Samsung Galaxy Book 3 vs Acer Aspire 3 (A315-59)
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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
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of the Samsung Galaxy Book 3
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 0
- Easier to carry: weighs 210 grams less (around 0.46 lbs)
- Thinner bezels and 7% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Features a bigger (~26%) battery – 54 against 43 watt-hours
- Smaller footprint: 7% more compact case (126.6 vs 135.8 square inches)
Advantages of the Acer Aspire 3 (A315-59)
- Can run popular games at about 59-81% higher FPS
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Around 14% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 16GB)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.57 kg (3.46 lbs) | 1.78 kg (3.92 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 356.61 x 229.1 x 15.49 mm 14.04 x 9.02 x 0.61 inches |
362.9 x 241.3 x 19.9 mm 14.29 x 9.5 x 0.78 inches |
| Area | 817 cm2 (126.6 inches2) | 876 cm2 (135.8 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~82.1% | ~76.6% |
| Side bezels | 5.6 mm | 8.8 mm |
| Colors | Silver | Silver |
| Material | Aluminum | Plastic |
| Transformer | No | No |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 45.4 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 15.6 inches | 15.6 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 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 | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | No | No |
| Contrast | 725:1 | 1620:1 |
| sRGB color space | 65% | 56% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 44.6% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 43.1% | - |
| Response time | 15 ms | 24 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | - | 1:40 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | No |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 65 W | 45 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 145 grams | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.2 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.5 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Cores | 6 (2P + 4E) | 6 (2P + 4E) |
| Threads | 8 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 10 MB | 10 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) | Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 10 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 | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 12 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 1065 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1250 MHz | 1320 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.3 TFLOPS | 2.7 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | 2 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | - | 64 bit |
| Memory speed | 4.27 Gbps | ~12 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 512 | 1024 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 32 | 32 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 16 | 16 |
| GPU performance | 1.3 TFLOPS | 2.7 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | - | 227 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 4266 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR4X | DDR4 |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| Total slots | - | 2 |
| Max. ram size | - | 16 GB |
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 | 1x128 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 2 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
| Loudness | ~83.1 dB | - |
| Microphones | 2 | 1 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.1 | v5.2 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | No |
| Infrared sensor | No | No |
| 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 | 3x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 3.2 | No |
| 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) | No | Yes |
| SD card reader | Yes | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | Yes |
| Backlight | Yes | Optional |
| Size | 12.0 x 8.5 cm | - |
| Surface | Plastic | Plastic |
| 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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