Acer Swift Go 14 (SFG14-73) vs Aspire 5 14 (A514-56)

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Display
1920 x 1200
Battery 65 Wh
CPU
RAM
Storage

Review

Evaluation of Acer Swift Go 14 (SFG14-73) and Aspire 5 14 (A514-56) important characteristics
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)

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Currency
VS
80.5
(Good)
Value Index
68.3
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the Acer Swift Go 14 (SFG14-73)
  • Easier to carry: weighs 320 grams less (around 0.71 lbs)
  • Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
  • Around 2x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
  • Thinner bezels and 5% higher screen-to-body ratio
  • Features a much bigger (~30%) battery – 65 against 50 watt-hours
  • Better webcam recording quality
Advantages of the Acer Aspire 5 14 (A514-56)
  • Can run popular games at about 92-126% higher FPS
  • Includes an old-school USB-A port
  • User-upgradable RAM (up to 16GB)

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs

Case

Weight 1.25 kg (2.76 lbs) 1.57 kg (3.46 lbs)
Dimensions 312.9 x 217.9 x 14.9 mm
12.32 x 8.58 x 0.59 inches
318.2 x 225.5 x 17.8 mm
12.53 x 8.88 x 0.7 inches
Area 682 cm2 (105.7 inches2) 718 cm2 (111.3 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~83.4% ~79.2%
Side bezels 5.7 mm 8.3 mm
Colors Silver Gray
Material Aluminum Top: Aluminum
Middle: Plastic
Bottom: Plastic
Transformer No No
Opening angle 180° -
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans - 1

Display

Size 14 inches 14 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
PPI 162 ppi 162 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels 1920 x 1200 pixels
HDR support No No
Sync technology No No
Touchscreen No No
Coating Matte Matte
Ambient light sensor - No
Display tests
Contrast - 1200:1
sRGB color space - 51%
DCI-P3 color gamut - 39%
Response time - 16 ms
Max. brightness

Battery

Capacity
Full charging time - 1:30 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 100 W 65 / 90 W

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 1.3 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.3 GHz 4.5 GHz
Cores 12 (2P + 10E) 6 (2P + 4E)
Threads 14 8
L3 Cache 12 MB 10 MB
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) 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 14 W -
Type Integrated Dedicated
Fabrication process 5 nm 8 nm
GPU base clock 300 MHz -
GPU boost clock 1850 MHz -
FLOPS 1.9 TFLOPS 5.1-6 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X GDDR6
Memory bus - 64 bit
Memory speed 7.47 Gbps ~14 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 512 2048
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 32 64
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 16 32
GPU performance 1.9 TFLOPS 5.1-6 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Blender GPU - 657
Solar Bay - 15663
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details

RAM

RAM size
Channels 2x8 GB 2x4 GB
Clock 7467 MHz 3200 MHz
Type LPDDR5X DDR4
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 1x512 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 v6E v6
Bluetooth v5.3 v5.3
Fingerprint Optional Optional
Infrared sensor No No
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 2560 x 1440 1920 x 1080
Ports
USB-A 2x USB 3.2 3x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0 1x USB 3.2
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4 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 Yes
SD card reader Yes No
Proprietary charging port No Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad No No
Backlight Optional Yes
Touchpad
Surface Plastic Plastic
Windows Precision Yes Yes
Further details
Notes on Swift Go 14 (SFG14-73):
    - Core Ultra 5 125H configurations use LPDDR5 RAM, while Core Ultra 7 155H and 185H variants are equipped with LPDDR5X memory.
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.

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