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Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R3ZU

Specifications

Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R3ZU
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R3ZU (Swift 3 SF314 Series)
Processor
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U 8 x 2 - 4.1 GHz, Renoir-U (Zen 2)
Graphics adapter
Memory
16 GB 
Display
14.00 inch 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixel 157 PPI, glossy: no
Storage
1 TB NVMe SSD
Connections
2 USB 2.0, 1 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 HDMI
Networking
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/ax = Wi-Fi 6/), Bluetooth 5.0
Size
height x width x depth (in mm): 18 x 32.4 x 219 ( = 0.71 x 1.28 x 8.62 in)
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64 Bit
Additional features
Keyboard Light: yes
Weight
1.2 kg ( = 42.33 oz / 2.65 pounds) ( = 0 oz / 0 pounds)

 

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Reviews for the Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R3ZU

¡CHOLLO! Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R3ZU. Portátil 14,0" con AMD Ryzen 7 4700U muy completo (799 €)
Source: Ofertaman Spanish ES→EN
Positive: Compact size; light weight; decent processor; attractive price; high mobility.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 01/16/2021
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R3ZU. Portátil 14,0" con AMD Ryzen 7 4700U muy completo (899 €)
Source: Ofertaman Spanish ES→EN
Positive: Compact size; light weight; good price; powerful processor; high mobility.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 12/23/2020
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R3ZU. Portátil 14,0" con AMD Ryzen 7 4700U muy completo (849 €)
Source: Ofertaman Spanish ES→EN
Positive: Compact size; light weight; powerful processor; attractive price; high portability.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 09/22/2020

Comment

AMD Vega 7: Integrated graphics adapter of the Ryzen APUs based on the Vega architecture with 7 CUs (= 448 shaders) and a clock speed of up to 1,600 MHz.

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

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


R7 4700U: A mobile Octa-Core APU with Zen 2 cores clocked at 2 to 4.1 GHz and a Vega graphics adapter with 7 CUs clocked at up to 1600 MHz. Compared to the faster 4800U, the 4700U offers a slightly lower boost clock speed and does not support SMT.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


14.00":

Above all, this display size is used for subnotebooks, ultrabooks and convertibles. For all three types, this size is quite large. The biggest variety of subnotebooks is represented with this size.

Large display-sizes allow higher resolutions. So, details like letters are bigger. On the other hand, the power consumption is lower with small screen diagonals and the devices are smaller, more lightweight and cheaper.

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


1.2 kg:

In former time,s this weight was typical for big tablets, small subnotebooks, ultrabooks and convertibles with a 10-11 inch display-diagonal. Nowadays, often 15 inch laptops weigh as much.


Acer: The company was founded under the name of Multitech in Taiwan in 1976 and renamed to Acer or Acer Group in 1987. The product range includes, for example, laptops, tablets, smartphones, desktops, monitors and televisions. Gateway Inc. and Packard Bell also belong to the Group and sell their own laptops.

While Acer still had the third largest global market share in the notebook segment in 2008, it ranked 6th in 2016 with a market share of 6% after they had continuously lost market shares.

There are dozens of Acer laptop reviews per month, the ratings are average (as of 2016). Gateway, which has an own laptop line-up, has also belonged to the Acer Group since 2007.


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

 

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Stefan Hinum, 2020-10-29 (Update: 2020-10-29)