In my testing, though, the laptop didn’t last long. ![]() However, its battery capacity is 76 watt-hours, which should be enough to power through for at least average longevity. Yes, the Swift X 14 has a speedy CPU and a high-res OLED display, neither of which contributes to great battery life. Surprisingly poor battery life Mark Coppock/Digital Trends But don’t expect to run more demanding games with graphics turned up. That makes the Swift X 14 a decent entry-level 1080p gaming machine that will be a bit faster if you swap out the drivers. That’s a bit slower than the Galaxy Book3 Ultra’s 66 fps and 84 fps. In Fortnite, the Swift X 14 managed 58 frames per second (fps) at 1200p and epic graphics in balanced mode, and 67 fps in performance mode. In the 3DMark Time Spy test, the Swift X 14 scored 5,927 in balanced mode and 6,741 in performance mode, compared to the Samsung’s 6,454 and 7,486, respectively. We don’t have many laptops with the RTX 4050 to compare against, but one other laptop with the same CPU and GPU is the Samsung Galaxy Book3 Ultra. You can always install the Nvidia Game-Ready drivers if gaming is more important to you than creative work. The Swift X 14 was shipped with Nvidia’s Studio drivers installed, which benefits performance in creative applications but doesn’t optimize for gaming. More impressively, the Swift X 14 was fast even compared to the XPS 15 equipped with an RTX 4070 GPU.įor the price and size, the Swift X 14 provides surprisingly good performance for creators, while excelling for productivity users as well. The Swift X 14 was much faster than the Lenovo Slim 7 14 with an AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS CPU, a configurable 35-watt to 45-watt, 8-core/16-thread processor with a base clock of 3.2GHz and a Max Boost Clock of 4.75GHz, and an RTX 3050 GPU. Where the Swift X 14 impressed most, though, was in the Pugetbench Premiere Pro benchmark, which runs in a live version of Adobe Premiere Pro and uses the GPU to speed up a variety of processes. Acer updated the thermal design with the latest model, but it seems to be close to maxed out even without turning on performance mode. I ran all the benchmarks in both balanced and performance modes, and that made little difference in most. It’s significantly faster than the Apple MacBook Air M2 that comes in at around the same price, and it keeps up with the much more expensive Dell XPS 15. The Swift X 14 was fast enough in our CPU-intensive benchmarks, competing well against other laptops equipped with the same processor. On paper, that’s not the fastest GPU for creative tasks, but as we’ll see from our benchmark results the choice was a solid one. The 45-watt Intel Core i7-13700H with 14 cores (six Performance cores at up to 5.00GHz and eight Efficient cores at up to 3.7GHz) and 20 threads is a good start, and adding a discrete GPU in the entry-level Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 is likely a smart choice given the thin and light chassis. Surprisingly good creative performance Mark Coppock/Digital TrendsĪcer’s goal with the Swift X 14 is to provide a laptop that can meet the needs of both demanding productivity users and creators looking for a highly portable laptop. ![]() ![]() Why the latest ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 8 isn’t worth the upgradeĬES 2023: Acer’s new Swift Go has a 1440p webcam - take that, MacBook Air!Īt long last, Intel brings XeSS upscaling to integrated graphics at CES 2023 That ranges from midrange to premium pricing, with specifications to match. My review machine costs $1,500 for a Core i7-13700H, 16GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, an RTX 4050, and a 14.5-inch 2.8K OLED display. The entry-level model, priced at $1,050, comes with a Core i5-13500H CPU, 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 GPU, and a 14.5-inch WQXGA IPS display.
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