Acer Nitro 16 (AN16-42)
Acer Nitro 16 (AN16-42) - Specs
- HDD/SSD
- up to 2000GB SSD
- M.2 Slot
- 2x 2280 M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 See photo
- RAM
- up to 64GB
- OS
- Windows 11 Pro, No OS, Windows 11 Home, Linux, Windows 11
- Battery
- 90Wh
- Body material
- Plastic / Polycarbonate
- Dimensions
- 360.1 x 279.9 x 25.9 - 27.9 mm (14.18" x 11.02" x 1.02")
- Weight
- 2.65 kg (5.8 lbs)
- Ports and connectivity
- 1x USB Type-A
- 2.0
- 1x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps)
- 1x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), Sleep and Charge
- 1x USB Type-C
- 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort
- 1x USB Type-C
- 4.0, Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort
- HDMI
- 2.1
- Card reader
- microSD (microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC)
- Ethernet LAN
- 10, 100, 1000, 2500 Mbit/s
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6E
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- Audio jack
- 3.5mm Combo Jack
- Features
- Fingerprint reader
- Web camera
- HD
- Backlit keyboard
- Microphone
- 2x Microphones with Acer Purified Voice
- Speakers
- Stereo Speakers, DTS X: Ultra
- Optical drive
- Security Lock slot
- Kensington Lock
All Acer Nitro 16 (AN16-42) configurations
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Office Work
Office Work should be used mostly by users who spend most of the time looking at pieces of text, tables or just surfing. This profile aims to deliver better distinctness and clarity by keeping a flat gamma curve (2.20), native color temperature and perceptually accurate colors.
Design and Gaming
This profile is aimed at designers who work with colors professionally, and for games and movies as well. Design and Gaming takes display panels to their limits, making them as accurate as possible in the sRGB IEC61966-2-1 standard for Web and HDTV, at white point D65.
Health-Guard
Health-Guard eliminates the harmful Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) and reduces the negative Blue Light which affects our eyes and body. Since it’s custom tailored for every panel, it manages to keep the colors perceptually accurate. Health-Guard simulates paper so the pressure on the eyes is greatly reduced.
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CPU performance
Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the CPUs that come in the Acer Nitro 16 (AN16-42) series.
Here, we evaluate the CPU's performance using a real-world 3D rendering task, assessing its ability to handle complex computations and rendering workloads efficiently.
Results are from the Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core test (higher is better)
GPU performance
Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the GPUs that come in the Acer Nitro 16 (AN16-42) series.
The results are from 3DMark Time Spy (Graphics). Higher is better.
Acer Nitro 16 (AN16-42) in-depth review
Acer is one of the manufacturers that offers a lot of Zen 4 laptops in different form factors. The Acer Nitro 16 (AN16-42) is one of the top dogs despite the fully plastic build. This machine has a hefty thermal system that cools AMD Zen 4 Hawk Point-HS CPU and NVIDIA Ada Lovelace graphics cards. The most powerful combo available is AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS plus the 140W RTX 4070. All that is complemented by good upgradability and a nice port selection with five USB connectors. Let's continue with the good news - you also get NVIDIA Advanced Optimus, a MUX switch, and G-SYNC support. The base displ[...]
Pros
- Great performance
- Covers 100% of the sRGB color gamut and has accurate colors with our "Design and Gaming" profile (AUOCDAB)
- 165Hz refresh rate + wide viewing angles (AUOCDAB)
- No PWM (AUOCDAB)
- Very high max brightness of 548 nits (CSW1437)
- MUX switch + Nvidia Advanced Optimus + G-SYNC
- Five USB ports
- Great keyboard
- Long battery life (~11 hours of video playback)
- Solid base
- The CPU and the GPU can maintain high frequencies during full loads (~4.90 GHz / 2640 MHz)
- Great "Performance" preset that offers almost the same overall system power as the "Turbo" mode and way less aggressive fans
- Very snappy SSD (1TB Micron 3500 MTFDKBA1T0TGD-1BK15ABYY)
Cons
- The lid could've been more stable
- Slow USB 2.0 port on the left side
Games you can play on this laptop series
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
NORMAL |
HIGH |
VERY HIGH |
MAX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 186 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 186 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 127 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 73 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (Laptop, 140W) | - PLAY VIDEO | - PLAY VIDEO | - PLAY VIDEO | 72 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
MIN |
MAX |
|---|---|---|
| 3304 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 205 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (Laptop, 140W) | - PLAY VIDEO | 216 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
MIN |
MED |
HIGH |
ULTRA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 112 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 63 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 33 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (Laptop, 140W) | 163 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 104 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 60 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 31 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
LOW |
MED |
HIGH |
ULTRA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 193 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 157 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 119 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 99 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (Laptop, 140W) | - PLAY VIDEO | - PLAY VIDEO | - PLAY VIDEO | 88 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
VERY LOW |
MED |
MAX |
|---|---|---|---|
| 757 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 692 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 608 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (Laptop, 140W) | - PLAY VIDEO | - PLAY VIDEO | 848 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
LOW |
MED |
HIGH |
EPIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 258 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 168 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 131 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 80 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (Laptop, 140W) | - PLAY VIDEO | - PLAY VIDEO | - PLAY VIDEO | 69 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
LOW |
MAX |
|---|---|---|
| 244 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 230 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (Laptop, 140W) | - PLAY VIDEO | 241 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
MIN |
MED |
ULTRA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 389 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 515 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 265 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (Laptop, 140W) | - PLAY VIDEO | - PLAY VIDEO | 246 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
HIGH PERF |
HIGH QLT |
|---|---|---|
| 1070 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 538 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (Laptop, 140W) | - PLAY VIDEO | 545 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
LOW |
NORMAL |
HIGH |
MAX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 213 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 182 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 178 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 167 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (Laptop, 140W) | - PLAY VIDEO | - PLAY VIDEO | - PLAY VIDEO | 186 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
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