HP ENVY 14 (2021) vs Acer Swift X SFX16-51G
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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 HP ENVY 14 (2021)
- Easier to carry: weighs 300 grams less (around 0.66 lbs)
- Features a bigger (~29%) battery – 63.3 against 49 watt-hours
- Provides 33% higher max. screen brightness: 400 vs 300 nits
- Much smaller footprint: 19% more compact case (108.8 vs 134.8 square inches)
- 18% sharper screen – 162 versus 137 pixels per inch (PPI)
Advantages of the Acer Swift X SFX16-51G
- Can run popular games at about 88-120% higher FPS
- Around 27% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.6 kg (3.53 lbs) | 1.9 kg (4.19 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 313.2 x 224 x 18 mm 12.33 x 8.82 x 0.71 inches |
368.3 x 236.2 x 18.8 mm 14.5 x 9.3 x 0.74 inches |
| Area | 702 cm2 (108.8 inches2) | 870 cm2 (134.9 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~81% | ~82.1% |
| Side bezels | 5.8 mm | 6 mm |
| Colors | Silver | Gray |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 130° | - |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 1 |
| Noise level | 48.7 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 16.1 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 162 ppi | 137 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:9 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Contrast | 1455:1 | 1485:1 |
| sRGB color space | 98.5% | 98.6% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 70.4% | 69.9% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 69.3% | 72% |
| Response time | 32 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 1:30 hr | 2:00 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| USB Power Delivery | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Right | Left |
| Charge power | 90 W | 60 / 90 W |
| Cable length | 1 meters | - |
| Weigh of AC adapter | 430 grams | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 0.9-2.4 GHz | 2.9-3.4 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.2 GHz | 5 GHz |
| Cores | 4 | 4 |
| Threads | 8 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB | 12 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU | Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU |
| 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 | 35 W | 60 W |
| Nvidia Optimus | Yes | Yes |
| Type | Dedicated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 12 nm | 8 nm |
| GPU base clock | 990 MHz | 1237 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1155 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| FLOPS | 2.365 TFLOPS | 6.14 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | ~10 Gbps | 12 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 1024 | 2048 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 64 | 64 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 40 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x4 GB | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 4266 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| 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 | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 2 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Intel Tiger Lake-U/Y PCH-LP - cAVS | - |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x1.5W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Loudness | 82.8 dB | - |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5 | v5 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1280 x 720 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 1x USB 3.2 | 1x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| 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 | Yes | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | Yes |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | - |
| Size | 11.5 x 7.5 cm | - |
| 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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