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MagyarAcer Swift Go 14 review - The Meteor Lake Core Ultra 7 impresses with its AI core
It hasn't even been two months since we reviewed an Acer Swift Go 14. That one impressed us with good performance at an affordable price. Our current review device comes with Intel's latest processor generation. The Acer Swift Go 14 - which will be available next spring - houses an Intel Core Ultra 155H. From a hardware point of view, Acer has provided us with a laptop based on the standard spec device. However, by spring, there will still be minor improvements to the accompanying software, the performance management and the BIOS. For this reason, we will stop short of awarding a rating until we see which future improvements Intel's latest processor generation brings to this premium, OLED-display model.
In some benchmarks, we recorded more than double the performance compared to the predecessor which packed an Intel Core i5-1335U. Also, Intel's new Arc iGPU will no doubt please many gamers with Intel's graphics now at least on par with the Radeon RX 780M.
Intel itself often compares its new processors with AMD's Ryzen R7 7840U and, for this reason, we will be taking a look at the HP Pavillon Plus 14 which comes with both Intel and AMD processor variants, as part of our comparison. A rather unusual representative could come in the shape of the Ayaneo Air 1S but this device also comes with AMD's powerful competing chip. And, finally, the LG Gram 2in1 and the Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 and their 13th generation processor concludes our illustrious group.
Possible competitors compared
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Best Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12/2023 | Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 Ultra 7 155H, Arc 8-Cores | 1.3 kg | 14.9 mm | 14.00" | 2880x1800 | ||
| 85.6 % | 11/2023 | Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 i5-1335U, Iris Xe G7 80EUs | 1.3 kg | 14.9 mm | 14.00" | 2880x1800 | |
| 85.8 % | 11/2023 | LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G i7-1360P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 1.5 kg | 17.2 mm | 16.00" | 2560x1600 | |
| 87.5 % | 12/2023 | HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU i7-1355U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 1.4 kg | 17.5 mm | 14.00" | 2880x1800 | |
| 90.4 % | 12/2023 | Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 R7 PRO 7840U, Radeon 780M | 1.5 kg | 17.9 mm | 14.00" | 1920x1200 | |
| 88.2 % | 10/2023 | Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power R7 7840U, Radeon 780M | 443.8 g | 21 mm | 5.50" | 1920x1080 | |
| 87.8 % | 11/2023 | HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl R7 7840U, Radeon 780M | 1.4 kg | 18.8 mm | 14.00" | 2880x1800 |
Case - Angular aluminum
Even though first impressions would suggest the device hasn't undergone any changes, we still noticed that Acer has undertaken detailed improvements to the aluminum case. The angular frame design doesn't reveal any manufacturing flaws and this means we could almost copy and paste the predecessor's entire description. However, Acer has managed to install a significantly larger touchpad resulting in a noticeable improvement to the laptop's usability.
Features - Killer Wi-Fi and a superb webcam
It is possible to connect up to three monitors to the small laptop via HDMI 2.1 and both Thunderbolt 4 ports. The current Intel Meteor Lake processor supports output to up to four monitors simultaneously. Likewise, Acer has even managed to house a microSD card reader and even a mini Kensington Lock slot.
SD card reader
There are no improvements to be seen in the microSD card reader. With its slow 28 MB/s read speed, it is comparable to last year's model and is only suitable for small amounts of data. Our AV Pro microSD is up to ten times faster.
| SD Card Reader | |
| average JPG Copy Test (av. of 3 runs) | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (18.9 - 193.9, n=17, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| maximum AS SSD Seq Read Test (1GB) | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (23.6 - 239, n=17, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
Communication
Using iPerf3 and the Asus GT-AXE11000, in our Wi-Fi test, the Acer Swift Go demonstrated considerably higher transfer speeds both in the 5 GHz and 6 GHz networks. At up to 1.9 GBit/s, uploads and downloads to a home network move along at a brisk pace.
Webcam
The Acer Swift Go's QHD webcam delivered very impressive results. The image quality can even be improved a touch more thanks to Intel's NPU and Windows Studio Effects. However, this taxes the iGPU and, as you would expect, the Acer Swift Go's fans make their presence felt both quickly and loudly.
