Acer Aspire 3 (A315-21/31/32)
- HDD/SSD
- up to 2000GB SSD + up to 2000GB HDD
- M.2 Slot
- 1x M.2 NVMe slot
- RAM
- up to 20GB
- OS
- Windows 10 Home, Linux, No OS, Windows 10 Pro
- Battery
- 4810 mAh, 2-cell, 31Wh, 3-cell, 4810 mAh, 31Wh, 2-cell
- Body material
- Plastic / Polycarbonate
- Dimensions
- 382 x 259 x 22 mm (15.04" x 10.20" x 0.87")
- Weight
- 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs)
- Ports and connectivity
- 1x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
- 2x USB Type-A
- 2.0
- HDMI
- Card reader
- SD
- Ethernet LAN
- 10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
- Wi-Fi
- IEEE 802.11ac
- Bluetooth
- 4.0
- Audio jack
- 3.5 mm combo headphone/mic jack
- Features
- Fingerprint reader
- Web camera
- Backlit keyboard
- Microphone
- Speakers
- Optical drive
- Security Lock slot
All Acer Aspire 3 (A315-21/31/32) configurations
CPU performance
Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the CPUs that come in the Acer Aspire 3 (A315-21/31/32) series.
Results are from the Cinebench 20 Multi-core test (the higher the score, the better)
GPU performance
Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the GPUs that come in the Acer Aspire 3 (A315-21/31/32) series.
Results are for the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
Acer Aspire 3 (A315-21/31/32) in-depth review
Today we have something that is on the budget. And we mean really on the budget. Usually, you can find the Acer Aspire 3 in many different configurations, some of which include pretty powerful hardware. This makes the Aspire 3 (A315-22) look like a very weird option, as the processor inside is the AMD A4-9120e. It is built on a 28nm architecture, called Stoney Ridge, and it came out roughly 6 years ago.So why is Acer selling a laptop that comes with such old hardware? Well, we see one reason for that. Because of the current situation, which pretty much depleted the low-budget laptop marke[...]
Pros
- Extremely affordable
- Decent upgradeability
- Doesn't use aggressive PWM for brightness adjustment (BOE NT156WHM-N44)
Cons
- Poor build materials choice
- Its TN panel has poor viewing angles, mediocre contrast ratio and covers only 53% of the sRGB color gamut (BOE NT156WHM-N44)
- Dated hardware with a very low performance
- No SD card reader and USB Type-C port
Games you can play on this laptop series
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R2000/3000, 15W) | 31 FPS PLAY VIDEO | - PLAY VIDEO | - PLAY VIDEO | - PLAY VIDEO |
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R2000/3000, 15W) | 170 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 25 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R2000/3000, 15W) | 127 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 99 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 83 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R2000/3000, 15W) | 65 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 40 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 21 FPS PLAY VIDEO | - PLAY VIDEO |
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R2000/3000, 15W) | 118 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 26 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 13 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R2000/3000, 15W) | 51 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 42 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 29 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R2000/3000, 15W) | 47 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 27 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 25 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 24 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R2000/3000, 15W) | 55 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 19 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R2000/3000, 15W) | 47 FPS PLAY VIDEO | - PLAY VIDEO |
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R2000/3000, 15W) | 40 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 25 FPS PLAY VIDEO |