Acer Swift Go 14 (SFG14-73) vs Go 14 AI

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Review

Evaluation of Acer Swift Go 14 (SFG14-73) and Go 14 AI 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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80.5
(Good)
Value Index
94.8
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the Acer Swift Go 14 (SFG14-73)
  • Thinner bezels and 7% higher screen-to-body ratio
Advantages of the Acer Swift Go 14 AI
  • Higher screen refresh rate: 120 versus 60 Hz
  • Around 50% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
  • Features a bigger (~15%) battery – 75 against 65 watt-hours
  • Can run popular games at about 6-8% higher FPS

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs

Case

Weight 1.25 kg (2.76 lbs) 1.32 kg (2.91 lbs)
Dimensions 312.9 x 217.9 x 14.9 mm
12.32 x 8.58 x 0.59 inches
322.6 x 225.95 x 10-17.95 mm
12.7 x 8.9 x 0.39-0.71 inches
Area 682 cm2 (105.7 inches2) 729 cm2 (113 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~83.4% ~78%
Side bezels 5.7 mm 10.6 mm
Colors Silver Gray
Material Aluminum Top: Aluminum
Middle: Plastic
Bottom: Plastic
Transformer No No
Opening angle 180° 180°
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No

Display

Size 14 inches 14 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 60 Hz 120 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

Battery

Capacity
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes Yes
Charging port position Left Left
Charge power 100 W 65 W

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 1.3 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.3 GHz 4 GHz
Cores 12 (2P + 10E) 8
Threads 14 8
L3 Cache 12 MB 6 MB
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Qualcomm Adreno X1-45
Fabrication process 7 nm 4 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 Integrated
Fabrication process 5 nm 4 nm
GPU base clock 300 MHz 280 MHz
GPU boost clock 1850 MHz 1367 MHz
FLOPS 1.9 TFLOPS 2.1 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared System Shared
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory speed 7.47 Gbps 8.45 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 512 768
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 32 48
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 16 24
GPU performance 1.9 TFLOPS 2.1 TFLOPS
Solar Bay - 5710

RAM

RAM size
Channels 2x8 GB 2x8 GB
Clock 7467 MHz 8448 MHz
Type LPDDR5X 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 1 1
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.0 2.0
Dolby Atmos No No
Microphones 2 3

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6E v7
Bluetooth v5.3 v5.4
Fingerprint Optional Yes
Infrared sensor No No
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 2560 x 1440 2560 x 1440
Ports
USB-A 2x USB 3.2 2x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0 2x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4 No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 No
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
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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