Security
A fingerprint sensor, a Kensington Lock slot and a TPM 2.0 are on board. This means all the basic security requirements concerning physical theft and access protection are fulfilled.
Maintenance
We required a TX5 screwdriver and a suction cup to open the Acer Swift Go. Just as with the predecessor, many maintenance options are to be found inside the laptop. Two M.2 slots, (one occupied) as well as an installed Wi-Fi module are available. The fans can be easily removed for cleaning purposes. Only the generously sized 32 GB RAM is soldered. Incidentally, the free M.2 slot can be found under the ribbon cable next to the fans.
Input devices - A large touchpad
Keyboard
Above all, the backlit key's pressure point could be a little crisper. Otherwise, the keyboard offers a pleasant typing experience. In dark environments, the key backlighting can be adjusted to two levels. Similar to the predecessor, the upper shell can also be bent slightly and this could irritate some users when pressing the keys firmly.
Touchpad
In the new version, Acer has significantly increased the size of the Swift Go 14's touchpad but the radii in the corners remain. This change doesn't just benefit the looks. In practice, many things such as drag and drop and copying are easier to perform. Now 12 x 8 cm, the clickpad offers considerably more space for inputs and gesture control.
Display - 2.8K, 90Hz OLED and HDR500
The Acer Swift Go Meteor Lake processor model now houses a much brighter OLED panel. It can reach 400 cd/m², and then some, when displaying HDR content. Deep blacks and high contrast levels are standard for this type of display technology. The brightness is even and at a resolution of 2.8K, in a 14-inch (around 36 cm) 16:10 aspect ratio you can hardly see individual pixels with the naked eye. That all ensures we get to enjoy wonderful image quality that can shine both outdoors and under studio lights.
The Swift Go's new AcerSense app offers more display profiles. However, we haven't yet observed any changes to the measured values in the various profiles. As mentioned at the start, Acer is still working on the laptop's final details.
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Brightness Distribution: 98 %
Center on Battery: 385 cd/m²
Contrast: 9440:1 (Black: 0.0411 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 6.32 | 0.5-29.43 Ø5, calibrated: 4.79
ΔE Greyscale 2.61 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
98.56% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
99.99% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
99.75% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 1.772
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 ATNA40YK11-0, OLED, 2880x1800, 14.00 | LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G LP160WQ1-SPB2, IPS, 2560x1600, 16.00 | HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU Samsung SDC4197, OLED, 2880x1800, 14.00 | Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 MNE007JA1-1, IPS LED, 1920x1200, 14.00 | Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power Ayaneo-OLED, OLED, 1920x1080, 5.50 | HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl Samsung SDC4197, OLED, 2880x1800, 14.00 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Display | -6% | -3% | -22% | 0% | -1% | |
| Display P3 Coverage | 99.75 | 96.5 -3% | 97.9 -2% | 67.1 -33% | 99.85 0% | 99.8 0% |
| sRGB Coverage | 99.99 | 99.9 0% | 99.6 0% | 97.8 -2% | 100 0% | 100 0% |
| AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 98.56 | 84.6 -14% | 92.1 -7% | 69.4 -30% | 99.71 1% | 95.8 -3% |
| Response Times | -856% | -141% | -871% | -20% | 75% | |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 2.2 ? | 38.4 ? -1645% | 10.8 ? -391% | 38.4 ? -1645% | 4.4 ? -100% | 0.82 ? 63% |
| Response Time Black / White * | 12.8 ? | 21.4 ? -67% | 9.29 ? 27% | 25.1 ? -96% | 5 ? 61% | 0.95 ? 93% |
| PWM Frequency | 300 | 120 ? -60% | 240 ? -20% | 504.7 ? 68% | ||
| Screen | -107% | 65% | -32% | -42% | 29% | |
| Brightness middle | 388 | 329 -15% | 387 0% | 398 3% | 331 -15% | 384 -1% |
| Brightness | 391 | 310 -21% | 387 -1% | 379 -3% | 339 -13% | 386 -1% |
| Brightness Distribution | 98 | 88 -10% | 97 -1% | 90 -8% | 90 -8% | 98 0% |
| Black Level * | 0.0411 | 0.39 -849% | 0.01 76% | 0.23 -460% | 0.07 -70% | |
