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Acer Aspire 5 A514 Series

Acer Aspire 5 A514-55, i5-1235UProcessor: Intel Alder Lake-M i3-1215U, Intel Alder Lake-M i5-1235U, Intel Comet Lake i7-10510U, Intel Ice Lake i5-1035G1, Intel Meteor Lake-H Ultra 5 125H, Intel Raptor Lake-U i5-1335U, Intel Raptor Lake-U i7-1355U, Intel Tiger Lake i5-1135G7
Graphics Adapter: Intel Arc 7-Core, Intel Iris Xe G7 80EUs, Intel Iris Xe G7 96EUs, Intel UHD Graphics 64EUs, NVIDIA GeForce MX250, NVIDIA GeForce MX350
Display: 14.00 inch
Weight: 1.2kg, 1.6kg, 1.7kg
Price: 700, 710, 880, 900 euro
Average Score: 75.8% - good
Average of 5 scores (from 15 reviews)
price: 80%, performance: 87%, display: 80%, mobility: 89%, workmanship: 80%

 

Acer Aspire 5 A514-52G-7045

Specifications

Acer Aspire 5 A514-52G-7045Notebook: Acer Aspire 5 A514-52G-7045
Processor: Intel Comet Lake i7-10510U
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce MX250 2048 MB
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 1.6kg
Price: 900 euro
Links: Acer homepage
 Acer notebook section

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Average Score: 50% - poor

Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)

 

Reviews

50% Acer Aspire 5 Review
Source: Trusted Reviews English Archive.org version
The Acer Aspire 5 is a laptop that lags behind 2020 competitors in a number of areas. The faults of other devices aren’t enough to recommend you pick up this budget laptop over stronger all-round machines.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/28/2020
Rating: Total score: 50%

 

Acer Aspire A514-53G-55A8

Specifications

Acer Aspire A514-53G-55A8Notebook: Acer Aspire A514-53G-55A8
Processor: Intel Ice Lake i5-1035G1
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce MX350 2048 MB
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 1.6kg
Price: 900 euro
Links: Acer homepage
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Foreign Reviews

Đánh giá Acer Aspire A514 53G: Thay đổi cả ngoại hình dòng Aspire và cấu hình bên trong, mang đến trải nghiệm quá đã!
Source: The Gioididong VN→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Beautiful design; solid workmanship; decent hardware; long battery life; good price.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 06/21/2020

 

Acer Aspire 5 A514-54-59BP

Specifications

Acer Aspire 5 A514-54-59BPNotebook: Acer Aspire 5 A514-54-59BP
Processor: Intel Tiger Lake i5-1135G7
Graphics Adapter: Intel Iris Xe G7 80EUs
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 1.6kg
Price: 700 euro
Links: Acer homepage
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Reviews

Acer Aspire 5 (A514-54) review – budget Tiger Lake laptops are coming
Source: Laptop Media English Archive.org version
To be honest, you get what you pay for. The laptop is inexpensive, and the predominantly plastic build is something you should expect. With this, comes the not so great structural integrity, which results in a flexy base and lid. However, we are happy with the way Acer introduced the lifted base. However, despite the higher airflow, we weren’t completely happy with the performance of the Core i5-1135G7. Neither the CPU nor its integrated graphics delivered the performance we expected, and we get about 50% of what the Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96 EU) delivers on the Acer Swift 5 Pro (SF415-55GT). Interestingly, the memory was working in dual-channel mode with there being 4GB integrated on the motherboard and 4GB in the SODIMM slot. And this brings us to the upgradeability. We can consider it to be on point, given the fact that most notebooks these days completely removed the RAM upgrades from the equation. Also, you get one M.2 slot for NVMe drives and a SATA drive bay that comes with its own connector, so kudos to.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/04/2021
Acer Aspire 5 (A514-54) review – budget Tiger Lake laptops are coming
Source: Laptop Media English Archive.org version
To be honest, you get what you pay for. The laptop is inexpensive, and the predominantly plastic build is something you should expect. With this, comes the not so great structural integrity, which results in a flexy base and lid. However, we are happy with the way Acer introduced the lifted base.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/08/2020
Acer Aspire 5 (A514-54) - disassembly and upgrade options
Source: Laptop Media English Archive.org version
Support, online available, Short, Date: 12/08/2020

