Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

While rumours so far have indicated that the Moto G6 will be powered by budget Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 processor, latest benchmark results paint a different picture altogether. As per latest Geekbench listing, the standard Moto G6 will not be powered by weaker Snapdragon 450, but the device it seems will debut with the powerful Snapdragon 625, which powered last year’s Moto G5 Plus and G5S Plus. This seems a great move from Lenovo, especially since Moto G6 series’ closest competitor Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 is too powered by Snapdragon 625. The processor will be paired with 3GB of RAM for the base model and 4GB of RAM for the high-end model.

As per the leaked benchmark test results, the Moto G6 scored 709 in single core test and 3582 multi-core test. The device runs Android 8.0 out of the box, and the motherboard is listed as MSM8953. The benchmark also lists octa-core processor with 1.80GHz speed, which is sort of confusing as the Snapdragon 625 SoC comes with a maximum of 2.0 GHz clock speed and the Snapdragon 450 SoC has a 1.8GHz maximum clock speed.
The Moto G6 Plus is expected to ship with an even more powerful Snapdragon 630 chipset paired with 6GB of RAM. The device will also offer 3GB RAM and 4GB RAM variants. As for the G6 Play, the phone is tipped to come with Snapdragon 430 SoC paired with 3GB of RAM and was benchmarked recently.