Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-42)

  • Launched: January 2022
  • Screen-to-body ratio: ~69.9%
  • Dimensions: 400.5 x 294.5 x 27.9 mm (15.77 x 11.59 x 1.1 inches)
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Review

Evaluation of the main characteristics with the configuration selected for the Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-42)
Performance
70
Gaming
45
Display
51
Battery Life
57
Connectivity
67
Portability
33
BestCheck Score
54

Tests and Specifications

Detailed tests and technical specifications of the Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-42)

Case

Weight 3 kg (6.62 lbs)
Dimensions 400.5 x 294.5 x 27.9 mm 15.77 x 11.59 x 1.1 inches
Area 1179 cm2 (182.8 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~69.9%
Side bezels 8.8 mm
Colors Black
Material Plastic
Transformer No
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active
Vapor chamber No
Number of fans 2

Display

 
Size 17.3 inches
Type IPS LCD
Refresh rate 144 Hz
PPI 127 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:9
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
HDR support No
Sync technology FreeSync
Touchscreen No
Coating Matte
Ambient light sensor No
Display tests
Response time 3 ms
Max. brightness
300 nits

Battery

Capicity
Battery type Li-Ion
Fast charging Yes
Charging port position Bottom
Charge power 330 W

CPU

 
Base frequency 3.2 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.7 GHz
Cores 8
Threads 16
L3 Cache 16 MB
Integrated GPU AMD Radeon 680M
Fabrication process 6 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2018
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10014
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1659
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
15641

Graphics Card

 
TGP 95 W
Nvidia Optimus MUX
Type Dedicated
Fabrication process 8 nm
GPU base clock 1463 MHz
GPU boost clock 1695 MHz
FLOPS 8.7 TFLOPS
Memory size 4 GB
Memory type GDDR6
Memory bus 128 bit
Memory speed 12 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 2560
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48
GPU performance
8.7 TFLOPS

RAM

 
Channels 1x8 GB
Clock 4800 MHz
Type DDR5
Upgradable Yes
Total slots 2
Max. ram size 32 GB

Storage

 
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2)
Channels 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes
NVMe Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.0
Dolby Atmos No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6E
Bluetooth v5.2
Fingerprint No
Infrared sensor No
Optical drive No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720
Ports
USB-A 3x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 1x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort No
VGA No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes
SD card reader No
Proprietary charging port Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island
Numpad Yes
Backlight Yes
Touchpad
Surface Plastic
Windows Precision Yes