 

Acer Aspire 5 A514-54G-58R8

Specifications

Acer Aspire 5 A514-54G-58R8Notebook: Acer Aspire 5 A514-54G-58R8
Processor: Intel Tiger Lake i5-1135G7
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce MX350 2048 MB
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 1.7kg
Links: Acer homepage
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Average Score: 85.5% - good

Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)

 

Reviews

78% Acer Aspire 5 2021 (A514) Review: Ticks Most Boxes
Source: Gadgetbyte Nepal English Archive.org version
Acer Aspire 5 2021 carries on the legacy of the Aspire series. It's a solid offering in its price range given the impressive build quality, performance, and connectivity options. However, the company could have done better in terms of thermal design.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/09/2021
Rating: Total score: 78% price: 80% performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 80% workmanship: 80%

Foreign Reviews

93% Jól felszerelt csinos kékség – Acer Aspire 5 teszt
Source: Laptopkalauz HU→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/03/2021
Rating: Total score: 93% performance: 93% mobility: 98%

 

Acer Aspire 5 A514-56M

Specifications

Acer Aspire 5 A514-56MNotebook: Acer Aspire 5 A514-56M
Processor: Intel Raptor Lake-U i7-1355U
Graphics Adapter: Intel Iris Xe G7 96EUs
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:10, 1920 x 1200 pixels
Weight: 1.7kg
Price: 880 euro
Links: Acer homepage
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Reviews

Acer Aspire 5 (A514-56M) review – compact and light laptop with PWM-free display
Source: Laptop Media English
The upgradability is one of the few disadvantages of the device. The memory is soldered but you can configure the laptop with up to 32GB of LPDDR5-6400MHz memory which should be enough for most people. For storage, there is only one M.2 slot that is compatible with Gen 4 SSDs. At the end of the day, the Acer Aspire 5 (A514-56M) is a machine that doesn’t cost much but it can be picked with efficient and potent CPUs, a PWM-free display, and a comfortable keyboard and touchpad.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/03/2023
How to open Acer Aspire 5 (A514-56M) - disassembly and upgrade options
Source: Laptop Media English
Support, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/03/2023

 

Acer Aspire 5 A514-55

Specifications

Acer Aspire 5 A514-55Notebook: Acer Aspire 5 A514-55
Processor: Intel Alder Lake-M i3-1215U
Graphics Adapter: Intel UHD Graphics 64EUs
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 1.7kg
Price: 710 euro
Links: Acer homepage
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Average Score: 80% - good

Average of 1 scores (from 3 reviews)

 

Reviews

Acer Aspire 5 (A514-55) review – good budget daily driver
Source: Laptop Media English
The Acer Aspire 5 (A514-55) is a good budget daily driver and you can use it as an office device too. The build quality is solid for the class – the lid is aluminum and the overall sturdiness is on point. The only downside here is that you can’t open the lid with a single hand. However, the unit has a lever hinge that lifts the back of the laptop and this positively affects the cooling capabilities of this machine. The upgradability isn’t bad at all for this kind of price tag. You get up to 8GB of soldered RAM but there is a SODIMM for dual-channel mode so the maximum possible amount of RAM is 24GB of DDR4-3200 MHz memory. Storage-wise, you can rely on a single M.2 Gen 4 slot and there is even a SATA slot. So you can install a big (and relatively cheap) HDD or regular SATA SSD. The I/O includes four USB ports and one of them is a Thunderbolt 4 connector – alright, we like it.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/13/2023
How to open Acer Aspire 5 (A514-55) - disassembly and upgrade options
Source: Laptop Media English
Support, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/13/2023

Foreign Reviews

80% Acer Aspire 5 A514-55-5654 Review
Source: Tweakers Dutch NL→EN
User Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 07/25/2024
Rating: Total score: 80%

 

Acer Aspire 5 A514-56M, i5-1335U

Specifications

Acer Aspire 5 A514-56M, i5-1335UNotebook: Acer Aspire 5 A514-56M, i5-1335U
Processor: Intel Raptor Lake-U i5-1335U
Graphics Adapter: Intel Iris Xe G7 80EUs
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:10, 1920 x 1200 pixels
Weight: 1.7kg
Links: Acer homepage
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Foreign Reviews

