Samsung Galaxy S22 vs Motorola Edge 40 Neo

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.1-inch Samsung Galaxy S22 (with Exynos 2200) that was released on February 9, 2022, against the Motorola Edge 40 Neo, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 7030 and came out 1 year and 7 months after. 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 Samsung Galaxy S22
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 83% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1398K versus 765K)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Exynos 2200
  • Reverse charging feature
  • 53% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1600 and 1043 points
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 40 Neo
  • Comes with 1300 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3700 mAh
  • Shows 25% longer battery life (21:04 vs 16:55 hours)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Delivers 25% higher peak brightness (1072 against 856 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (68W versus 25W)
  • Has a 0.45 inch larger screen size
  • The phone is 1 year and 7 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S22 and Motorola Edge 40 Neo 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
VS
8 / 128 GB
68.9
(Good)
Value Index
44.8
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED POLED
Size 6.1 inches 6.55 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 425 ppi 402 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) Yes (60-144 Hz)
Max rated brightness 780 nits 550 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1300 nits 1300 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Plus Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 88.6% 90.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.3% 97.7%
PWM 239 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 10 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Edge 40 Neo
6.55″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.1 in2
Galaxy S22
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
856 nits
1072 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 146 mm (5.75 inches) 159.63 mm (6.28 inches)
Width 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) 71.99 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) 7.89 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 167 g (5.89 oz) 172 g (6.07 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
88.6%
90.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S22 and Motorola Edge 40 Neo
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2200 MediaTek Dimensity 7030
Max clock 2800 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.82 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.52 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X2
- 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek APU 550
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 920 Mali-G610 MC3
GPU shading units 384 192
GPU clock 1306 MHz 1000 MHz
FLOPS ~1003 GFLOPS ~384 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S22 and Motorola Edge 40 Neo
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S22 +53%
1600
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy S22 +55%
3840
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 2024
Single-core score 1600 1043
Multi-core score 3840 2472
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S22 +83%
1398273
765130
CPU 462329 274719
GPU 376985 92479
Memory 231805 136154
UX 327154 261578
Total score 1398273 765130
Samples [11 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Galaxy S22 +211%
820
Stability 65% 98%
Graphics test 6 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 820 264
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 66% -
Graphics test 14 FPS -
Section 1 17 FPS -
Section 2 14 FPS -
Section 3 11 FPS -
Graphics score 3751 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 66% -
Graphics test 10 FPS -
Graphics score 1830 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
12319
14866
Web score 11192 15129
Video editing 7372 7564
Photo editing 21608 32979
Data manipulation 11423 10769
Writing score 14877 18936

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S22
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANGAnTuTu 121628220
📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANGBattery lifeSOT 5:35 / 7:27
📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANGGeekbench 6 GPU10630
📘 2026-09-12 (Ogurchik))AnTuTu 121628220
📘 2026-09-09 (Hangal)AnTuTu 111587642
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%

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM One UI 8.0 My UX
OS size 30.2 GB 14 GB
OS updates 4 years 3 years
Security updates 5 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 3700 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 68 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (63% in 30 min) Yes (82% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:03 hr 0:51 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 05:42 hr 07:17 hr
Watching video 10:16 hr 13:01 hr
Gaming 04:06 hr 05:09 hr
Standby 90 hr 110 hr
General battery life
16:55 hr
21:04 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 24FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 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/1.8
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Samsung GN5 Omnivision OV50A
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.5" (≈ 0.67 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 70 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX772 -
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX713 -
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 70 -
Preview 72 -
Zoom 126 -
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 3872 x 2592 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) 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 6 (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 5.2 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.2 -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
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
89.5 dB
83.9 dB

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced February 2022 September 2023
Release date March 2022 September 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $399
Successor - - Motorola Edge 60 Neo
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 68 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, performance, gaming, connectivity, software, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S22. But if the display and battery life are more of a priority – go for the Motorola Edge 40 Neo.

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