Acer Swift X (SFX14-42G)

  • Launched: January 2022
  • Screen-to-body ratio: ~78.9%
  • Dimensions: 322.8 x 212.2 x 17.9 mm (12.71 x 8.35 x 0.7 inches)
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Review

Evaluation of the main characteristics with the configuration selected for the Acer Swift X (SFX14-42G)
Performance
45
Gaming
24
Display
37
Battery Life
62
Connectivity
67
Portability
87
BestCheck Score
54

Tests and Specifications

Detailed tests and technical specifications of the Acer Swift X (SFX14-42G)

Case

Weight 1.39 kg (3.06 lbs)
Dimensions 322.8 x 212.2 x 17.9 mm 12.71 x 8.35 x 0.7 inches
Area 685 cm2 (106.1 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~78.9%
Side bezels 6.5 mm
Colors Gray
Material Aluminum
Transformer No
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active
Vapor chamber No
Liquid metal No
Number of fans 1

Display

 
Size 14 inches
Type IPS LCD
Refresh rate 60 Hz
PPI 157 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:9
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
HDR support No
Sync technology No
Touchscreen No
Coating Matte
Ambient light sensor No
Display tests
Contrast 1210:1
sRGB color space 96.1%
Adobe RGB profile 66.2%
DCI-P3 color gamut 68.2%
Max. brightness
350 nits

Battery

Capicity
Full charging time 2:00 hr
Battery type Li-Ion
Replaceable No
Fast charging Yes
USB Power Delivery Yes
Charging port position Left
Charge power 60 / 90 W

CPU

 
Base frequency 2.1 GHz
Turbo frequency 4 GHz
Cores 6
Threads 12
L3 Cache 8 MB
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7
Fabrication process 7 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1471
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
5430
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1162
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
7003

Graphics Card

 
TGP 40 W
Nvidia Optimus MUX
Type Dedicated
Fabrication process 12 nm
GPU base clock 1380 MHz
GPU boost clock 1560 MHz
FLOPS 3.195 TFLOPS
Memory size 4 GB
Memory type GDDR6
Memory bus 128 bit
Memory speed ~12 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 1024
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 64
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32
GPU performance
3.195 TFLOPS

RAM

 
Channels 2x4 GB
Clock 4266 MHz
Type LPDDR4X
Upgradable No

Storage

 
Bus PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2)
Channels 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes
Total slots 2
NVMe Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.0
Power 2x2W
Dolby Atmos No
Loudness ~76 dB
Microphones 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6
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 1x USB 3.2
Thunderbolt No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort No
VGA No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) No
SD card reader No
Proprietary charging port Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Backlight Yes
Touchpad
Surface Plastic
Windows Precision Yes