Apple MacBook Air 15 M5 (2026) vs Acer Swift Go 16 AI OLED (SFG16-I71)
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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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Key Differences
Advantages of the Apple MacBook Air 15 M5 (2026)
- Around 2.1x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- MacBook with the Apple M5 (10-Core) chip maintains its performance even when running on battery power.
- Provides 67% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 300 nits
- 58% sharper screen – 224 versus 142 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Smaller footprint: 7% more compact case (125.4 vs 135 square inches)
Advantages of the Acer Swift Go 16 AI OLED (SFG16-I71)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Slightly easier to carry: weighs 150 grams less (around 0.33 lbs)
- Thinner bezels and 2% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Features a a little bigger (~7%) battery – 71 against 66.5 watt-hours
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.51 kg (3.33 lbs) | 1.36 kg (3 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 340.4 x 237.6 x 11.5 mm 13.4 x 9.35 x 0.45 inches |
355 x 245.3 x 15.7 mm 13.98 x 9.66 x 0.62 inches |
| Area | 809 cm2 (125.3 inches2) | 871 cm2 (135 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~83.9% | ~85.2% |
| Side bezels | 5.4 mm | 5.2 mm |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Gold, Blue | Gray |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 130° | 180° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Passive | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | - | 2 |
Display
| Size | 15.3 inches | 16 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | OLED |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| PPI | 224 ppi | 142 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2880 x 1864 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | No |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Glossy (Antireflective) | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | No |
Screen space comparison
Swift Go 16 AI OLED (SFG16-I71)
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
MacBook Air 15 M5 (2026)
15.3″ (16:10 ratio) = 105.2 in2
~9% more screen space
| Contrast | 1223:1 | 1000000:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | - |
| Adobe RGB profile | 86.3% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 97.5% | 100% |
| Response time | 27 ms | 1 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes, 70 W | 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 | 2.5 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | - | 4.4 GHz |
| Cores | 10 (4P + 6E) | 6 (2P + 4E) |
| Threads | 10 | 6 |
| L3 Cache | - | 12 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M5 GPU (10-core) | Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm | 2 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | - | 25 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| GPU base clock | - | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1620 MHz | 2300 MHz |
| FLOPS | 4.1 TFLOPS | 1.2 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory bus | 128 bit | - |
| Memory speed | 9.6 Gbps | 8.53 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 1280 | 256 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 80 | 16 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 40 | 8 |
| GPU performance | 4.1 TFLOPS | 1.2 TFLOPS |
| Blender GPU | 1964 | - |
| Solar Bay | 22390 | - |
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 1x16 GB |
| Clock | 9600 MHz | 8533 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 | 1x512 GB |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| Total slots | - | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers) | 2.0 |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
| Loudness | ~84.8 dB | - |
| Microphones | 3 | 3 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v7 |
| Bluetooth | v6.0 | v5.4 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | No |
| Infrared sensor | No | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | - |
| USB-A | No | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | No | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| 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 | Yes |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1 mm | - |
| Surface | Glass | - |
| Windows Precision | No | Yes |
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