Acer Swift Edge 16 (SFE16-42)

  • Launched: May 2023
  • Screen-to-body ratio: ~85.9%
  • Dimensions: 356.7 x 242.3 x 12.95 mm (14.04 x 9.54 x 0.51 inches)
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Review

Evaluation of the main characteristics with the configuration selected for the Acer Swift Edge 16 (SFE16-42)
Performance
59
Gaming
25
Display
70
Battery Life
52
Connectivity
77
Portability
78
BestCheck Score
61

Tests and Specifications

Detailed tests and technical specifications of the Acer Swift Edge 16 (SFE16-42)

Case

Weight 1.18 kg (2.6 lbs)
Dimensions 356.7 x 242.3 x 12.95 mm 14.04 x 9.54 x 0.51 inches
Area 864 cm2 (133.9 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~85.9%
Side bezels 6 mm
Colors Black, Silver
Material Aluminum
Transformer No
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active
Vapor chamber No
Liquid metal No
Number of fans 2
Noise level (max. load) 42.7 dB

Display

 
Size 16 inches
Type OLED
Refresh rate 60 Hz
PPI 283 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10
Resolution 3840 x 2400 pixels
HDR support Yes, HDR10
Sync technology No
Touchscreen No
Coating Glossy
Ambient light sensor No
Display tests
Contrast 1000000:1
sRGB color space 100%
Adobe RGB profile 97.2%
DCI-P3 color gamut 99.7%
Response time 3 ms
Max. brightness
400 nits

Battery

Capicity
Full charging time 2:30 hr
Battery type Li-Po
Replaceable No
Fast charging Yes
USB Power Delivery Yes
Charging port position Left
Charge power 65 W
Weight of AC adapter 194 grams

CPU

 
Base frequency 2.7 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.75 GHz
Cores 8
Threads 16
L3 Cache 16 MB
Integrated GPU Radeon 680M
Fabrication process 6 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1981
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
8469
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1464
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
9866

Graphics Card

 
TGP 15 W
Type Integrated
Fabrication process 7 nm
GPU base clock 2000 MHz
GPU boost clock 2400 MHz
FLOPS 3.686 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared
Memory type LPDDR5
Memory speed 5.2 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 768
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 48
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32
GPU performance
3.686 TFLOPS

RAM

 
Channels 2x4 GB
Clock 5200 MHz
Type LPDDR5
Upgradable No

Storage

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

Sound

Speakers 2.0
Dolby Atmos No
Loudness ~83.7 dB
Microphones 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v7
Bluetooth v5.2
Fingerprint Yes
Infrared sensor No
Optical drive No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080
Ports
USB-A 2x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort No
VGA No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) No
SD card reader Yes
Proprietary charging port No

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Backlight Yes
Touchpad
Size 12.6 x 8.4 cm
Surface Glass
Windows Precision Yes