Acer Aspire 5 A514-56M- un laptop accesibil pentru publicul larg
Source: Arena IT →EN
Positive: Powerful processor; beautiful display; large RAM; good connectivity; long battery life; stylish design; high portability. Negative: Dark display; only 512GB SSD storage; weak GPU.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 06/28/2024

 

Acer Aspire 5 A514-55, i5-1235U

Specifications

Acer Aspire 5 A514-55, i5-1235UNotebook: Acer Aspire 5 A514-55, i5-1235U
Processor: Intel Alder Lake-M i5-1235U
Graphics Adapter: Intel Iris Xe G7 80EUs
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 1.7kg
Links: Acer homepage
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Foreign Reviews

Đánh giá laptop văn phòng Acer Aspire 5 A514-55-5954: Sự lựa chọn lý tưởng cho sinh viên và nhân viên văn phòng
Source: Phong Vu VN→EN
Positive: Compact size; light weight; powerful hardware; affordable price. Negative: Average performance.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 01/21/2025

 

Acer Aspire 5 A514-54H, Core 5 125H

Specifications

Notebook: Acer Aspire 5 A514-54H, Core 5 125H
Processor: Intel Meteor Lake-H Ultra 5 125H
Graphics Adapter: Intel Arc 7-Core
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:10, 1920 x 1200 pixels
Weight: 1.2kg
Links: Acer homepage
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Average Score: 78% - good

Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)

 

Reviews

78% Acer Aspire 5 A514-54H Review: All the Performance Without the Premium
Source: 91mobiles English
The Acer Aspire 5 A514-54H is not a laptop that tries to be everything. The display is merely acceptable, the build quality is functional rather than premium, the speakers are forgettable, and the lack of Ethernet means it’s not the ideal desk-bound workhorse. Battery life crossing 11 hours in a standardised test is the icing on top. For a student, a first-time professional laptop buyer, or anyone who needs a capable daily driver without spending Rs 90,000+, the Aspire 5 A514-54H makes a strong case. Just plan on using headphones.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/04/2026
Rating: Total score: 78%

 

Comment

Acer: In 1976, the company was founded in Taiwan under the name Multitech and was renamed Acer or Acer Group in 1987. The product range includes, for example, laptops, tablets, smartphones, desktops, monitors, TVs and computer peripherals. Since 2007, the group has merged with Gateway Inc. and Packard Bell, which also market their own laptop product lines.

Acer computers are designed for a variety of purposes, including ultrabooks for mobile use, gaming laptops for gamers, affordable options for everyday tasks, and 2-in-1 convertible laptops for versatility. Acer's product portfolio also includes tablets that offer portable computing and multimedia capabilities.


Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.

NVIDIA GeForce MX250: Successor of the MX150 and still based on the same Pascal GP108 chip (similar to the desktop GT 1030) but with higher clock speeds. Available in two versions, a normal 25 Watt version and a low power version with 10 Watt TDP and reduced performance. The 25 Watt version e.g. offers a 21% higher boost clock than the old MX150 leading to a 5% performance gain.

NVIDIA GeForce MX350: Successor of the MX250 and most likely a renamed GeForce GTX 1050 based on the Pascal GP107 chip with 640 shaders and a 64 Bit memory bus for GDDR5.

Intel Iris Xe G7 80EUs: Integrated graphics card in Intel Tiger Lake G7 SoCs based on the new Gen. 12 architecture with 80 EUs (Execution Units / Shader Cluster). The clock rate depends on the processor model. The Tiger Lake chips are produced in the modern 10nm+ process at Intel.

Intel Iris Xe G7 96EUs: Integrated graphics card in Intel Tiger Lake G4 SoCs based on the new Gen. 12 architecture with 96 EUs (Execution Units / Shader Cluster). The clock rate depends on the processor model. The Tiger Lake chips are produced in the modern 10nm+ process at Intel.

