Acer Swift 1 (SF114-34) vs Aspire 3 (A317-53)
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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
Case
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the Acer Swift 1 (SF114-34)
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 1 versus 0
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 1300 grams less (around 2.87 lbs)
- Features a much bigger (~36%) battery – 50.3 against 37 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 2% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Supports next-generation Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- Backlit keyboard
- Much smaller footprint: 36% more compact case (106.2 vs 164.9 square inches)
- 24% sharper screen – 157 versus 127 pixels per inch (PPI)
Advantages of the Acer Aspire 3 (A317-53)
- Around 3.6x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Can run popular games at about 138-188% higher FPS
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 16GB) and an SSD
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.3 kg (2.87 lbs) | 2.6 kg (5.73 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 322.8 x 212.2 x 14.95 mm 12.71 x 8.35 x 0.59 inches |
403.5 x 263.7 x 20.9 mm 15.89 x 10.38 x 0.82 inches |
| Area | 685 cm2 (106.1 inches2) | 1064 cm2 (164.9 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~78.9% | ~77.5% |
| Side bezels | 6.5 mm | 10.3 mm |
| Colors | Silver, Gold | Silver |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 120° | - |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Passive | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Number of fans | - | 1 |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 17.3 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 157 ppi | 127 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:9 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Contrast | 952:1 | - |
| sRGB color space | 61.8% | - |
| Adobe RGB profile | 42.9% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 41.4% | - |
| Response time | 25 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| USB Power Delivery | No | No |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 45 W | 45 W |
| Weigh of AC adapter | 158 gramm | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.1 GHz | 1.7-3.0 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | - | 4.1 GHz |
| Cores | 2 | 2 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| L3 Cache | 4 MB | 6 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU) | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 10 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 6 W | 15 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 10 nm |
| GPU base clock | 350 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 750 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| FLOPS | 0.24 TFLOPS | 0.84 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | DDR4 |
| Memory speed | 2.93 Gbps | 3.2 Gbps |
| Shading units | 256 | 384 |
| DirectX support | 12 | 12 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x4 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 2933 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR4X | DDR4 |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| Total slots | - | 2 |
| Max. ram size | - | 16 GB |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | Custom | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | eMMC | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x64 GB | 1x128 GB |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | - | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Loudness | 73.8 dB | - |
| Microphones | 1 | - |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v5 |
| Bluetooth | v5.1 | v5 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1280 x 720 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 1x USB 3.2 | No |
| 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 | Yes |
| SD card reader | No | No |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | Yes |
| Backlight | Yes | No |
| Size | 10.5 x 6.5 cm | - |
| Surface | Plastic | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
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