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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
NanoReview Score
Key Differences
Advantages of the HP 17
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Around 8% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
Advantages of the Acer Aspire 5 (A514-54)
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 1 versus 0
- Can run popular games at about 130-177% higher FPS
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 850 grams less (around 1.87 lbs)
- Features a bigger (~17%) battery – 48 against 41 watt-hours
- Display has support for touch input
- Backlit keyboard
- Much smaller footprint: 35% more compact case (113.3 vs 175 square inches)
- 48% sharper screen – 157 versus 106 pixels per inch (PPI)
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 2.3 kg (5.07 lbs) | 1.45 kg (3.2 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 414.7 x 272.2 x 24.3 mm 16.33 x 10.72 x 0.96 inches |
328 x 223 x 17.9 mm 12.91 x 8.78 x 0.7 inches |
| Area | 1129 cm2 (175.1 inches2) | 731 cm2 (113.3 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~73.1% | ~73.8% |
| Side bezels | 15.8 mm | 9.1 mm |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Gold | Silver, Gray, Blue, Pink |
| Transformer | No | No |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 1 |
| Noise level | - | 39 dB |
Display
| Size | 17.3 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | TN LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 106 ppi | 157 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:9 |
| Resolution | 1600 x 900 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | Yes |
| Coating | Matte | Glossy |
| Contrast | - | 1060:1 |
| sRGB color space | - | 57.1% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 39.6% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 40.7% |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | - | 2:00 hr |
| 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 | 45 W | 45 W |
| Cable length | 1 meters | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.7-3.0 GHz | 1.7-3.0 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.1 GHz | 4.1 GHz |
| Cores | 2 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB | 6 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 |
| 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 | Integrated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 12 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | - |
| GPU boost clock | 1100 MHz | - |
| FLOPS | 0.84 TFLOPS | 2.822 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | 2 GB |
| Memory type | DDR4 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | - | 64 bit |
| Memory speed | 2.67 Gbps | ~8-10 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 384 | 896 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 24 | 56 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 12 | 32 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x4 GB | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 2666 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Type | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 2 | 1 |
| Max. ram size | 64 GB | 16 GB |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | - | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 2 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5 | v5 |
| Fingerprint | No | No |
| Optical drive | Yes | 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 | No | 1x USB 3.2 |
| 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) | Yes | Yes |
| SD card reader | Yes | No |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | No |
| Backlight | No | Yes |
| 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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