This Moto G Play is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 6300 processor with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. You can quickly fill it up by loading a few games. Although you can expand the storage capacity by up to 1TB using a microSD card, this adds to the cost. The 2024 Moto G Play is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 processor with the same RAM and storage. By comparison, the Galaxy A16 uses a Samsung Exynos 1330 processor with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, and it supports microSD cards up to 1.5TB.
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To objectively gauge performance, I run a series of benchmarks. Here, I compare the 2026 G Play with the 2024 model and the Galaxy A16.
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On Geekbench 6, which measures raw computing power, the G Play scored 795 on the single-core test and 2,055 on the multi-core test. This is a big improvement over the 2024 model’s scores of 411 and 1,321, but on par with the Galaxy A16’s marks of 883 and 2,020.
In the PCMark Work 3.0 test, which measures how a phone performs general mobile tasks, the 2026 G Play scored 12,732. Again, this is significantly better than the 2024 model (7,861) and similar to the A16 (11,589).
To assess graphics performance, I use the GFXBench Aztec ruins test. The 2026 G Play achieved 19 frames per second (fps), surpassing both the 2024 G Play (11fps) and the A16 (8.7fps). For reference, the flagship Moto Razr Ultra ($1,299.99) reaches 80fps on this same test.
