Motorola Moto G5S vs Google Pixel 6a Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Aug 01, 2017	May 11, 2022
Prices (MSRP)
	$449

Design

Dimensions
5.91 x 2.89 x 0.37 inches 150 x 73.5 x 9.5 mm	5.99 x 2.83 x 0.35 inches 152.2 x 71.8 x 8.9mm
Weight
5.54 oz / 157.0 g	6.28 oz / 178.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Glass, Plastic Frame: Metal
Resistance
Splash	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray	Chalk, Charcoal, Sage

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 67.65% screen-to-body	6.1-inch, 82.14% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	OLED, 60Hz
Resolution
1920x1080px, 424 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 431 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	2 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 430 8937 (28 nm)	Tensor (5 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Hexa-core 2x2.80GHz Cortex-X1 2x2.25G​Hz Cortex-A76 4x1.80​GHz Cortex-A55
GPU
Adreno 505	Mali-G78 MP20
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB	6GB (LPDDR5)/128GB (UFS 3.1)
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (7.1 Nougat)	Android (15, 14, 13, 12)

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GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	1428
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	3313
3D Mark High
Untested	1620
3D Mark Low
Untested	1011

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Battery

Type
3000 mAh, Li - Ion	4410 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 18.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

5h 52min

Browsing

13h 51min

Video

8h 51min

Gaming

6h 48min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
16 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0	12.2 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Pixel size: 1.4 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (60 fps)
Front
5 MP (Wide Angle, Flash)	8 MP

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N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

133

Overall

140

Photo

127

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2, Yes	5.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
	M4/T4
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n30, n38, n40, n48, n66, n71, n77, n78, n260, n261, SA, NSA, Sub-6, mmWave
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 19, 20, 28	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40	38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Alternative variants

Dual SIM	Yes

International

5G Bands	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n30, n40, n48, n66, n71, n77, n78, SA, NSA, Sub-6
4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands	38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48

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