| Contrast | 9440 | 844 -91% | 38700 310% | 1730 -82% | 4729 -50% | |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 6.32 | 3.52 44% | 2.03 68% | 1.3 79% | 4.76 25% | 4.06 36% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 8.82 | 6.96 21% | 3.86 56% | 3.1 65% | 9.2 -4% | 6.73 24% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 4.79 | 1.15 76% | 1.6 67% | 1.2 75% | 5.04 -5% | 0.49 90% |
| Greyscale dE 2000 * | 2.61 | 5.75 -120% | 2.3 12% | 1.4 46% | 8.79 -237% | 1.1 58% |
| Gamma | 1.772 124% | 2.137 103% | 2.23 99% | 2.26 97% | 2.155 102% | 2.26 97% |
| CCT | 6202 105% | 7584 86% | 6523 100% | 6448 101% | 7571 86% | 6331 103% |
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | -323% /
-192% | -26% /
10% | -308% /
-149% | -21% /
-29% | 34% /
33% |
* ... smaller is better
All three color spaces are almost completely covered by the excellent OLED. Only the Adobe RGB color space falls 3 % short of perfection.
Up to now, the various display profiles have shown no improvements to the measured color deviations which, in their current state, are still very high. For example, in the Adobe RGB color space, our own ICC profile delivers small improvements to color reproduction. We can also assume that Acer will make improvements to this area in the finished software.
Display Response Times
| ↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
|---|---|---|
| 12.8 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 11.8 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 1 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows good response rates in our tests, but may be too slow for competitive gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 28 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (21.5 ms). | ||
| ↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
| 2.2 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 1 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 1.2 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows very fast response rates in our tests and should be very well suited for fast-paced gaming. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.2 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 6 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (33.7 ms). | ||
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
| Screen flickering / PWM detected | 300 Hz |  | |
The display backlight flickers at 300 Hz (worst case, e.g., utilizing PWM) . The frequency of 300 Hz is relatively high, so most users sensitive to PWM should not notice any flickering. However, there are reports that some users are still sensitive to PWM at 500 Hz and above, so be aware. In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 17900 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured. | |||
Thanks to its high brightness, the Acer Swift Go performs well in outdoor situations despite possessing a glossy display. The viewing angle analysis also didn't reveal any abnormalities.
Performance - Meteor Lake transforms the Swift Go into a small gaming machine
The new Acer Swift Go 14 offers an Intel Meteor Lake processor. For the first time, the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H is also home to an Arc iGPU with eight cores and an NPU. The device is rounded off with 32 GB of DDR5 RAM and an SK Hynix 1 TB NVMe SSD.
Test conditions
As mentioned at the beginning, the Acer Swift Go 14 we are dealing with is a device that corresponds to the standard spec hardware. Our review machine's software and firmware aren't yet quite perfected. For example, in our Swift Go 14, the values for the boost performance were initially configured somewhat too high. In the course of the test, we also had problems with the preinstalled AlterView which creates visually enticing 3D backgrounds. After a lively exchange with Acer, we decided to remove the software. We were also able to lower the PL2 to 55 watts while leaving the PL1 at 45 watts, all with the aid of TechPowerUp's Throttle Stop. This helped the laptop run considerably better and more stable. Acer will undertake some significantly more detailed fine-tuning when it comes the final performance management. This should result in the laptop enjoying better performance than it currently does.
Processor
Intel's new processor brings with it some long-awaited changes. For the first time, the 7 nm manufacturing process chip now offers an NPU and the new Arc iGPU. The Core Ultra 7 155H houses six P-cores, eight E-cores and two additional LP E-cores which are said to be particularly energy efficient. This means a total of 22 threads are available.
