Acer Swift Edge 16 (SFE16-43) vs Swift 16 AI (SF16-51T)
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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 Swift Edge 16 (SFE16-43)
- Easier to carry: weighs 270 grams less (around 0.6 lbs)
- Around 20% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
Advantages of the Acer Swift 16 AI (SF16-51T)
- Features a bigger (~28%) battery – 69 against 54 watt-hours
- Can run popular games at about 12-17% higher FPS
- Display has support for touch input
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.23 kg (2.71 lbs) | 1.5 kg (3.31 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 357.6 x 245.9 x 12.95 mm 14.08 x 9.68 x 0.51 inches |
356 x 249.42 x 9.9-15.9 mm 14.02 x 9.82 x 0.39-0.63 inches |
| Area | 879 cm2 (136.3 inches2) | 888 cm2 (137.7 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~84.4% | ~83.6% |
| Side bezels | 6.5 mm | 5.7 mm |
| Colors | Black | Black |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | - | 180° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 2 |
| Noise level (max. load) | - | 41.1 dB |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 16 inches |
| Type | OLED | OLED |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | - | No |
| PPI | 236 ppi | 212 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 3200 x 2000 pixels | 2880 x 1800 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, HDR10 |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | Yes |
| Coating | Glossy (Antireflective) | Glossy |
| Ambient light sensor | No | Yes |
| Contrast | 1000000:1 | 1000000:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 94.6% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 100% | 100% |
| Response time | 2 ms | 1 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | - | 11.6 V |
| Full charging time | 2:30 hr | - |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 65 W | 65 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 193 grams | 298 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 3.5 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.9 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Cores | 6 | 8 (4P + 4E) |
| Threads | 12 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 8 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 760M | Intel Arc Graphics 130V |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 3 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 | 30 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| GPU base clock | 800 MHz | 600 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 2600 MHz | 1850 MHz |
| FLOPS | 2.7 TFLOPS | 3.3 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory speed | 5.2 Gbps | 8.53 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 512 | 896 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 32 | - |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 16 | - |
| GPU performance | 2.7 TFLOPS | 3.3 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 213 | 543 |
| Solar Bay | 8301 | - |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 5200 MHz | 8533 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Upgradable | No | No |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x512 GB | 1x512 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 2 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | - | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Loudness | - | ~87.1 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 3 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v7 |
| Bluetooth | v5.2 | v5.4 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Optional |
| Infrared sensor | No | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 2560 x 1440 | 2560 x 1440 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | No | Thunderbolt 4 |
| 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 | Yes | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | Yes |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Surface | Glass | Glass |
| 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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