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MSI Stealth 15 vs Acer Nitro 5 AN515-58

54 out of 100
MSI Stealth 15
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53 out of 100
Acer Nitro 5 AN515-58
MSI Stealth 15
Acer Nitro 5 AN515-58
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Review

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Key Differences

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Advantages of the MSI Stealth 15
  • Significantly easier to carry: weighs 400 grams less (around 0.88 lbs)
  • Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
  • Thinner bezels and 10% higher screen-to-body ratio
  • Can run popular games at about 8-11% higher FPS
  • Smaller footprint: 9% more compact case (137.6 vs 151.4 square inches)
Advantages of the Acer Nitro 5 AN515-58
  • Includes an old-school USB-A port
  • Around 7% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
  • Features a a little bigger (~7%) battery – 57.5 against 53.5 watt-hours

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Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs
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Stealth 15
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Nitro 5 AN515-58

Case

Weight 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs) 2.5 kg (5.51 lbs)
Dimensions 358.3 x 247.9 x 19.9 mm
14.11 x 9.76 x 0.78 inches		 360.4 x 271.1 x 25.9-26.9 mm
14.19 x 10.67 x 1.02-1.06 inches
Area 888 cm2 (137.7 inches2) 977 cm2 (151.4 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~75.6% ~68.7%
Side bezels 6.5 mm 7.5 mm
Colors Black Black
Material Aluminum Plastic
Transformer No No
Opening angle - 155°
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 2 2
Noise level (max. load) - 53 dB

Display

Size 15.6 inches 15.6 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 144 Hz 144 Hz
PPI 141 ppi 141 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:9 16:9
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels 1920 x 1080 pixels
HDR support No No
Sync technology - No
Touchscreen No No
Coating Matte Matte
Ambient light sensor No No
Display tests
Contrast - 1710:1
sRGB color space - 61%
Adobe RGB profile - 43.2%
DCI-P3 color gamut - 44.2%
Response time - 3 ms
Max. brightness
Stealth 15
300 nits
Nitro 5 AN515-58
300 nits

Battery

Capacity
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
USB Power Delivery Yes Yes
Charging port position Left Bottom
Charge power 180 W 180 / 230 / 280 W
Weight of AC adapter - 820 grams

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 2.1 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.6 GHz 4.5 GHz
Cores 8 (4P + 4E) 12 (4P + 8E)
Threads 12 16
L3 Cache 12 MB 18 MB
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics (48EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Fabrication process 10 nm 10 nm

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Stealth 15
9092
Nitro 5 AN515-58 +11%
10126
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Stealth 15
12830
Nitro 5 AN515-58 +7%
13778
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Graphics Card

GPU name
TGP 90 W 95 W
Nvidia Optimus MUX Yes
Type Dedicated Dedicated
Fabrication process 4 nm 8 nm
GPU base clock - 1530 MHz
GPU boost clock - 1740 MHz
FLOPS 8.2 TFLOPS 7.12 TFLOPS
Memory size 6 GB 4 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory bus 96 bit 128 bit
Memory speed ~16 Gbps 12 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 2560 2048
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80 64
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32 40
GPU performance
Stealth 15 +15%
8.2 TFLOPS
Nitro 5 AN515-58
7.12 TFLOPS

RAM

RAM size
Channels 2x8 GB 1x8 GB
Clock 5200 MHz 4800 MHz
Type DDR5 DDR5
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 2 2
Max. ram size 64 GB 32 GB

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 2 2
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.0 2.0
Power 2x2W -
Dolby Atmos No No
Loudness - ~77 dB
Microphones 2 1

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6E v6
Bluetooth v5.2 v5.2
Fingerprint No No
Infrared sensor No No
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720 1280 x 720
Ports
USB-A 2x USB 3.2 3x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 2x USB 3.2 1x USB 3.2
Thunderbolt No Thunderbolt 4
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort No No
VGA No No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes Yes
SD card reader No No
Proprietary charging port Yes Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad No Yes
Backlight Yes Yes
Touchpad
Size - 10.6 x 7.8 cm
Surface - Plastic
Windows Precision Yes Yes
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