The latest Intel processor generation doesn't enjoy a clear performance advantage over its most similar 13th-generation predecessor. Here we are dealing with two devices with the Intel Core i7-13700H. Likewise, it offers six P and eight E-cores. Only both low-power E-cores are missing. Intel's newest processor usually fares well compared to its direct competitor, the AMD Ryzen 7 7840U. In recent times (and surprisingly), the red team now has its nose in front when it comes to single-core performance in Cinebench R23. We have already published a detailed analysis of the new processor generation.
Cinebench R15 Multi Continuous Test
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 5.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
| CPU Performance Rating | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Average of class Subnotebook | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| Cinebench R23 / Multi Core | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (9769 - 19007, n=27) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (2485 - 16201, n=68, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Cinebench R23 / Single Core | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (1496 - 1801, n=27) | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (598 - 1934, n=68, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core) | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (3798 - 7409, n=25) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (810 - 6314, n=64, last 2 years) | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (620 - 693, n=25) | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (216 - 738, n=64, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (1988 - 2858, n=29) | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (514 - 2581, n=70, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (230 - 268, n=26) | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (91.8 - 280, n=62, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (201 - 1600, n=66, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (178 - 349, n=23) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (42601 - 70074, n=25) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (16223 - 67444, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (5037 - 5540, n=25) | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (2197 - 6403, n=58, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Geekbench 5.5 / Multi-Core | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (10017 - 13556, n=27) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (4274 - 12580, n=65, last 2 years) | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| Geekbench 5.5 / Single-Core | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (1689 - 1824, n=27) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (672 - 2350, n=65, last 2 years) | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (9.93 - 21.2, n=25) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (1.5 - 19.4, n=56, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (40.1 - 120.5, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (40.9 - 58.9, n=25) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (0.4397 - 1.236, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (0.4609 - 0.516, n=25) | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
* ... smaller is better
AIDA64: FP32 Ray-Trace | FPU Julia | CPU SHA3 | CPU Queen | FPU SinJulia | FPU Mandel | CPU AES | CPU ZLib | FP64 Ray-Trace | CPU PhotoWorxx
| Performance Rating | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Average of class Subnotebook | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (6670 - 18470, n=25) | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (343 - 25961, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (43630 - 93181, n=25) | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (11867 - 111109, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (1940 - 4436, n=25) | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (453 - 4646, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (64698 - 93266, n=25) | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (15447 - 115300, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (5639 - 10641, n=25) | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (1223 - 14944, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (21052 - 47685, n=25) | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (6379 - 59053, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (45713 - 152179, n=25) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (638 - 161430, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (557 - 1250, n=25) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (270 - 1123, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (3569 - 9802, n=25) | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (204 - 14018, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (32719 - 54223, n=25) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (7622 - 53954, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
System performance
According to Intel, the new Arc iGPU is predominantly responsible for significant improvements in the graphics performance. This becomes clear as soon as we take a look at the digital content creation section in PCMark 10. In this area, the Swift Go 14 and its Arc iGPU are impressive. Overall, the Acer Swift Go 14's system performance is much higher than its predecessor and most of the comparison devices. This means we are dealing with a potent device that has no reason to back down even when faced with 3D applications.
CrossMark: Overall | Productivity | Creativity | Responsiveness
WebXPRT 3: Overall
WebXPRT 4: Overall
Mozilla Kraken 1.1: Total
| PCMark 10 / Score | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (5159 - 7529, n=17) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (4384 - 7428, n=55, last 2 years) | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| PCMark 10 / Essentials | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (9557 - 11214, n=17) | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (8890 - 11168, n=55, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| PCMark 10 / Productivity | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (7822 - 10591, n=17) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (6213 - 10279, n=55, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (4985 - 9999, n=17) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (4093 - 9749, n=55, last 2 years) | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| CrossMark / Overall | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (1366 - 1903, n=17) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (718 - 1876, n=61, last 2 years) | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| CrossMark / Productivity | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (1291 - 1717, n=16) | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (685 - 1829, n=61, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| CrossMark / Creativity | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (1519 - 1929, n=16) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (776 - 2210, n=61, last 2 years) | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| CrossMark / Responsiveness | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (939 - 1700, n=16) | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (652 - 1899, n=61, last 2 years) | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| WebXPRT 3 / Overall | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (119.2 - 448, n=63, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (255 - 299, n=17) | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| WebXPRT 4 / Overall | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (241 - 263, n=13) | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (67.2 - 325, n=50, last 2 years) | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| Mozilla Kraken 1.1 / Total | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (363 - 1913, n=67, last 2 years) | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU (520 - 565, n=17) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
* ... smaller is better
| PCMark 10 Score | 6625 points | |
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| AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (62397 - 95631, n=25) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (22781 - 95353, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (60544 - 90647, n=25) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (23831 - 86433, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (64852 - 93451, n=25) | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (23474 - 93382, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (125.8 - 173, n=25) | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (18.8 - 172, n=52, last 2 years) | |
* ... smaller is better
Mass storage
In the Swift Go 14, a new NVMe SSD from SK Hynix does its job and manages to achieve average to high transfer speeds in every benchmark. In the DiskSpd loop, in which the storage's performance is analysed over a longer period, the read speed drops slightly.