Intel UHD Graphics 64EUs: Integrated graphics card in Intel Alder Lake SoCs based on the new Gen. 12 architecture (Xe) with 64 EUs (Execution Units / Shader Cluster). The clock rate depends on the processor model. 

Intel Arc 7-Core: Integrated graphics adapter based on the Xe LPG architecture (similar to the dedicated Arc GPUs, but with a focus on efficiency). Provides 7 of the 8 Xe cores (112 Xe Vector Engines) and 7 ray tracing units.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.


Intel Comet Lake:

i7-10510U: Comet Lake based low power quad-core processor (technically identical to Whiskey Lake and still produced on 14nm++). The CPU cores can clock between 1.8 and 4.9 GHz (all 4 cores 4.3 GHz max.) with HyperThreading (8 threads). The integrated memory controller supports DDR4-2666 and using cTDP up/down the performance can be adjusted by the OEM (10 - 25 Watt possible, 15W default).

Intel Ice Lake:

i5-1035G1: A low-power, Ice Lake family processor (SoC) featuring 4 cores, 8 threads, 6 MB of L3 cache and the UHD G1 (32 EUs) iGPU. This Core i5 saw the light of day in H2 2019; it is designed for use in highly portable consumer laptops. The CPU cores run at 1.0 GHz to 3.6 GHz. The Sunny Cove microarchitecture that is in use here is notable for several improvements over Skylake including support for new technologies, new instruction sets and fast LPDDR4-3733 RAM. There is no PCIe 4 support here, however.

Intel Tiger Lake:

i5-1135G7: A quad-core, mid-range processor of Tiger Lake product family designed for use in ultra-light laptops. The i5 is manufactured on Intel's second-gen 10 nm process marketed as SuperFin and features an 80 EU Iris Xe G7 iGPU. Core i5-1135G7 has a base clock speed of 2.4 GHz as long as it is allowed to consume 28 watts.

Intel Raptor Lake-U:

i7-1355U: Alder Lake based mobile CPU with 2 performance cores and 8 efficient cores. The performance cores offer hyper threading, leading to 12 threads that can be processed. The CPU clocks from 1.2 to 5 GHz. The TDP is specified at 15 Watt.

i5-1335U: Alder Lake based mobile CPU with 2 performance cores and 8 efficient cores. The performance cores offer hyper threading, leading to 12 threads that can be processed. The CPU clocks from 0.9 to 4.6 GHz. The TDP is specified at 15 Watt.

Intel Alder Lake-M:

i3-1215U: Alder Lake based mobile CPU with 2 performance cores and 4 efficient cores. The performance cores offer hyper threading, leading to 8 threads that can be processed. The CPU clocks from 0.9 to 4.4 GHz. The TDP is specified at 15 Watt.

i5-1235U: On Alder-Lake based mobile CPU with 2 performance cores and 8 efficient cores. The performance cores offer hyper threading, leading to 12 threads that can be processed. The CPU clocks from 0.9 to 4.4 GHz. The TDP is specified at 15 Watt.

Intel Meteor Lake-H:

Ultra 5 125H: A mid-range Meteor Lake family chip that debuted in December 2023. This 1st Gen Core Ultra laptop processor has come to replace 13th generation Core chips; it has 14 cores (4 + 8 + 2) and 18 threads at its disposal. Its Performance cores, of which there are 4, run at up to 4.5 GHz while its Efficient cores, of which there are 10 (8 main cores plus 2 extra ones found in the Low Power Island) run at up to 3.6 GHz. The 7-core Arc GPU, just out of the oven, serves as the integrated graphics adapter (this runs at up to 2.20 GHz) and there is a bevy of other brand-new technologies on offer as well such as the integrated AI Boost NPU with two Gen 3 engines for hardware AI workload acceleration. The chip's Intel-recommended Base power consumption is 28 W while its maximum Turbo power consumption is supposed to be within 115 W.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


14.00:

14 inch display size represents a middle ground between the small subnotebook formats and the screens of the standard 15 inch laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, provides good resolutions with usable detail sizes, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact. 

In the past, 14-inch devices were very rare, but now they are the standard for laptops after the 15-inchers. 

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.


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75.8%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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Stefan Hinum, 2020-07- 3 (Update: 2020-07- 3)