Motorola Moto G 5G (2024) vs Google Pixel 9a Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 12, 2024	Mar 19, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
	8GB/128 - $499 | €599 8GB/256GB - $599 | €649

Design

Dimensions
6.47 x 2.95 x 0.32 inches 164.4 x 75 x 8.2 mm	6.09 x 2.88 x 0.35 inches (~0.37 inches with camera bump) 154.7 x 73.2 x 8.9mm (~9.4 mm with camera bump)
Weight
6.84 oz / 194.0 g	6.56 oz / 186.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic	Back: Plastic Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Sage Green	Obsidian, Porcelain, Iris, Peony

Display

Size
6.6-inch, 84.98% screen-to-body	6.3-inch, 79.39% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 120Hz	P-OLED, 120Hz, HDR, 2700 nits
Resolution
1612x720px, 20:9 ratio, 267 PPI	2424x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 421 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	2561 (Excellent)
Bright Min
Untested	1.8 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 SM4375 (6 nm)	Google Tensor G4 (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2x2.0GHz Cortex-A78 6x1.8G​Hz Cortex-A55	Octa-core 1x3.1GHz Cortex-X4 3x2.6GH​z Cortex-A720 4x1.9​2GHz Cortex-A520
GPU
Adreno 619	Mali-G715 MC7
Memory
4GB/128GB	8GB (LPDDR5X)/128GB (UFS 3.1) 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC	not expandable
OS
Android (14)	Android (15)

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GeekBench 6 Single
843	1687
GeekBench 6 Multi
1868	4385
3D Mark High
311	2625
3D Mark Low
304	2124

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Battery

Type
5000 mAh	5100 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	Fast charging Qi wireless charging
Charge speed
Wired: 18.0W	Wired: 23.0W Wireless: 7.5W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

8h 11min

Browsing

19h 39min

Video

10h 57min

Gaming

12h 30min

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Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Dual camera
Main camera
50 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Pixel size: 0.64 μm	48 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 25 mm Sensor size: 1/2" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4	13 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/3.1" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash
LED	Dual LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps)	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps)
Front
8 MP	13 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

134

Overall

143

Photo

126

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.1	5.3
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	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, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, NavIC, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC	NFC

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Multimedia

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

Cellular

5G Bands
n2, n5, n7, n12, n14, n25, n29, n30, n41, n48, n66, n71, n77, n78	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, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 66, 71	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41, 48	38, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 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
Nano SIM, eSIM	Nano SIM, eSIM

Alternative variants

With 512GB internal storage

Memory	512GB