Acer Swift Go 16 (SFG16-71) review – Ready! Swift! Go!

Temperatures and comfort, Battery Life

Max CPU load

In this test we use 100% on the CPU cores, monitoring their frequencies and chip temperature. The first column shows a computer’s reaction to a short load (2-10 seconds), the second column simulates a serious task (between 15 and 30 seconds), and the third column is a good indicator of how good the laptop is for long loads such as video rendering.

Average P-core frequency; Average E-core frequency; CPU temp.; Package Power

As you can see, this notebook runs the Core i5-1335U at really low temperatures. In addition, the clocks are pretty high in the first two segments of the test. Albeit we see sub-2.00 GHz frequencies in the latter part of the test, it maintains a stable 28W power target.

Comfort during full load

Even though it has two fans inside, the laptop doesn’t sound too loud when it’s under extreme workload. Also, it is pretty cool on the outside, with a maximum temperature of about 33°C.

Battery

Now, we conduct the battery tests with the Windows Better performance setting turned on, screen brightness adjusted to 120 nits and all other programs turned off except for the one we are testing the notebook with. Our configuration is equipped with a 53Wh battery pack. It lasts for 17 hours and 47 minutes of Web browsing, or 10 hours of video playback.

Video playback

Brightness: 180 nits; Display Mode: SDR
Time to Full Discharge: Higher is Better

Acer Swift Go 16 53Wh

9h 30m

Acer Swift 3 56Wh, 4-cell

9h 46m+2.8%

ASUS VivoBook 16X 50Wh, 3-cell

7h 47m-18.1%

Dell Vostro 5620 54Wh, 4-cell

7h 01m-26.1%

Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16 75Wh

9h 39m+1.6%

MSI Prestige 15 (A12Ux)

10h 29m+10.4%

Web surfing

In order to simulate real-life conditions, we used our own script for automatic web browsing through over 70 websites.

Acer Swift Go 16 53Wh

17h 47m

Acer Swift 3 56Wh, 4-cell

15h 25m-13.3%

ASUS VivoBook 16X 50Wh, 3-cell

9h 49m-44.8%

Dell Vostro 5620 54Wh, 4-cell

10h 10m-42.8%

Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 16 75Wh

10h 44m-39.6%

MSI Prestige 15 (A12Ux)

13h 03m-26.6%

Author: Alex Iliev

Author: eng. Kroum NikolovHead of Engineering at LaptopMedia.com, inventor and innovator with 40+ years of experience in electronics and high technology.

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