Acer Nitro 15.6" 5 Black 2021

Acer Nitro 15.6" 5 Black 2021

Acer
47 Overall Score
vs
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 Platinum White 2025

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 Platinum White 2025

ASUS
88 Overall Score

What Buyers Say

Acer Nitro 15.6" 5 Black 2021

78 out of 100 low confidence 5 reviews

The Acer Nitro 5 is praised for allowing RAM upgrades up to 64 GB, which users appreciate for future-proofing. However, details on cooling performance, AAA gaming capabilities, warranty, and pre-installed software are still being explored by potential buyers. Overall, the product seems capable but lacks extensive user feedback.

Pros
  • RAM upgradable to 64 GB
Cons
  • Cooling performance in long sessions unclear
  • AAA game performance unconfirmed
  • Warranty details unknown
  • Pre-installed software concerns
👍 Memory upgradability 1
👎 Cooling performance 1
👎 Gaming performance 1
👎 Warranty 1
🤔 Pre installed software 1

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 Platinum White 2025

95 out of 100 medium confidence 13 reviews

The 2025 ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 is widely praised for its exceptional build quality, stunning OLED display, and impressive performance from the RTX 5080 and integrated 890M GPU. Users highlight excellent battery life when tuned with G-Helper, powerful speakers, and a lightweight design. The main drawback is fan noise during gaming, but overall it's considered the best ultraportable gaming laptop available.

Pros
  • Excellent build quality
  • Stunning OLED display
  • Impressive gaming performance
  • Great battery life with tuning
  • Powerful speakers
Cons
  • Fan noise during gaming
  • Trackpad could be better
  • Requires tuning for optimal battery
  • Armoury Crate software bloat
👍 Build quality 5
👍 Display quality 5
👍 Gaming performance 5
👍 Battery life 4
👍 Speaker quality 3
👎 Fan noise 3

Scores

Gaming
Acer
66
ASUS
100
Creator
Acer
61
ASUS
88
Entertainment
Acer
50
ASUS
88
Student
Acer
40
ASUS
86
Developer
Acer
49
ASUS
85
Compact
Acer
40
ASUS
85
Business
Acer
40
ASUS
85
Ai Llm
Acer
31
ASUS
74

Specifications

Acer Nitro 15.6" 5ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080
Processor
CPU*Intel Core i5 10300HAMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370★
CPU Multi-Core Score
8,186
35,028
Cores412★
Frequency2.5 GHz★2.0 GHz
L3 Cache8 MB24 MB★
Graphics
GPU*NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080★
GPU Benchmark Score
12,003
35,666
Typediscretediscrete
VRAM4 GB16 GB★
VRAM TypeGDDR6★GDDR7
Memory & Storage
RAM32 GB32 GB
RAM GenerationDDR4LPDDR5X★
Storage 11 TB2 TB★
Storage 1 TypeNVMe SSD★SSD
Display
Size15.6"14"
Resolution1920 px2880 px★
PanelIPSOLED★
Refresh Rate144 Hz★120 Hz
Brightness—500 nits★
Color Gamut—100 percent
Connectivity
USB-C Ports12★
USB Ports3★2
Thunderbolt—Thunderbolt 4
HDMI1 x HDMIHDMI 2.1
Wi-FiWi-Fi 6Wi-Fi 7★
BluetoothBluetooth 5.0★Bluetooth
EthernetGigabit Ethernet1 x HDMI 2.1
Physical
Weight2.30 kg1.57 kg★
OSWindows 10 ProWindows 11 Home

Pros & Cons

Acer Nitro 15.6" 5 Black 2021

  • Strong storage (80th percentile)80th %ile
  • Strong gpu (75th percentile)
  • Strong port selection (69th percentile)
  • Strong ram (68th percentile)
  • Below average reliability (10th percentile)10th %ile
  • Below average cpu (19th percentile)19th %ile
  • Below average portability (29th percentile)
  • Below average social proof (30th percentile)

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 Platinum White 2025

  • Strong user sentiment (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong social proof (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong screen (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong gpu (94th percentile)94th %ile

Pricing

Acer Nitro 15.6" 5 Black 2021 is $1,993 cheaper (2.7x less).

Acer Nitro 15.6" 5 Black 20210.040score per dollar
vs
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 Platinum White 20250.028score per dollar

Acer Nitro 15.6" 5 Black 2021 offers 1.4x better value for money

Acer Nitro 15.6" 5 Black 2021

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 Platinum White 2025

Verdict

★ Winner: ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080

Scores 88 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 15 of 29 specs.

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" GA403WW-G14.R95080 Better at:

Ai LlmGamingCompactCreatorStudentBusinessDeveloperEntertainment

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