800 |
| Successor | - | - Apple iPhone 17 |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.98 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 68 W | - |
Further details
Notes on Edge Plus (2023):
- In the European region, the smartphone comes with a 125-watt power adapter.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, battery life, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Motorola Edge Plus (2023). But if the software and sound are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 13.
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