Acer Aspire 3 (A325-42) vs Aspire 3 (A324-53)
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Review
Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of the Acer Aspire 3 (A325-42)
- Around 2x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Can run popular games at about 21-29% higher FPS
- Features a bigger (~21%) battery – 55 against 45.6 watt-hours
Advantages of the Acer Aspire 3 (A324-53)
- Easier to carry: weighs 340 grams less (around 0.75 lbs)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Thinner bezels and 11% higher screen-to-body ratio
- 57% sharper screen – 157 versus 100 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Much smaller footprint: 27% more compact case (103.1 vs 141.7 square inches)
- Provides 25% higher max. screen brightness: 250 vs 200 nits
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.79 kg (3.95 lbs) | 1.45 kg (3.2 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 360.8 x 253.3 x 19.3 mm 14.2 x 9.97 x 0.76 inches |
321.7 x 206.6 x 19.4 mm 12.67 x 8.13 x 0.76 inches |
| Area | 914 cm2 (141.6 inches2) | 665 cm2 (103 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~73.4% | ~81.3% |
| Side bezels | 7.7 mm | 5.9 mm |
| Colors | Silver | Black |
| Material | Plastic | Top: Aluminum Middle: Plastic Bottom: Plastic |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | 180° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
Display
| Size | 15.6 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | TFT LCD | TFT LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | - |
| PPI | 100 ppi | 157 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:9 |
| Resolution | 1366 x 768 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | No | No |
Screen space comparison
Aspire 3 (A325-42)
15.6″ (16:9 ratio) = 104 in2
Aspire 3 (A324-53)
14″ (16:9 ratio) = 83.8 in2
~24% more screen space
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left, Right | Left, Right |
| Charge power | 65 W | 65 W |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.0 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.5 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Cores | 6 | 5 (1P + 4E) |
| Threads | 12 | 6 |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 10 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon RX Vega 7 | Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 10 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 10 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 2000 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.8 TFLOPS | 1.3 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Memory speed | 3.2 Gbps | 3.2 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 448 | 512 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 28 | 32 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 8 | 16 |
| GPU performance | 1.8 TFLOPS | 1.3 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x8 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Type | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 2 | 2 |
| Max. ram size | 32 GB | 16 GB |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5.2 | v5.2 |
| Fingerprint | No | No |
| Infrared sensor | No | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 3x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| Thunderbolt | No | No |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 1.4 | 1x HDMI 1.4 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | Yes | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | No |
| Backlight | No | No |
| Surface | Plastic | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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