Microsoft Surface Laptop 13 vs Acer Swift Air 14 (SFA14-I31)
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Review
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
Pick the usage scenario that best matches your needs
Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of the Microsoft Surface Laptop 13
- Can run popular games at about 7-10% higher FPS
- Display has support for touch input
- Much smaller footprint: 12% more compact case (94.9 vs 108.3 square inches)
- Provides 14% higher max. screen brightness: 400 vs 350 nits
Advantages of the Acer Swift Air 14 (SFA14-I31)
- Higher screen refresh rate: 120 versus 60 Hz
- Features a much bigger (~40%) battery – 70 against 50 watt-hours
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.22 kg (2.69 lbs) | 1.19 kg (2.62 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 285.65 x 214.14 x 15.6 mm 11.25 x 8.43 x 0.61 inches |
313.99 x 222.65 x 13.3 mm 12.36 x 8.77 x 0.52 inches |
| Area | 612 cm2 (94.8 inches2) | 699 cm2 (108.4 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~82.3% | ~81.3% |
| Side bezels | 5.5 mm | 6.2 mm |
| Colors | Silver, Gray, Purple | Blue, Green, Pink, Purple |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 135° | - |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 43.6 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 13 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| PPI | 178 ppi | 162 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1280 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | Yes | No |
| Coating | Glossy (Antireflective) | - |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | - |
Screen space comparison
Swift Air 14 (SFA14-I31)
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
Surface Laptop 13
13″ (3:2 ratio) = 78 in2
~12% more screen space
| Contrast | 1000:1 | - |
| sRGB color space | 97.6% | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 72.6% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 72.4% | - |
| Response time | 37 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 2:10 hr | - |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Right | Left |
| Charge power | 45 W | 100 W |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 3.2 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 3.4 GHz | 4.8 GHz |
| Cores | 8 | 6 (3P + 3E) |
| Threads | 8 | 12 |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 | Radeon 840M |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 4 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | - | 15 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| GPU base clock | 280 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1107 MHz | 2900 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.7 TFLOPS | 1.5 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory speed | 8.45 Gbps | 7.5 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 768 | 256 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 48 | 16 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 24 | 8 |
| GPU performance | 1.7 TFLOPS | 1.5 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | - | 109 |
| Solar Bay | 4799 | 6579 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 8448 MHz | 7500 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 | 1x256 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
| Loudness | ~83.5 dB | - |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | No |
| Infrared sensor | No | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 1x USB 3.2 | 1x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | No | No |
| HDMI | No | No |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | No | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | - |
| Surface | Glass | 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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