Asus Vivobook Go 15 OLED (E1504) vs Acer Aspire 3 (A315-59)

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Review

Evaluation of Asus Vivobook Go 15 OLED (E1504) and Acer Aspire 3 (A315-59) 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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163.6
(Excellent)
Value Index
39.4
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the Asus Vivobook Go 15 OLED (E1504)
  • Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 1 versus 0
  • Slightly easier to carry: weighs 150 grams less (around 0.33 lbs)
  • Thinner bezels and 5% higher screen-to-body ratio
  • Provides 100% higher max. screen brightness: 600 vs 300 nits
Advantages of the Acer Aspire 3 (A315-59)
  • Can run popular games at about 242-330% higher FPS
  • Includes an old-school USB-A port
  • Around 18% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
  • User-upgradable RAM (up to 16GB)
  • High-speed PCI Express Gen 4 interface

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs

Case

Weight 1.63 kg (3.59 lbs) 1.78 kg (3.92 lbs)
Dimensions 360.3 x 232.5 x 17.9 mm
14.19 x 9.15 x 0.7 inches
362.9 x 241.3 x 19.9 mm
14.29 x 9.5 x 0.78 inches
Area 838 cm2 (129.8 inches2) 876 cm2 (135.8 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~80.1% ~76.6%
Side bezels 7.5 mm 8.8 mm
Colors Black, Silver, Gray Silver
Material Plastic Plastic
Transformer No No
Opening angle 180° -
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 1 1

Display

Size 15.6 inches 15.6 inches
Type OLED IPS LCD
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
PPI 141 ppi 141 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:9 16:9
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels 1920 x 1080 pixels
HDR support Yes, HDR10 No
Sync technology No No
Touchscreen No No
Coating Glossy Matte
Ambient light sensor No No
Display tests
Contrast 1000000:1 1620:1
sRGB color space - 56%
Response time 1 ms 24 ms
Max. brightness

Battery

Capacity
Full charging time - 1:40 hr
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) No No
Charging port position Right Left
Charge power 45 W 45 W
Weight of AC adapter 162 grams -

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 2.4 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.1 GHz 4.4 GHz
Cores 4 6 (2P + 4E)
Threads 8 8
L3 Cache 4 MB 10 MB
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Intel UHD Graphics (64EU)
Fabrication process 6 nm 10 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 Dedicated
Fabrication process 6 nm 12 nm
GPU base clock 400 MHz 1065 MHz
GPU boost clock 1900 MHz 1320 MHz
FLOPS 0.5 TFLOPS 2.7 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared 2 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 GDDR6
Memory bus - 64 bit
Memory speed 5.5 Gbps ~12 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 128 1024
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 8 32
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 4 16
GPU performance 0.5 TFLOPS 2.7 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Blender GPU 43 227
Solar Bay 1694 -
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details

RAM

RAM size
Channels 1x4 GB 1x8 GB
Clock 5500 MHz 3200 MHz
Type LPDDR5 DDR4
Upgradable No Yes
Total slots - 2
Max. ram size - 16 GB

Storage

Storage size
Bus PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)
Channels 1x128 GB 1x128 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 1 2
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.0 2.0
Power - 2x2W
Dolby Atmos No No
Microphones 1 1

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6E v6E
Bluetooth v5.3 v5.2
Fingerprint Optional No
Infrared sensor No No
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720 1280 x 720
Ports
USB-A 2x USB 3.2 3x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 1x USB 3.2 No
Thunderbolt No 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) No Yes
SD card reader No No
Proprietary charging port Yes Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad Yes Yes
Backlight Optional Optional
Key travel 1.4 mm -
Touchpad
Surface Plastic Plastic
Windows Precision Yes Yes
Further details
Notes on Vivobook Go 15 OLED (E1504):
    - AMD laptops use LPDDR5 memory at 5500 MHz, while Intel models have DDR4 at 3200 MHz.
    - Some Intel versions also include integrated UFS 2.1 memory and a PCIe 3.0 slot.
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.

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