Acer Swift 16
CPU Intel Core i9 12900K
RAM 16 GB
Storage 1 TB
Screen 16" 2880x1800
GPU Intel Arc Graphics
OS Windows 11 Home
51 Overall Score
Price $1,000
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong screen (92th percentile) 92th
- Strong cpu (91th percentile) 91th
Cons
- Below average reliability (10th percentile)
- Below average compact (19th percentile)
- Below average social proof (20th percentile)
What owners think
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i9 12900K |
| Cores | 8 |
| Frequency | 4.8 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 30 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | Arc Graphics |
| Type | integrated |
| VRAM | 16 GB |
| VRAM Type | Shared |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 16 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 |
| Storage | 1 TB |
Display
| Size | 16" |
| Resolution | 2880 |
| Panel | OLED |
| Refresh Rate | 120 Hz |
Connectivity
| Thunderbolt | 2 x Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1 x HDMI 2.1 |
| Wi-Fi | WiFi 7 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3 |
Physical
| OS | Windows 11 Home |
vs Competition
| Spec | Acer Swift 16 | Apple MacBook Pro M5 Pro | ASUS ROG Zephyrus GA403WW-G14.R95080 | Lenovo Legion Pro Series Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 | MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 | Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i9 12900K | Apple M5 | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Intel Core Ultra 7 256V |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 24 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 2000 | 2000 | 1024 | 1000 | 1024 |
| Screen | 16" 2880x1800 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 14" 2880x1800 | 16" 2560x1600 | 13.3" 2880x1800 | 14" 2880x1800 |
| GPU | Intel Arc Graphics | Apple M5 Pro 16-core | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU | Intel Arc | Intel Arc |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | Mac OS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | - | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Battery (Wh) | - | - | - | 99 | - | 15 |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Screen | Compact | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acer Swift 16 | 91.4 | 64 | 53.4 | 39.3 | 91.9 | 18.6 | 62 | 9.7 | 19.7 |
| Apple MacBook Pro M5 Pro Compare | 82 | 18.5 | 59.5 | 73 | 99.3 | 67.8 | 90 | 96.3 | 86.1 |
| ASUS ROG Zephyrus GA403WW-G14.R95080 Compare | 86.4 | 91.4 | 92.2 | 66.5 | 95.3 | 72.7 | 90 | 58.3 | 97.5 |
| Lenovo Legion Pro Series Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 Compare | 96.7 | 89.9 | 90.3 | 97.9 | 94.4 | 8.5 | 81.4 | 78.6 | 99.9 |
| MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Compare | 63.7 | 64 | 81.2 | 82.8 | 90 | 95.3 | 73.8 | 58.3 | 85.3 |
| Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US Compare | 66.9 | 64 | 81.2 | 66.5 | 94.8 | 85.5 | 81.4 | 78.6 | 96.3 |
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