* ... smaller is better
Continuous Performance Read: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8
Graphics card
According to Intel, the new laptop processor's graphics performance is said to be double that of the 13th generation. At any rate, our first benchmarks confirm very high performance with the eight-core Arc iGPU even managing to beat the AMD Radeon 780M convincingly. Intel's dedicated laptop GPUs fall short in our analysis. Even leaving aside the 3D performance, the Acer Swift Go's iGPU performance is astoundingly high.
| 3DMark 06 Standard Score | points | |
| 3DMark Vantage P Result | 43185 points | |
| 3DMark 11 Performance | 13075 points | |
| 3DMark Ice Storm Standard Score | 157591 points | |
| 3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score | 29783 points | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Score | 8314 points | |
| 3DMark Time Spy Score | 3471 points | |
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* ... smaller is better
Gaming performance
With its greatly improved graphics, the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H impresses when gaming, as long as you don't overdo it with the quality settings or resolution. Full HD games at medium or high quality are playable at over 60fps, in most of the games we tested. This means you could do without the type of dGPU found in many laptops such as the GeForce RTX 2050 or the Arc 530M.
| The Witcher 3 - 1920x1080 Ultra Graphics & Postprocessing (HBAO+) | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (8 - 44.2, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
| GTA V - 1920x1080 Highest Settings possible AA:4xMSAA + FX AF:16x | |
| Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (5.01 - 67.5, n=47, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
| LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G | |
| HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 | |
The near doubling of the graphics performance becomes evident when taking a look at the frame rates in The Witcher 3 in ultra-quality settings. The Swift Go 14 almost delivers double the frames per second as the Schenker Vision 14.
Witcher 3 FPS diagram
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | |
| GTA V (2015) | 124.1 | 120.8 | 34.8 | 13.1 | |
| The Witcher 3 (2015) | 23.3 | ||||
| Dota 2 Reborn (2015) | 99.4 | 90.4 | 76 | 73.4 | |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018) | 42.8 | 32.1 | 18.2 | 14 | |
| X-Plane 11.11 (2018) | 54.5 | 42.5 | 36.1 | ||
| Far Cry 5 (2018) | 35 | 33 | |||
| Strange Brigade (2018) | 141.9 | 60.6 | 52 | 43.2 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) | 33 | 28 () | 26 | ||
| Dying Light 2 (2022) | 31.1 | 29.9 | |||
| Hogwarts Legacy (2023) | 25.7 | 19.3 | 15.6 | ||
| F1 23 (2023) | 64.6 | 59 | 35.9 | 12.2 | |
| Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart (2023) | 28.4 | 29 | 25.9 | 21.1 | |
| Baldur's Gate 3 (2023) | 22.8 | 20.6 | 19.1 | ||
| Starfield (2023) | 11.5 | ||||
| Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Phantom Liberty (2023) | 34.1 | 29.6 | 24 | 13.1 | |
| EA Sports WRC (2023) | 35.8 | 26.6 | 24.7 | 22.4 |
NPU performance
A Neural Processing Unit can be found inside the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H. This part of the processor is tasked with processing AI applications very efficiently. That means models such as Stable Diffusion or language models can already run on the device. Using the UL Procyon AI Interface benchmark, we put the GPU head-to-head with the NPU and simultaneously checked the power consumption. In both scenarios, it quickly became clear that the NPU's performance was only slightly below that of the Arc iGPU when it came to processing neural networks but the energy requirements were nearly halved. This definitely makes the AI accelerator more efficient than the graphics chip for the same applications.
