Acer TravelMate P4 (TMP414-51) 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 TravelMate P4 (TMP414-51)
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 1190 grams less (around 2.62 lbs)
- Around 86% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Features a bigger (~12%) battery – 56 against 50.2 watt-hours
- Much smaller footprint: 28% more compact case (118.9 vs 164.9 square inches)
- 24% sharper screen – 157 versus 127 pixels per inch (PPI)
Advantages of the Acer Aspire 5 (A517-52)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Thinner bezels and 10% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Can run popular games at about 18-25% higher FPS
- Provides 20% higher max. screen brightness: 300 vs 250 nits
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
Weight | 1.41 kg (3.11 lbs) | 2.6 kg (5.73 lbs) |
Dimensions | 325 x 236 x 17.9 mm 12.8 x 9.29 x 0.7 inches |
403.5 x 263.7 x 19.9 mm 15.89 x 10.38 x 0.78 inches |
Area | 767 cm2 (118.9 inches2) | 1064 cm2 (164.9 inches2) |
Screen-to-body ratio | ~70.4% | ~77.5% |
Side bezels | 7.6 mm | 10.3 mm |
Colors | Blue | Silver |
Transformer | No | No |
Opening angle | 180° | - |
Size comparison
Cooling system | Active | Active |
Vapor chamber | No | No |
Number of fans | 2 | 2 |
Noise level | 37.4 dB | 45 dB |
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 | 1241:1 | 892:1 |
sRGB color space | 59.4% | 59% |
Adobe RGB profile | 40.9% | 38% |
DCI-P3 color gamut | 39.6% | - |
Response time | 25 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 | 321 gramm | 307 gramm |
CPU
CPU name
Base frequency | 0.9-2.4 GHz | 1.7-3.0 GHz |
Turbo frequency | 4.2 GHz | 4.1 GHz |
Cores | 4 | 2 |
Threads | 8 | 4 |
L3 Cache | 8 MB | 6 MB |
Integrated GPU | Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU | 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 | 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 | DDR4 | GDDR5 |
Memory bus | - | 64 bit |
Memory speed | 3.2 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 | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
Type | DDR4 | DDR4 |
Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
Total slots | 2 | - |
Max. ram size | 32 GB | 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 | 74.1 dB | 67.5 dB |
Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
Bluetooth | v5 | v5.1 |
Fingerprint | No | 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 1.4 | 1x HDMI 1.4 |
DisplayPort | No | No |
VGA | No | No |
Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
Ethernet (RJ45) | Yes | Yes |
SD card reader | Yes | No |
Proprietary charging port | Yes | Yes |
Input
Keyboard type | Island | Island |
Numpad | No | No |
Backlight | Yes | Yes |
Size | 10.5 x 6.5 cm | 10.5 x 8.0 cm |
Surface | Plastic | Plastic |
Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
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