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 (81st percentile) 81st
- Strong cpu (74th percentile) 74th
- Strong ram (73rd percentile) 73rd
- Strong port selection (67th percentile) 67th
Cons
- Below average reliability (10th percentile)
- Below average gpu (13th 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 5i 83F00008US | MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 | ASUS Zenbook Duo UX8406CA-PS99T | Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 5825 U | Apple M5 | Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Intel Core Ultra 9 285H | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 |
| RAM (GB) | 32 | 16 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1000 | 1024 | 1024 |
| Screen | 15.6" 1920x1080 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 15.1" 2560x1600 | 13.3" 2880x1800 | 14" 2880x1800 | 15" 2496x1664 |
| GPU | Integrated AMD Radeon Graphics | Apple (10-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | Intel Arc Graphics | Intel Arc Graphics | Qualcomm Adreno |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| Battery (Wh) | - | 72 | 80 | - | 75 | 66 |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Screen | Portability | Storage | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acer Aspire Go 15.6" AG15-42P-R1R7 | 74.1 | 12.5 | 73.3 | 66.8 | 42 | 45.1 | 80.6 | 9.9 |
| Apple MacBook Pro M5 Compare | 80.9 | 72 | 52.2 | 87.8 | 99.3 | 72.4 | 80.6 | 97.3 |
| Lenovo Legion 5i 83F00008US Compare | 93.3 | 88.3 | 87.5 | 97.5 | 94.2 | 54.7 | 80.6 | 80.4 |
| MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Compare | 63.7 | 64.2 | 81 | 81 | 91.4 | 96.3 | 72.7 | 59.6 |
| ASUS Zenbook Duo UX8406CA-PS99T Compare | 88.1 | 64.2 | 90.7 | 81 | 96.3 | 73.2 | 80.6 | 59.6 |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition Compare | 98.9 | 25.9 | 81 | 64.5 | 89.1 | 57.2 | 80.6 | 80.4 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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