Dell 14 Premium vs Acer Swift Edge 14 AI (SFE14-I51)

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Review

Evaluation of Dell 14 Premium and Acer Swift Edge 14 AI (SFE14-I51) 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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61.2
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Value Index
43.3
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the Dell 14 Premium
  • Can run popular games at about 119-162% higher FPS
  • Around 78% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
  • Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 3 versus 2
  • Thinner bezels and 7% higher screen-to-body ratio
  • Features a a little bigger (~8%) battery – 70 against 65 watt-hours
  • Provides 25% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 400 nits
Advantages of the Acer Swift Edge 14 AI (SFE14-I51)
  • Includes an old-school USB-A port
  • Significantly easier to carry: weighs 670 grams less (around 1.48 lbs)

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs

Case

Weight 1.66 kg (3.66 lbs) 0.99 kg (2.18 lbs)
Dimensions 320 x 215.97 x 18 mm
12.6 x 8.5 x 0.71 inches
315 x 218.6 x 13.9 mm
12.4 x 8.61 x 0.55 inches
Area 691 cm2 (107.1 inches2) 689 cm2 (106.8 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~88.2% ~82.5%
Side bezels 3.8 mm 6.8 mm
Colors Silver, Gray White, Gray
Material Aluminum Magnesium alloy
Transformer No No
Opening angle - 180°
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber Yes No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans - 1

Display

Size 14.5 inches 14 inches
Type IPS LCD OLED
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) Yes
PPI 156 ppi 162 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels 1920 x 1200 pixels
Sync technology - No
Touchscreen No No
Coating Matte -
Screen space comparison
14 Premium
14.5″ (16:10 ratio) = 94.5 in2
Swift Edge 14 AI (SFE14-I51)
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
~7% more screen space
Display tests
Contrast 2000:1 1000000:1
sRGB color space 100% 100%
DCI-P3 color gamut - 100%
Response time 24 ms 1 ms
Max. brightness
14 Premium +25%
500 nits

Battery

Capacity
Voltage 11.7 V -
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes Yes
Charging port position Left, Right Left
Charge power 60 / 100 W 100 W

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 2.0 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo frequency 5.1 GHz 4.5 GHz
Cores 16 (6P + 10E) 8 (4P + 4E)
Threads 16 8
L3 Cache 24 MB 12 MB
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140T Intel Xe3 Graphics
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 30 W 25 W
Type Dedicated Integrated
Fabrication process 5 nm 3 nm
GPU base clock - 300 MHz
GPU boost clock - 2450 MHz
FLOPS 7.9 TFLOPS 2.5 TFLOPS
Memory size 6 GB System Shared
Memory type GDDR6 LPDDR5X
Memory bus 96 bit -
Memory speed ~16 Gbps 8.53 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 2560 512
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80 32
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32 16
GPU performance 7.9 TFLOPS 2.5 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Blender GPU 1949 -
Solar Bay 25091 -
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details

RAM

RAM size
Channels 2x8 GB 2x8 GB
Clock 6400 MHz 8533 MHz
Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Upgradable No No

Storage

Storage size
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)
Channels 1x512 GB 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 1 1
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Audio chip CirrusLogic CS42L43 -
Speakers 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) 2.0
Power 2x2W, 2x2W -
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Microphones 2 3

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v7 v7
Bluetooth v5.4 v6.0
Fingerprint Yes Optional
Infrared sensor Yes Yes
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1080
Ports
USB-A No 2x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 3x 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 Yes No
Proprietary charging port No No

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad No No
Backlight Yes Yes
Touchpad
Size 14.9 x 7.4 cm -
Surface Glass -
Windows Precision Yes Yes
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.

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