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Acer Swift Go 16 AI Series

Acer Swift Go 16 AI SFG16-61-R5Y5Processor: AMD Strix / Gorgon Point Ryzen AI 7 350, Intel Lunar Lake Core Ultra 7 258V
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon 860M, Intel Arc 140V
Display: 16.00 inch
Weight: 1.52kg, 1.538kg
Price: 1299 euro
Average Score: 81.1% - good
Average of 1 scores (from 2 reviews)
performance: 63%, features: 66%, display: 81%, mobility: 80%, workmanship: 86%, ergonomy: 89%, emissions: 83%

 

Acer Swift Go 16 AI SFG16-61-R5Y5

Specifications

Acer Swift Go 16 AI SFG16-61-R5Y5Notebook: Acer Swift Go 16 AI SFG16-61-R5Y5
Processor: AMD Strix / Gorgon Point Ryzen AI 7 350
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon 860M
Display: 16.00 inch, 16:10, 2880 x 1800 pixels
Weight: 1.538kg
Price: 1299 euro
Links: Acer homepage
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Reviews

81.1% Solid performance and colorful OLED: Acer Swift Go 16 AI review | Notebookcheck
The Acer Swift Go AI offers a good balance between performance and portability. With its OLED display, strong AMD Ryzen AI processor, and long battery life, it's well-suited for on-the-go use. Despite some limitations, it remains a compelling laptop, especially at the current price point under 1,000 euros.

 

Acer Swift Go 16 AI OLED SFG16-74

Specifications

Notebook: Acer Swift Go 16 AI OLED SFG16-74
Processor: Intel Lunar Lake Core Ultra 7 258V
Graphics Adapter: Intel Arc 140V
Display: 16.00 inch, 16:10, 2048 x 1280 pixels
Weight: 1.52kg
Links: Acer homepage
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Foreign Reviews

Acer Swift Go 16 AI 輕薄手提電腦
Source: HKEPC zh-TW→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/30/2025

 

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.

AMD Radeon 860M: A fairly powerful RDNA 3.5 architecture iGPU that debuted in early 2025 and a direct successor to the Radeon 760M. Its 8 CUs/WGPs (512 unified shaders) run at up to 3 GHz. DX12 Ultimate, ray tracing, AI image generation and other modern features are all supported here, as are many popular video codecs including first and foremost AVC, HEVC, VP9 and AV1. Its gaming performance is good enough for playing 2024 games in low graphics settings.

Intel Arc 140V: A pretty fast integrated graphics adapter that higher-end Intel Lunar Lake family processors employ. This is a direct successor to the Arc 8; it can drive three SUHD 4320p monitors simultaneously via HDMI 2.1, eDP 1.5 and DP 2.1. With the 140V, all 2023 and 2024 games are playable at 1080p on low graphics settings.

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


AMD Strix / Gorgon Point:

Ryzen AI 7 350: A relatively powerful Krackan Point family processor that was introduced in early 2025. The APU integrates 8 CPU cores (4 Zen 5 cores with up to 5 GHz and 4 Zen 5c cores with up to 3.5 GHz).

Intel Lunar Lake:

Core Ultra 7 258V: An upper mid-range Lunar Lake family processor. It sports 4 new Skymont E-cores and 4 new Lion Cove P-cores running at up to 3.7 GHz and 4.8 GHz respectively, along with the new Arc 140V iGPU and 32 GB of on-package LPDDR5x-8533 RAM. It essentially matches the Core Ultra 7 165U and Core i7-1360P in multi-thread performance and it eats up to 37 W when under short-term workloads.

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


16.00:

This range for display formats was and is a rarity. It is larger than the general standard of 15 inches, but not yet in the range of large workstations. One usually has higher screen resolutions available, but portability suffers from that.

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


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81.1%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.

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

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DeepL / Ninh Duy, 2026-03- 1 (Update: 2026-03- 1)