Apple MacBook Air 13 M5 (2026) vs Acer Swift Air 14 (SFA14-I31)
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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 Apple MacBook Air 13 M5 (2026)
- MacBook with the Apple M5 (8-сore GPU) chip maintains its performance even when running on battery power.
- Around 71% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- 39% sharper screen – 225 versus 162 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Provides 43% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 350 nits
Advantages of the Acer Swift Air 14 (SFA14-I31)
- Higher screen refresh rate: 120 versus 60 Hz
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Features a much bigger (~30%) battery – 70 against 53.8 watt-hours
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.23 kg (2.71 lbs) | 1.19 kg (2.62 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 304.1 x 215 x 11.3 mm 11.97 x 8.46 x 0.44 inches |
313.99 x 222.65 x 13.3 mm 12.36 x 8.77 x 0.52 inches |
| Area | 654 cm2 (101.3 inches2) | 699 cm2 (108.4 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~82% | ~81.3% |
| Side bezels | 5.6 mm | 6.2 mm |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Gold, Blue | Blue, Green, Pink, Purple |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 130° | - |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Passive | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | - | 1 |
Display
| Size | 13.6 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| PPI | 225 ppi | 162 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1664 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | No |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Glossy (Antireflective) | - |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | - |
Screen space comparison
Swift Air 14 (SFA14-I31)
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
MacBook Air 13 M5 (2026)
13.6″ (16:10 ratio) = 83.1 in2
~5% more screen space
| Contrast | 1437:1 | - |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 86.8% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 98.1% | - |
| Response time | 20 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| 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 | 35 / 40 / 70 W | 100 W |
| Cable length | 2 meters | - |
| Weight of AC adapter | 116 / 80 / 167 grams | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 4.61 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | - | 4.8 GHz |
| Cores | 10 (4P + 6E) | 6 (3P + 3E) |
| Threads | 10 | 12 |
| L3 Cache | - | 16 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M5 GPU (8-core) | Radeon 840M |
| Fabrication process | 3 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 | - | 15 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| GPU base clock | - | 400 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1620 MHz | 2900 MHz |
| FLOPS | 3.3 TFLOPS | 1.5 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory bus | 128 bit | - |
| Memory speed | 9.6 Gbps | 7.5 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 1024 | 256 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 64 | 16 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 8 |
| GPU performance | 3.3 TFLOPS | 1.5 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 1744 | 109 |
| Solar Bay | 17484 | 6579 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 9600 MHz | 7500 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Upgradable | No | No |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | Custom | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 2x256 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| Total slots | - | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) | 4.0 |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
| Loudness | ~82.1 dB | - |
| Microphones | 3 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v6.0 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | No |
| Infrared sensor | No | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | No | 1x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | No |
| HDMI | No | No |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | No | No |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1 mm | - |
| Surface | Glass | Glass |
| Windows Precision | No | Yes |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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