Motorola Moto G86 Power VS Realme P4 5G

The most consequential difference in this group is water protection. The Moto G86 Power carries an IP68 rating, meaning it is fully waterproof and can withstand submersion in water — a meaningful safety net for drops in a sink or pool. The Realme P4 5G holds an IP66 rating, which protects against powerful water jets but offers no submersion protection. In day-to-day terms, IP66 handles rain and splashes confidently, but IP68 covers genuinely accidental dunks — a real-world advantage for the G86 Power.

On physical comfort, the story flips. The Realme P4 5G is notably slimmer at 7.6 mm versus the G86 Power's 8.7 mm, and lighter at 185 g compared to 198 g. That 1.1 mm and 13 g difference may sound minor on paper, but over a full day of use they translate to a more pocketable, less fatiguing device. The P4's smaller overall volume (94.2 cm³ vs 104.8 cm³) reinforces this — it is simply a more compact package despite being marginally taller and wider.

Neither phone has a rugged build or foldable form factor, so the design choice here comes down to priorities. Users who frequently expose their phone to water — near pools, in kitchens, or in rainy climates — gain a meaningful safeguard with the G86 Power's IP68. Those who prioritize everyday ergonomics and a slimmer profile will find the Realme P4 5G the more comfortable companion. There is no single winner; the edge depends entirely on which trade-off matters more to the individual user.

Both phones use OLED/AMOLED panels, so the baseline display quality — deep blacks, vivid colors, strong contrast — is shared. Where they diverge is in sharpness versus smoothness. The G86 Power delivers a significantly higher pixel density of 446 ppi at a 1220 x 2712 resolution, compared to the Realme P4 5G's 388 ppi at 1080 x 2392. That ~58 ppi gap is perceptible: text edges appear crisper and fine detail in photos renders more precisely on the G86 Power, which matters especially given its slightly smaller 6.67″ screen concentrating those pixels more tightly.

The Realme P4 5G counters with a 144Hz refresh rate against the G86 Power's 120Hz. In practice, both feel fluid for everyday scrolling and most gaming, but 144Hz provides a marginally smoother animation cadence that competitive mobile gamers will notice. The P4 also includes an Always-On Display, a convenience feature the G86 Power lacks — useful for glancing at time or notifications without waking the screen. On the other hand, the G86 Power supports HDR10+ (a step above standard HDR10), offering better dynamic tone mapping for compatible streaming content, while the P4 supports neither HDR standard. The G86 Power also features branded damage-resistant glass, adding a layer of scratch and crack protection the P4 does not have.

Overall, the G86 Power holds the display edge for most users. Its sharper resolution, HDR10+ support, and protected glass make it the stronger choice for media consumption and everyday durability. The Realme P4 5G's higher refresh rate and Always-On Display are genuine advantages, but they serve a narrower set of priorities — primarily gamers and users who rely heavily on glanceable notifications.

These two phones are built on remarkably similar silicon foundations. Both use a 4 nm MediaTek Dimensity chip with identical GPU hardware (Mali G615 MC2 at the same clock speed), 8 GB of DDR5 RAM at identical speeds, and share the same thread count, architecture, and DirectX support. For everyday tasks — app switching, streaming, social media — users would be hard-pressed to feel any difference between them.

Look closer, however, and two distinctions emerge. The Realme P4 5G runs the slightly newer Dimensity 7400 with peak CPU cores clocked at 2.6 GHz, versus the G86 Power's Dimensity 7300 at 2.5 GHz. That 100 MHz advantage is marginal and unlikely to be noticeable in most real-world workloads, but it does reflect a newer chip generation. The far more impactful difference is storage: the G86 Power ships with 512 GB of internal storage versus the P4 5G's 256 GB — double the space for apps, photos, videos, and offline media, with no difference in price tier to account for it based on the data provided.

The G86 Power claims the performance group edge, not because of raw compute power — both chips are essentially peers — but because 512 GB of storage is a tangible, lasting advantage that affects usability every day. The P4 5G's marginally faster CPU is real but negligible in practice, while running out of storage is a frustration no software update can fix.

At first glance, both cameras look nearly identical — a 50 MP primary shooter with the same aperture, 4K 30fps video, phase-detection autofocus, and an identical manual controls suite. Dig into the secondary lens and the gap opens up: the G86 Power pairs its main sensor with an 8 MP secondary camera, while the Realme P4 5G's second lens is just 2 MP. A 2 MP auxiliary sensor is generally limited to basic depth-sensing for portrait mode, offering little real photographic flexibility. The G86 Power's 8 MP secondary can contribute meaningfully to actual image capture.

Two further differences decisively tilt the comparison. The G86 Power includes optical image stabilization (OIS), which the P4 5G entirely lacks. OIS is one of the most impactful camera hardware features available — it physically counteracts hand movement, producing sharper handheld photos in low light and noticeably smoother video footage without relying solely on digital correction. On the selfie side, the G86 Power's 32 MP front camera with an f/2.2 aperture outclasses the P4 5G's 16 MP sensor at the narrower f/2.4 aperture — a meaningful advantage for both resolution and low-light selfie performance.

