Motorola Edge 40 Neo vs Google Pixel 8a Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Sep 14, 2023	May 07, 2024
Prices (MSRP)
	$499 | €549

Design

Dimensions
6.28 x 2.83 x 0.31 inches 159.6 x 72 x 7.9 mm	5.99 x 2.84 x 0.35 inches 152.1 x 72.2 x 8.9 mm
Weight
6.00 oz / 170.0 g	6.63 oz / 188.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic	Back: Plastic Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Yes; IP68	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
Optical in-screen fingerprint	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Soothing Sea, Caneel Bay	Obsidian, Porcelain, Bay, Aloe

Display

Size
6.5-inch, 90.34% screen-to-body	6.1-inch, 81.28% screen-to-body
Type
P-OLED, 144Hz, HDR, 1300 nits	OLED, 120Hz, HDR, 2000 nits
Resolution
2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 402 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 431 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	1903 (Excellent)
Bright Min
2.8 (Average)	1.8 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
MediaTek Dimensity 7030 (6 nm)	Google Tensor G3 (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2x2.5GHz Cortex-A78 6x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55	Nona-core 1x3.0GHz Cortex-X3 4x2.45G​Hz Cortex-A715 4x2.1​5GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
Mali-G610 MC3	Immortalis-G715s MC10
Memory
12GB/128GB 12GB/256GB	8GB (LPDDR5X)/128GB (UFS 3.1) 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
not expandable	not expandable
OS
Android (13)	Android (15, 14)

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GeekBench 6 Single
1049	1621
GeekBench 6 Multi
2515	4277
3D Mark High
697	2419
3D Mark Low
689	1624

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Battery

Type
5000 mAh, Li - Polymer	4492 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
	Fast charging Qi wireless charging
Charge speed
Wired: 68.0W	Wired: 18.0W Wireless: 7.5W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

12h 0min

Video

9h 1min

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

5h 51min

Browsing

13h 53min

Video

8h 34min

Gaming

7h 16min

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Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Dual camera
Main camera
50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/1.5" Pixel size: 1.0 μm	64 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.73" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
13 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm	13 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps)	4K UHD (60 fps)
Front
32 MP	13 MP

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N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

134

Overall

142

Photo

127

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.4	5.3
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.2
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, NavIC, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, SA, NSA	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n48, n66, n71, n77, n78, n260, n261, SA, NSA, Sub-6, mmWave
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 28, 30, 32, 66	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
34, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 48	38, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8	1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
eSIM, Dual Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM

Alternative variants

With 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	12GB/256GB

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

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