Acer Aspire 3 Spin 14 vs Aspire 15 (A15-41)
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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 Spin 14
- Slightly easier to carry: weighs 110 grams less (around 0.24 lbs)
- Display has support for touch input
- Much smaller footprint: 16% more compact case (113 vs 133.9 square inches)
- 15% sharper screen – 162 versus 141 pixels per inch (PPI)
Advantages of the Acer Aspire 15 (A15-41)
- Can run popular games at about 220-300% higher FPS
- Around 2x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Features a much bigger (~33%) battery – 53 against 40 watt-hours
- Better webcam recording quality
- Backlit keyboard
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 16GB)
- Provides 20% higher max. screen brightness: 300 vs 250 nits
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.54 kg (3.4 lbs) | 1.65 kg (3.64 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 319.8 x 227.9 x 18.9 mm 12.59 x 8.97 x 0.74 inches |
363.9 x 237.5 x 17.9 mm 14.33 x 9.35 x 0.7 inches |
| Area | 729 cm2 (112.9 inches2) | 864 cm2 (134 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~78% | ~77.7% |
| Side bezels | 9.2 mm | 9.3 mm |
| Colors | Silver | Gray |
| Material | Middle: Plastic Bottom: Plastic |
Top: Aluminum Middle: Plastic Bottom: Plastic |
| Transformer | Yes | No |
| Opening angle | 360° | - |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 15.6 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | TN LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 162 ppi | 141 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:9 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | Yes | No |
| Coating | - | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | No | No |
Screen space comparison
Aspire 15 (A15-41)
15.6″ (16:9 ratio) = 104 in2
Aspire 3 Spin 14
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
~18% more screen space
| Contrast | - | 1310:1 |
| sRGB color space | - | 53% |
| Response time | - | 18 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | - | 1:35 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 45 W | 65 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 164 grams | 260 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 0 GHz | 2.9 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | - | 4.55 GHz |
| Cores | 4 (0P + 4E) | 6 |
| Threads | 4 | 12 |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics (24EU) | Radeon 660M |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 6 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 6-10 W | 15 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 6 nm |
| GPU base clock | - | 400 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 750 MHz | 1900 MHz |
| FLOPS | 0.3 TFLOPS | 1.5 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | DDR5 |
| Memory speed | 6.4 Gbps | 5.6 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 192 | 384 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 12 | 24 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 6 | 16 |
| GPU performance | 0.3 TFLOPS | 1.5 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | - | 92 |
| Solar Bay | - | 6045 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x2 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 6400 MHz | 5600 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5 | DDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| Total slots | - | 2 |
| Max. ram size | - | 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 | 1x128 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 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.2 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | No | Optional |
| Infrared sensor | No | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 1x USB 3.2 | 1x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | No | No |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | No | No |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | Yes |
| Backlight | No | Yes |
| 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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