Acer Swift 3 (SF316-51) vs Aspire 5 (A517-52)
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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 3 (SF316-51)
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 900 grams less (around 1.98 lbs)
- Around 58% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Thinner bezels and 6% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Features a bigger (~12%) battery – 56 against 50.2 watt-hours
- Much smaller footprint: 18% more compact case (134.5 vs 164.9 square inches)
Advantages of the Acer Aspire 5 (A517-52)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Can run popular games at about 18-25% higher FPS
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 16GB)
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.7 kg (3.75 lbs) | 2.6 kg (5.73 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 367.8 x 236.1 x 15.9 mm 14.48 x 9.3 x 0.63 inches |
403.5 x 263.7 x 19.9 mm 15.89 x 10.38 x 0.78 inches |
| Area | 868 cm2 (134.7 inches2) | 1064 cm2 (164.9 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~82.3% | ~77.5% |
| Side bezels | 5.7 mm | 10.3 mm |
| Colors | Gray | Silver |
| Transformer | No | No |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 2 |
| Noise level | 39 dB | 45 dB |
Display
| Size | 16.1 inches | 17.3 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 137 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 | 1842:1 | 892:1 |
| sRGB color space | 99.5% | 59% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 68.5% | 38% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 66.6% | - |
| Response time | 26 ms | 11 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| USB Power Delivery | Yes | - |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 65 W | 65 W |
| Weigh of AC adapter | 271 grams | 307 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.6-3.1 GHz | 1.7-3.0 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.4 GHz | 4.1 GHz |
| Cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB | 6 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU | Intel UHD Graphics Xe 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 | 15 W | - |
| Type | Integrated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 14 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 1354 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1100 MHz | 1468 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.41 TFLOPS | 1.879 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | 2 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus | - | 64 bit |
| Memory speed | 4.27 Gbps | ~7 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 640 | 640 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 40 | 32 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 20 | 16 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x4 GB | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 4266 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR4X | DDR4 |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| Max. ram size | - | 16 GB |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x512 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | - | Intel Tiger Lake-U/Y PCH-LP |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Loudness | 75.2 dB | 67.5 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5 | v5.1 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 3x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 1x USB 3.2 | 1x USB 3.2 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | No |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.0 | 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 | Yes | Yes |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Size | 12.5 x 8.0 cm | 10.5 x 8.0 cm |
| Surface | - | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
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