Motorola Edge Plus (2023) vs Plus (2022)
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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 Motorola Edge Plus (2022), which is powered by Qualcomm SM8450 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 1 year and 3 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)
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 32% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1779K versus 1352K)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- The phone is 1 year and 3 months newer
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
- 22% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2017 and 1652 points
- Ready for eSIM technology
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
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)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 395 ppi | 393 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 165 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1300 nits | 600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | 360 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90% | 87.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.16 mm (6.34 inches) | 163.06 mm (6.42 inches) |
| Width | 74 mm (2.91 inches) | 75.95 mm (2.99 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.59 mm (0.34 inches) | 8.79 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 203 g (7.16 oz) | 196 g (6.91 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP52 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | Black | White, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Qualcomm SM8450 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
| Max clock | 3200 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) | 8 (1 + 3 + 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 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 6 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 818 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 9224 | 5782 |
| Single-core score | 2017 | 1652 |
| Multi-core score | 5282 | 3994 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 544780 | 505910 |
| GPU | 510688 | 211265 |
| Memory | 299259 | 214254 |
| UX | 424897 | 421262 |
| Total score | 1779624 | 1352691 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [2 tests] |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 61% |
| Graphics test | - | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2232 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 14388 |
| Video editing | - | 7711 |
| Photo editing | - | 37595 |
| Data manipulation | - | 12486 |
| Writing score | - | 20405 |
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 |
Motorola Edge Plus (2022)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-22 (Tín) | AnTuTu 11 | 1133050 |
| 📘 2025-10-13 (Denis920) | AnTuTu 11 | 1352691 |
| 📘 2024-12-10 (Enthusiast) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 5782 |
| 📘 2024-12-10 (Enthusiast) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1652 / 3994 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 512 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) |
| ROM | My UX | - |
| OS updates | 3 years | - |
| Security updates | 3 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5100 mAh | 4800 mAh |
| Max charge power | 68 W | 68 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (71% in 20 min) | Yes (50% in 17 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:35 hr | 0:53 hr |
| Web browsing | - | 06:17 hr |
| Watching video | - | 10:48 hr |
| Gaming | - | 04:48 hr |
| Standby | - | 74 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8700 x 5800 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 114° | 114° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 50 MP 3) Depth: 2 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50A | OmniVision OV50A |
| Sensor size | 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) | 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | - |
| 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 | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Samsung JN1 |
| 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 | - | 60 |
| Preview | - | 60 |
| Zoom | - | 64 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Motorola Edge Plus (2022) from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 60 megapixels | 60 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 10000 x 6000 | 10000 x 6000 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV60A | OmniVision OV60A |
| Sensor size | 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | 0.6 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/k/v/r) | 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 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | May 2023 | January 2022 |
| Release date | May 2023 | March 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $800 | $999 |
| Successor | - | - Motorola Edge Plus (2023) |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 68 W | Yes, 30 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
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Motorola Edge Plus (2023) is definitely a better buy.
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