ASUS VivoBook 15 X513 (K513) vs Acer Swift 3 (SF316-51)
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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 ASUS VivoBook 15 X513 (K513)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 16GB)
Advantages of the Acer Swift 3 (SF316-51)
- Slightly easier to carry: weighs 100 grams less (around 0.22 lbs)
- Around 62% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Features a much bigger (~33%) battery – 56 against 42 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 4% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Can run popular games at about 9-12% higher FPS
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.8 kg (3.97 lbs) | 1.7 kg (3.75 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 359 x 235 x 17.9 mm 14.13 x 9.25 x 0.7 inches |
367.8 x 236.1 x 15.9 mm 14.48 x 9.3 x 0.63 inches |
| Area | 844 cm2 (130.7 inches2) | 868 cm2 (134.7 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~79.5% | ~82.3% |
| Side bezels | 6.8 mm | 5.7 mm |
| Colors | White, Black, Silver, Gold, Blue | Gray |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 140° | - |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 2 |
| Noise level | 44.5 dB | 39 dB |
Display
| Size | 15.6 inches | 16.1 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 141 ppi | 137 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 | - | 1842:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 99.5% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 68.5% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 66.6% |
| Response time | - | 26 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 2:10 hr | - |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| USB Power Delivery | No | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 65 W | 65 W |
| Weigh of AC adapter | 200 grams | 271 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.7-3.0 GHz | 2.6-3.1 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.1 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB | 8 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 | Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU |
| 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 | Dedicated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 14 nm | 10 nm |
| GPU base clock | 1531 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1594 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.22 TFLOPS | 1.41 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 2 GB | System Shared |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory bus | 64 bit | - |
| Memory speed | ~7 Gbps | 4.27 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 384 | 640 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 24 | 40 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 16 | 20 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x4 GB | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 3200 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Type | DDR4 | LPDDR4X |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 2 | - |
| Max. ram size | 16 GB | - |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (2x) | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x128 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Loudness | 74 dB | 75.2 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5 | v5 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1280 x 720 |
| USB-A | 3x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 1x USB 3.2 | 1x USB 3.2 |
| Thunderbolt | No | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 1.4 | 1x HDMI 2.0 |
| 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 | Yes | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | Yes |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.4 mm | - |
| Size | - | 12.5 x 8.0 cm |
| Surface | Plastic | - |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
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