Acer Aspire Go 15.6" AG15-42P-R1R7
Equipped with an 8-core Ryzen 7 5825U and a generous 32GB of RAM, this laptop handles heavy multitasking and compilation tasks that choke typical budget notebooks. The 1TB PCIe Gen4 SSD and full port selection, including HDMI 2.1 and Gigabit Ethernet, provide strong I/O flexibility rarely found at this price point. It’s best for developers and IT professionals who need high memory capacity and wired connectivity for virtual machines and local server work.
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5825 U
RAM 32 GB
Storage 1 TB
Screen 15.6" 1920x1080
GPU Integrated AMD Radeon Graphics
OS Windows 11 Home
Weight 1.8 kg
48 Overall Score
Price $699
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong storage (80th percentile) 80th
- Strong cpu (74th percentile) 74th
- Strong ram (73rd percentile) 73rd
- Strong port selection (66th percentile) 66th
Cons
- Below average reliability (10th percentile)
- Below average gpu (12th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 5825 U |
| Cores | 8 |
| Frequency | 2.0 GHz |
Graphics
| GPU | Integrated AMD Radeon Graphics |
| Type | Integrated |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 32 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 1 TB |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD |
Display
| Size | 15.6" |
| Resolution | 1920x1080 (Full HD) |
| Panel | IPS |
| Refresh Rate | 60 Hz |
| Brightness | 300 nits |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 1 |
| USB Ports | 3 |
| HDMI | HDMI 2.1 |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.2 |
| Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet |
Physical
| Weight | 1.8 kg / 3.9 lbs |
| OS | Windows 11 Home |
vs Competition
| Spec | Acer Aspire Go 15.6" AG15-42P-R1R7 | Apple MacBook Pro M5 | Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 | ASUS ROG Flow Z13 GZ302EA-XS99 | Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US | MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 5825 U | Apple M5 | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 | Intel Core Ultra 7 256V | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V |
| RAM (GB) | 32 | 16 | 64 | 128 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 1024 | 2048 | 1024 | 1024 | 1000 |
| Screen | 15.6" 1920x1080 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 16" 2560x1600 | 13.4" 2560x1600 | 14" 2880x1800 | 13.3" 2880x1800 |
| GPU | Integrated AMD Radeon Graphics | Apple (10-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | AMD Radeon Graphics | Intel Arc Graphics | Intel Arc Graphics |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 1.8 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 |
| Battery (Wh) | - | 72 | - | 70 | 15 | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Screen | Portability | Storage | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acer Aspire Go 15.6" AG15-42P-R1R7 | 74 | 11.6 | 73.2 | 65.9 | 41.5 | 45 | 80.4 | 9.9 |
| Apple MacBook Pro M5 Compare | 80.7 | 71.2 | 51.9 | 87.5 | 99.2 | 71.8 | 80.4 | 97.2 |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 Compare | 96.2 | 91.1 | 98.8 | 99.8 | 95.3 | 6.8 | 97.4 | 80.3 |
| ASUS ROG Flow Z13 GZ302EA-XS99 Compare | 94.8 | 84 | 99.9 | 74.8 | 90.7 | 93.9 | 80.4 | 59.6 |
| Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US Compare | 66.8 | 63.2 | 80.9 | 63.6 | 95.7 | 87.1 | 80.4 | 80.3 |
| MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Compare | 63.6 | 63.2 | 80.9 | 80.6 | 91.2 | 96.1 | 72.4 | 59.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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