Therefore, it's feasible that many of the AI applications which currently run via the cloud could soon be running locally on the laptop itself, in an energy-efficient manner, without the need for an internet connection.
Power consumption UL Procyon Ai Inference benchmark on an external monitor
| UL Procyon AI Inference for Windows | |
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 | |
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Intel kindly provided us with a version of Gimp that already includes Stable Diffusion with OpenVINO and NPU support. After a lengthy setup, the text-to-image program worked surprisingly quickly. Up to now, it was possible to run Stable Diffusion on Arc graphics cards.
Admittedly, not every image created by the neural network is particularly usable. Stable Diffusion only has a limited ability to handle faces, feet and hands, viewed from a distance. But, the tasks you set for the program should also be defined as clearly as possible. Some experience is necessary in this area to ensure to get what you asked for.
Emissions - Remaining mostly quiet
Noise emissions
Despite the high-level performance, the new Acer Swift Go hasn't gotten any louder. At almost 45 dB(A) under full load, you couldn't really call it quiet but it is tolerable. The Acer Swift Go handles small and medium-sized tasks usually without the audible presence of the fan.
Noise Level
| Idle |
| 25 / 25 / 26.2 dB(A) |
| Load |
| 35.7 / 45.5 dB(A) |
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| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 Arc 8-Cores, Ultra 7 155H, SK hynix HFS001TEJ9X110NA | Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1335U, WD PC SN740 SDDQNQD-512G-1014 | LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1360P, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR | HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1355U, SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N | Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 Radeon 780M, R7 PRO 7840U, Samsung PM9A1a MZVL21T0HDLU | Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power Radeon 780M, R7 7840U, Ayaneo CyberThunder-2TB | HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl Radeon 780M, R7 7840U, WDC PC SN810 1TB | |
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| Noise | 4% | 5% | 20% | 14% | 3% | 6% | |
| off / environment * | 25 | 24.9 -0% | 25.1 -0% | 19.35 23% | 23.1 8% | 23 8% | 23.4 6% |
| Idle Minimum * | 25 | 24.9 -0% | 25.1 -0% | 20.57 18% | 23.1 8% | 24.7 1% | 24.1 4% |
| Idle Average * | 25 | 24.9 -0% | 25.1 -0% | 20.57 18% | 23.1 8% | 25.2 -1% | 24.1 4% |
| Idle Maximum * | 26.2 | 24.9 5% | 26.1 -0% | 20.57 21% | 23.1 12% | 25.2 4% | 25.3 3% |
| Load Average * | 35.7 | 31.9 11% | 31.4 12% | 32.18 10% | 26.5 26% | 32.1 10% | 33.4 6% |
| Load Maximum * | 45.5 | 43.2 5% | 36.6 20% | 32.26 29% | 35.78 21% | 47.1 -4% | 39.4 13% |
| Witcher 3 ultra * | 43.2 | 41.1 | 29.44 | 35.7 | 39.4 |
* ... smaller is better
Temperature
Unfortunately, what hasn't changed is the laptop's very high surface temperatures which we measured during testing. The bar behind the keyboard even managed to hit 40 °C. However, the area which heats up the most is the screen, onto which the fan's expelled air is directed. Despite this, under normal operation when surfing the internet or using office applications, the laptop's surface only heats up to a little over room temperature.
(+) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 36.5 °C / 98 F, compared to the average of 35.9 °C / 97 F, ranging from 21.4 to 59 °C for the class Subnotebook.
(-) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 49.5 °C / 121 F, compared to the average of 39.4 °C / 103 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 22.6 °C / 73 F, compared to the device average of 30.7 °C / 87 F.
(+) The palmrests and touchpad are cooler than skin temperature with a maximum of 26.2 °C / 79.2 F and are therefore cool to the touch.
