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Samsung Galaxy S23 vs Motorola Edge 40 Neo

69 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S23
VS
59 out of 100
Motorola Edge 40 Neo
Samsung Galaxy S23
Motorola Edge 40 Neo

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.1-inch Samsung Galaxy S23 (with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy) that was released on February 1, 2023, against the Motorola Edge 40 Neo, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 7030 and came out 7 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S23
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 2.2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1712K versus 765K)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 10W
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Delivers 11% higher peak brightness (1191 against 1072 nits)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy
  • Reverse charging feature
  • 91% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1987 and 1043 points
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 40 Neo
  • Comes with 1100 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3900 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Supports higher wattage charging (68W versus 25W)
  • Has a 0.45 inch larger screen size
  • The phone is 7 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S23 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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Currency
8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
80.6
(Good)
Value Index
44.8
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy S23
vs
Edge 40 Neo

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 (24-120 Hz) Yes (60-144 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 550 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1750 nits 1300 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 360 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 88% 90.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98.9% 97.7%
PWM 240 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Edge 40 Neo
6.55″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.1 in2
Galaxy S23
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S23 +11%
1191 nits
Edge 40 Neo
1072 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 146.3 mm (5.76 inches) 159.63 mm (6.28 inches)
Width 70.9 mm (2.79 inches) 71.99 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) 7.89 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 168 g (5.93 oz) 172 g (6.07 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Black, Gray, Green, Purple, Yellow Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Galaxy S23
88%
Edge 40 Neo +3%
90.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S23 and Motorola Edge 40 Neo
SoC
Chipset Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy MediaTek Dimensity 7030
Max clock 3360 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) 8 (2 + 6)
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		 - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek APU 550
GPU
Graphics Adreno 740 Mali-G610 MC3
GPU shading units 1536 192
GPU clock 680 MHz 1000 MHz
FLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS ~384 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S23 and Motorola Edge 40 Neo
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S23 +91%
1987
Edge 40 Neo
1043
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy S23 +109%
5171
Edge 40 Neo
2472
Compute Score (GPU)
Galaxy S23 +365%
9410
Edge 40 Neo
2024
Compute Score (GPU) 9410 2024
Single-core score 1987 1043
Multi-core score 5171 2472
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S23 +124%
1712393
Edge 40 Neo
765130
CPU 587063 274719
GPU 434955 92479
Memory 275390 136154
UX 414985 261578
Total score 1712393 765130
Samples [29 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Galaxy S23 +305%
1069
Edge 40 Neo
264
Stability 76% 98%
Graphics test 8 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 1069 264
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 73% -
Graphics test 20 FPS -
Section 1 23 FPS -
Section 2 20 FPS -
Section 3 18 FPS -
Graphics score 5348 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 61% -
Graphics test 21 FPS -
Graphics score 3669 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Galaxy S23 +7%
15924
Edge 40 Neo
14866
Web score 15188 15129
Video editing 7873 7564
Photo editing 33939 32979
Data manipulation 12935 10769
Writing score 19390 18936
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S23
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-13 (Ct)AnTuTu 121868238
📘 2026-09-21 (Mil)AnTuTu 121763249
📘 2026-09-16 (Fluffyicebite:3)AnTuTu 121835927
📘 2026-09-09 -> Rafarobbie22AnTuTu 111708074
📘 2026-09-09 (Rafa)AnTuTu 111708074
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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%
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 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 16) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM One UI 8.0 My UX
OS size 29.7 GB 14 GB
OS updates 4 years 3 years
Security updates 5 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 3900 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 68 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (10 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (57% in 30 min) Yes (82% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:16 hr 0:51 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:12 hr 07:17 hr
Watching video 13:41 hr 13:01 hr
Gaming 05:20 hr 05:09 hr
Standby 109 hr 110 hr
General battery life
Galaxy S23 +5%
22:02 hr
Edge 40 Neo
21:04 hr
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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 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 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 23 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KGN3 Omnivision OV50A
Sensor size 1/1.57" (≈ 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 Samsung S5K3K1 -
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 IMX564 -
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 S23 from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K3LU CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 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 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 5.3
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, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 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
Galaxy S23 +9%
91.5 dB
Edge 40 Neo
83.9 dB

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced February 2023 September 2023
Release date February 2023 September 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $399
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon) - Motorola Edge 60 Neo
SAR (head) 0.96 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.3 W/kg -
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
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S23:
    - The 128GB version uses slower UFS 3.1 memory, while the 256GB and 512GB models have UFS 4.0.
*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 Samsung Galaxy S23 is definitely a better buy.

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