ASUS ZenBook 14 UM425 vs Acer Swift X (SFX14-41G)
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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 ZenBook 14 UM425
- Slightly easier to carry: weighs 170 grams less (around 0.37 lbs)
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
- Thinner bezels and 3% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Features a bigger (~14%) battery – 67 against 59 watt-hours
- Provides 33% higher max. screen brightness: 400 vs 300 nits
Advantages of the Acer Swift X (SFX14-41G)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Around 29% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Can run popular games at about 7-10% higher FPS
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.22 kg (2.69 lbs) | 1.39 kg (3.06 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 319 x 210 x 15.8 mm 12.56 x 8.27 x 0.62 inches |
322.5 x 213.3 x 17.9 mm 12.7 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches |
| Area | 670 cm2 (103.9 inches2) | 688 cm2 (106.7 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~80.6% | ~78.5% |
| Side bezels | 4.6 mm | 6.3 mm |
| Colors | Silver, Gray | Gold |
| Transformer | No | No |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
| Noise level | 47 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | OLED | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 157 ppi | 157 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 | 1195:1 | - |
| sRGB color space | 96.1% | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 65.9% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 63.8% | - |
| Response time | 24 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| USB Power Delivery | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 65 / 100 W | 90 W |
| Weigh of AC adapter | 214 grams | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.1 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4 GHz | 4.3 GHz |
| Cores | 6 | 8 |
| Threads | 12 | 16 |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon RX Vega 7 | Radeon RX Vega 8 |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 7 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| Nvidia Optimus | - | Yes |
| Type | Dedicated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 12 nm | 12 nm |
| GPU base clock | - | 1380 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | - | 1560 MHz |
| FLOPS | 2.822 TFLOPS | 3.195 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 64 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | ~8-10 Gbps | ~12 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 896 | 1024 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 56 | 64 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 32 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x4 GB | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 3733 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4 |
| Upgradable | No | No |
| Total slots | - | 2 |
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 | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | - |
| Total slots | 1 | - |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Realtek ALC294 | - |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Loudness | 83 dB | - |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5 | v5.2 |
| Fingerprint | No | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1280 x 720 |
| USB-A | 1x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 3.2 | 1x USB 3.2 |
| Thunderbolt | No | No |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.0 | 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 | No | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.4 mm | - |
| Surface | Glass | - |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can be different depending on the laptop’s particular configuration or region.
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