(+) The average temperature of the palmrest area of similar devices was 28.3 °C / 82.9 F (+2.1 °C / 3.7 F).
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU | Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 Intel Core i5-1335U, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs | LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G Intel Core i7-1360P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs | HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU Intel Core i7-1355U, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs | Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, AMD Radeon 780M | Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power AMD Ryzen 7 7840U, AMD Radeon 780M | HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl AMD Ryzen 7 7840U, AMD Radeon 780M | |
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| Heat | -2% | -22% | 4% | 3% | -30% | 12% | |
| Maximum Upper Side * | 36.5 | 44.8 -23% | 55 -51% | 36.6 -0% | 43.5 -19% | 55 -51% | 39 -7% |
| Maximum Bottom * | 49.5 | 34.8 30% | 55.4 -12% | 37.2 25% | 47.4 4% | 53.2 -7% | 35.8 28% |
| Idle Upper Side * | 25.5 | 30.7 -20% | 34.9 -37% | 31.6 -24% | 24.9 2% | 37.1 -45% | 25.2 1% |
| Idle Bottom * | 35 | 32.5 7% | 30 14% | 30 14% | 26 26% | 40.1 -15% | 25.6 27% |
* ... smaller is better
Stress test
As already mentioned, we set the processor's boost performance to a level slightly below Acer's set value. Our stress test revealed that the Core Ultra 7's continuous performance setting (PL1) sits somewhat too high. After a while, it settles to around 43 watts instead of 45 but manages to maintain its performance level there in the long run.
Speakers
Overall, the Acer Swift Go's speakers sound good. Only the bass could pack a bit more punch. We were unable to discern a difference to the predecessor.
Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (86.7 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 29.6% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (13.8% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(±) | higher mids - on average 6.4% higher than median
(+) | mids are linear (5.4% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(±) | higher highs - on average 5.7% higher than median
(±) | linearity of highs is average (7.4% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (22.6% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 73% of all tested devices in this class were better, 5% similar, 22% worse
» The best had a delta of 5%, average was 19%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 62% of all tested devices were better, 6% similar, 32% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (82.1 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 29.2% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (11.1% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 3.9% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (6.5% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 2.1% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (5% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (20.4% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 39% of all tested devices in this class were better, 11% similar, 51% worse
» The best had a delta of 7%, average was 22%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 48% of all tested devices were better, 8% similar, 44% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Energy management - Meteor Lake can be economical
Power consumption
Intel's new Meteor Lake processors are said to be significantly more energy efficient than its predecessor. This was not entirely obvious to us in our tests, but, once more, this highlights the installed software's beta status. Strong fluctuations are apparent in nearly every energy measurement which indicates smaller load peaks.
| Off / Standby | 0.4 / 0.4 Watt |
| Idle | 5.5 / 10.1 / 11.2 Watt |
| Load |
45.9 / 104.1 Watt |
   
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| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 Ultra 7 155H, Arc 8-Cores, SK hynix HFS001TEJ9X110NA, OLED, 2880x1800, 14.00 | LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G i7-1360P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR, IPS, 2560x1600, 16.00 | HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU i7-1355U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N, OLED, 2880x1800, 14.00 | Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 R7 PRO 7840U, Radeon 780M, Samsung PM9A1a MZVL21T0HDLU, IPS LED, 1920x1200, 14.00 | Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power R7 7840U, Radeon 780M, Ayaneo CyberThunder-2TB, OLED, 1920x1080, 5.50 | HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl R7 7840U, Radeon 780M, WDC PC SN810 1TB, OLED, 2880x1800, 14.00 | Average Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU | Average of class Subnotebook | |
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| Power Consumption | 9% | 14% | 38% | 22% | 15% | 5% | 14% | |
| Idle Minimum * | 5.5 | 5.5 -0% | 6.7 -22% | 3.3 40% | 7.01 -27% | 6 -9% | 4.96 ? 10% | 4.9 ? 11% |
| Idle Average * | 10.1 | 7.2 29% | 7.16 29% | 5.6 45% | 7.91 22% | 6.5 36% | 8.01 ? 21% | 8.36 ? 17% |
| Idle Maximum * | 11.2 | 12.9 -15% | 11.17 -0% | 6.1 46% | 12.3 -10% | 13.9 -24% | 12.8 ? -14% | 10.4 ? 7% |
| Load Average * | 45.9 | 55 -20% | 46.5 -1% | 40.1 13% | 19.66 57% | 41.9 9% | 50.6 ? -10% | 45.9 ? -0% |
| Witcher 3 ultra * | 60.9 | 47 23% | 37.2 39% | 41.4 32% | 38.2 37% | 43.9 28% | ||
| Load Maximum * | 104.1 | 63.6 39% | 64.36 38% | 51.8 50% | 50 52% | 50.8 51% | 84.4 ? 19% | 66 ? 37% |
* ... smaller is better
Power consumption Witcher 3 / stress test
Power consumption with an external monitor
Battery life
The Acer Swift Go 14, with its Intel Meteor Lake processor and 65 Wh battery, fell just short of the eight-hour mark in the Wi-Fi internet surfing test. According to our energy measurements, it's the OLED panel that uses the most power when surfing. Visiting websites and running applications in dark mode ought to improve the runtimes considerably. With the predecessor, almost 45 additional runtime minutes were possible.
| Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-72 Ultra 7 155H, Arc 8-Cores, 65 Wh | Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71 i5-1335U, Iris Xe G7 80EUs, 54.6 Wh | LG Gram 2in1 16 16T90R - G.AA78G i7-1360P, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, 80 Wh | HP Pavilion Plus 14-ew0153TU i7-1355U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, 68 Wh | Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 21K4S02000 R7 PRO 7840U, Radeon 780M, 52.5 Wh | Ayaneo Air 1S Retro Power R7 7840U, Radeon 780M, 37.5 Wh | HP Pavilion Plus 14-ey0095cl R7 7840U, Radeon 780M, 68 Wh | Average of class Subnotebook | |
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| Battery Runtime | -5% | 57% | 21% | 44% | -21% | 36% | 44% | |
| WiFi v1.3 | 479 | 453 -5% | 716 49% | 578 21% | 729 52% | 355 -26% | 510 6% | 629 ? 31% |
| Load | 74 | 121 64% | 100 35% | 63 -15% | 122 65% | 115.4 ? 56% | ||
| H.264 | 720 | 185 | 794 ? | |||||
| Gaming | 74 | |||||||
| Reader / Idle | 1011 | 1252 ? |
Pros
Cons
Verdict - Not just the office
Acer has gotten the Swift Go 14 to us quite a bit before the device hits the market and that means not everything works perfectly. But, we've already had the chance to experience Intel's latest processor generation and we were impressed by the Meteor Lake chip's high-level graphics performance. We will keep an eye on changes to the device into spring next year and then deliver our final verdict on the Swift Go 14 (2024). Nevertheless, it has already come to our attention that the compact machine benefits from the considerably more powerful Core Ultra 7. The increased graphics performance allows the laptop and its excellent OLED display to enjoy a wider application spectrum. This, at least, makes gaming and video editing a possibility. The NPU core in the Meteor Lake processor was also able to demonstrate its power in our tests.
Weighing 1.3 kg, the Acer Swift Go 14 is a lightweight powerhouse that packs a considerable punch inside its elegant case. Intel's Meteor Lake processor ensures a significantly wider range of application use cases.
There's no question, the Swift Go 14 is a mobile device. Thanks to Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1 and some additional ports, connectivity is not lacking. Shortly, there will be other alternatives with Meteor Lake processors with Asus already offering such a chipset in its ZenBook 14. Anyone too impatient to wait for laptops with Intel processors should take a look at 14-inch machines with the AMD Ryzen 7 7840U such as the HP Pavilion Plus 14.
Price and availability
The Swift Go 14 is expected to be available from February 2024. So far, an anticipated purchase price of just under 1,000 euros has been announced for Germany.
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Transparency
The present review sample was made available to the author as a loan by the manufacturer or a shop for the purposes of review. The lender had no influence on this review, nor did the manufacturer receive a copy of this review before publication. There was no obligation to publish this review.
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