Motorola Moto G6 Play vs Motorola Moto G 5G (2024) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Apr 19, 2018	Mar 12, 2024

Design

Dimensions
6.12 x 2.84 x 0.36 inches 155.4 x 72.2 x 9.1 mm	6.47 x 2.95 x 0.32 inches 164.4 x 75 x 8.2 mm
Weight
6.35 oz / 180.0 g	6.84 oz / 194.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Resistance
Splash
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gray, Blue	Sage Green

Display

Size
5.7-inch, 74.77% screen-to-body	6.6-inch, 84.98% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	IPS LCD, 120Hz
Resolution
1440x720px, 18:9 ratio, 282 PPI	1612x720px, 20:9 ratio, 267 PPI

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
3 (Average)	Untested

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 427 MSM8920 (28 nm)	Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 SM4375 (6 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.0GHz Cortex-A78 6x1.8G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Adreno 308	Adreno 619
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB 2GB/16GB	4GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo)	Android (14)

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GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	843
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	1868
3D Mark High
Untested	311
3D Mark Low
Untested	304

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Battery

Type
4000 mAh, Li - Ion	5000 mAh
Charging
Motorola TurboPowe
Charge speed
	Wired: 18.0W

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0	50 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Pixel size: 0.64 μm
Second camera
	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps)
Front
5 MP (Flash) Video capture: 1080p	8 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.1
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
ANT+, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n2, n5, n7, n12, n14, n25, n29, n30, n41, n48, n66, n71, n77, n78
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 25, 26, 29, 30, 66	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 41	38, 39, 40, 41, 48
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM
VoLTE
Yes

Alternative variants

with 16 GB storage

Memory	2GB/16GB

International version

Other	NFC

with Dual SIM

Dual SIM	Yes

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