Gigabyte A7 (AMD 5000 Series) vs A5 (AMD 5000 Series)
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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 Gigabyte A7 (AMD 5000 Series)
- Thinner bezels and 10% higher screen-to-body ratio
Advantages of the Gigabyte A5 (AMD 5000 Series)
- Higher screen refresh rate: 240 versus 144 Hz
- Easier to carry: weighs 300 grams less (around 0.66 lbs)
- Can run popular games at about 10-14% higher FPS
- Smaller footprint: 10% more compact case (144.3 vs 160.9 square inches)
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
Weight | 2.5 kg (5.51 lbs) | 2.2 kg (4.85 lbs) |
Dimensions | 396 x 262 x 32.4 mm 15.59 x 10.31 x 1.28 inches |
361 x 258 x 29 mm 14.21 x 10.16 x 1.14 inches |
Area | 1038 cm2 (160.7 inches2) | 931 cm2 (144.4 inches2) |
Screen-to-body ratio | ~79.5% | ~72.1% |
Side bezels | 6.5 mm | 7.8 mm |
Colors | Black | Black |
Transformer | No | No |
Opening angle | 135° | 120° |
Size comparison
Cooling system | Active | Active |
Vapor chamber | No | No |
Number of fans | 2 | 2 |
Noise level | 59 dB | 55 dB |
Display
Size | 17.3 inches | 15.6 inches |
Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 240 Hz |
PPI | 127 ppi | 141 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 | 1121:1 | 838:1 |
sRGB color space | 90.9% | 98.6% |
Adobe RGB profile | 63.2% | 70.8% |
DCI-P3 color gamut | 61.5% | 69.6% |
Response time | 3 ms | 3 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
Replaceable | No | No |
Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
USB Power Delivery | No | No |
Charging port position | Left | Left |
Charge power | 230 W | 230 W |
Weigh of AC adapter | 692 gramm | 690 gramm |
CPU
CPU name
Base frequency | 3.2 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
Turbo frequency | 4.4 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Threads | 16 | 16 |
L3 Cache | 16 MB | 16 MB |
Integrated GPU | Radeon RX Vega 8 | 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
TGP | 80 W | 80-115 W |
Nvidia Optimus | Yes | Yes |
Type | Dedicated | Dedicated |
Fabrication process | 8 nm | 8 nm |
GPU base clock | 900 MHz | 1387 MHz |
GPU boost clock | 1425 MHz | 1702 MHz |
FLOPS | 11.1 TFLOPS | 13.1 TFLOPS |
Memory size | 6 GB | 6 GB |
Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
Memory bus | 192 bit | 192 bit |
Memory speed | 14 Gbps | 14 Gbps |
Shading units (cores) | 3840 | 3840 |
Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 120 | 120 |
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 48 | 48 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
Channels | 1x8 GB | 1x8 GB |
Clock | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
Type | DDR4 | DDR4 |
Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
Total slots | 2 | 2 |
Max. ram size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
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 | Yes |
Total slots | 2 | 2 |
NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
Audio chip | - | Realtek ALC293 |
Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Power | 2x2W | 2x2W |
Dolby Atmos | No | No |
Loudness | 85 dB | 86 dB |
Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
Bluetooth | v5.2 | v5.2 |
Fingerprint | No | No |
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 | 3x USB 3.2 |
USB Type-C | 1x USB 3.2 | 1x USB 3.2 |
Thunderbolt | No | No |
HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.0 | 1x HDMI 2.0 |
DisplayPort | 1x v1.4 | 1x v1.4 |
VGA | No | No |
Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
Ethernet (RJ45) | Yes | Yes |
SD card reader | Yes | Yes |
Proprietary charging port | Yes | Yes |
Input
Keyboard type | Island | Island |
Numpad | Yes | Yes |
Backlight | Yes | Yes |
Size | - | 11.0 x 6.3 cm |
Surface | Plastic | Plastic |
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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