Is the Nothing CMF Buds Neo worth the upgrade from the Edifier NeoBuds Pro 3?

Verdict

Meaningful upgrade

The Nothing CMF Buds Neo scores 6.1 points above the Edifier NeoBuds Pro 3. That's a real improvement, though not the kind you'd notice on every track. The gains are concentrated in battery (7.1 to 9.0) and value (9.0 to 9.8). You do give up ground on sound (8.4 to 7.4) and noise cancelling (8.3 to 7.8). On paper: battery life 9 h to 11 h, full charge time 60 min to 10 min and driver size 10 mm to 12.4 mm. Worth checking: water resistance goes IP54 to Not rated and drivers per side goes 2 to 1. One caution: this steps down a line tier (NeoBuds Pro 3 to CMF Buds Neo), and base models usually trade away tier features - check the codec and ANC rows above before trusting the score gap alone. It's also $120 cheaper, which makes this an easy call. Worth doing if you're replacing anyway; harder to justify as a pure upgrade if what you have still works.