The G86 Power is the clear camera winner in this group. OIS alone would be enough to tip the scales, but combined with a more capable secondary lens and a significantly higher-resolution, wider-aperture front camera, it outperforms the Realme P4 5G across all three lenses based on the provided specifications.

This is a rare case of a complete dead heat. Both the Motorola Moto G86 Power and the Realme P4 5G run Android 15 and share an identical feature set across every single specification in this group — from privacy controls like camera and microphone toggles and app tracking blockers, to usability features like dynamic theming, split-screen, picture-in-picture, and offline voice recognition. There is no checkbox here where one product holds an advantage over the other.

The shared feature set is, collectively, quite strong. Both offer on-device machine learning, a full suite of granular privacy permissions, battery health monitoring, and multi-user support — capabilities that would have been considered premium-tier just a few Android generations ago. Neither phone receives direct OS updates from Google, meaning both depend on their respective manufacturers for timely patches, which is a shared limitation worth noting regardless of which device a buyer chooses.

This group is a complete tie. The OS experience, feature parity, and privacy toolset are indistinguishable based on the provided data. A buyer's software experience will be shaped far more by each brand's custom Android skin and update cadence than by any difference in base Android features.

Battery is where the Realme P4 5G makes its strongest case across this entire comparison. Its 7000 mAh cell edges out the G86 Power's already-generous 6720 mAh — a modest 280 mAh difference that is unlikely to translate into a meaningful gap in daily endurance, since both are exceptionally large capacities by any standard. Either phone is a credible two-day device for moderate users.

The charging speed gap, however, is anything but modest. The Realme P4 5G supports 80W fast charging — more than double the G86 Power's 30W. In practical terms, 80W can take a large battery from near-empty to a full charge in roughly an hour or less, whereas 30W could take well over two hours for a similar-sized cell. For users who charge on the go, during a lunch break, or who regularly forget to charge overnight, that difference is genuinely significant day-to-day.

The Realme P4 5G wins this group, and it is not particularly close. The marginally larger battery is a minor advantage, but the 80W charging speed is a substantial one — it fundamentally changes how quickly the phone recovers from low battery, a real-world convenience the G86 Power's 30W simply cannot match.

Audio is another category where these two phones are completely identical on paper. Both feature stereo speakers and drop the 3.5 mm headphone jack, and neither supports any high-resolution Bluetooth audio codec — no aptX, no LDAC, no aptX HD or Adaptive. Wireless listeners are limited to standard Bluetooth audio quality on both devices.

The absence of advanced codecs like LDAC or aptX Adaptive is worth flagging for audiophiles: these codecs allow compatible wireless headphones to transmit significantly more audio data, preserving detail that standard Bluetooth compression discards. Neither phone offers this capability, so users with high-end wireless headphones will not unlock their full potential on either device. The lack of a headphone jack, shared by both, also means wired listening requires a USB-C adapter.

This group is a complete tie. With every specified audio feature — and every omission — matching exactly, there is no basis on which to favor one phone over the other for sound. The decision here will come down entirely to the other spec groups.

Connectivity is a split scorecard, with each phone holding meaningful advantages in different areas. The G86 Power's most significant lead here is Wi-Fi 6 support — a standard the Realme P4 5G does not include, topping out at Wi-Fi 5. Wi-Fi 6 delivers faster throughput, better performance in congested environments (such as apartments or offices with many connected devices), and improved battery efficiency during wireless use. The G86 Power also offers an external memory card slot, which the P4 5G omits entirely — a particularly relevant omission given the P4's lower 256 GB base storage noted in the performance group.

The Realme P4 5G counters with a slightly newer Bluetooth 5.4 versus the G86 Power's 5.3, a marginal generational step with negligible real-world impact for most users. More practically, the P4 5G supports dual physical SIM cards, while the G86 Power offers one physical SIM alongside an eSIM. Both handle two lines simultaneously, but dual physical SIMs offer broader compatibility with carriers that have not yet adopted eSIM, which can matter for international travelers or users in certain regions.

On balance, the G86 Power holds the edge in this group. Wi-Fi 6 is a forward-looking and genuinely useful upgrade, and the expandable storage slot is a practical differentiator that adds flexibility the P4 5G cannot match. The P4's dual physical SIM advantage is real but situational, and its Bluetooth lead is negligible.

The Miscellaneous group offers no differentiation whatsoever between these two phones. Both feature a video light, and both share the same set of absences — no sapphire glass, no curved display, no e-paper panel. Every data point in this category is identical.

This is a complete tie, and a thin one at that. With so few specs in this group and zero divergence between them, this category carries no weight in the overall comparison. Buyers should look to the other spec groups — design, cameras, battery, and connectivity — where the meaningful differences between these two phones actually lie.