Acer Nitro 5 AN517-55

  • Launched: January 2022
  • Screen-to-body ratio: ~69.9%
  • Dimensions: 400.5 x 294.5 x 28.6 mm (15.77 x 11.59 x 1.13 inches)
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Review

Evaluation of the main characteristics with the configuration selected for the Acer Nitro 5 AN517-55
Performance
73
Gaming
42
Display
51
Battery Life
65
Connectivity
67
Portability
32
BestCheck Score
55

Tests and Specifications

Detailed tests and technical specifications of the Acer Nitro 5 AN517-55

Case

Weight 3 kg (6.62 lbs)
Dimensions 400.5 x 294.5 x 28.6 mm 15.77 x 11.59 x 1.13 inches
Area 1179 cm2 (182.8 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~69.9%
Side bezels 8.8 mm
Colors Black
Material Plastic
Transformer No
Opening angle 180°
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active
Vapor chamber No
Liquid metal No
Number of fans 2
Noise level (max. load) 68.2 dB

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 G-Sync
Touchscreen No
Coating Matte
Ambient light sensor No
Display tests
Contrast 1195:1
sRGB color space 100%
Adobe RGB profile 60.5%
DCI-P3 color gamut 58.9%
Response time 7 ms
Max. brightness
300 nits

Battery

Capicity
Full charging time 1:20 hr
Battery type Li-Ion
Replaceable No
Fast charging Yes
USB Power Delivery Yes
Charging port position Bottom
Charge power 180 / 230 W
Weight of AC adapter 787 grams

CPU

 
Base frequency 2.5 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.5 GHz
Cores 12 (4P + 8E)
Threads 16
L3 Cache 18 MB
Integrated GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Fabrication process 10 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2352
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10364
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1854
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
14338

Graphics Card

 
TGP 95 W
Nvidia Optimus MUX
Type Dedicated
Fabrication process 8 nm
GPU base clock 1530 MHz
GPU boost clock 1740 MHz
FLOPS 7.12 TFLOPS
Memory size 4 GB
Memory type GDDR6
Memory bus 128 bit
Memory speed 12 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 2048
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 64
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 40
GPU performance
7.12 TFLOPS

RAM

 
Channels 1x8 GB
Clock 3200 MHz
Type DDR4
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
Total slots 2
NVMe Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.0
Dolby Atmos No
Loudness ~79.3 dB
Microphones 1

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6
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 3.2
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.0
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
Key travel 1.5 mm
Touchpad
Size 10.6 x 7.8 cm
Surface Plastic
Windows Precision Yes