Acer Swift 3 SF316-51-740H

Acer Swift 3 SF316-51-740H

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5 Expert reviews

Overall Review Score

The overall review score is calculated from averaging this product's international review scores.

03/10/2022

Summary

Overall we were impressed with Acer's Swift 3 16-inch laptop. Outside of the issues we encountered with its fingerprint reader and touchpad, the laptop performed well for us. Its thermal solution kept the laptop cool to the touch and it stayed super quiet...
hothardware.com

Pros

Affordable Price, Runs Cool And Quiet, Competitive Performance, Attractive, Understated Design

Cons

Fingerprint Sensor Can Be Flaky, Display Could Be Brighter, 11Th Gen Intel Core CPU With 12Th Gen Inbound
02/27/2022

Summary

The Acer Swift 3 features solid performance and a decent display for the price, but the shallow keyboard and below-average battery life weigh it down...
Laptopmag.com

Pros

Decent display for price, Solid performance, Affordable

Cons

Shallow keyboard, Battery life could be longer, Meh audio

01/21/2022

Summary

The 16-inch Acer Swift 3 is a worthy desktop replacement laptop, offering solid performance and long battery life for a reasonable $1,000...
pcmag.com

Pros

Excellent battery life, Peppy processor, Thunderbolt 4 port, Light for its size, Good speakers

Cons

Touchpad is stiff, No discrete GPU, Limited configuration options
10/08/2021

Summary

In review: Acer Swift 3 SF316-51-75MK. The test device was provided byThe Acer Swift 3 SF316-51-75MK leaves a well-rounded impression in our test.The Acer Swift 3's performance is more than sufficient for common applications of laptops in this class, such...
notebookcheck.net

Pros

long battery life, good performance, quiet even under load, stable metal case, compact dimensions, low weight, fingerprint sensor, good display

Cons

relatively slow SSD
08/24/2021

Summary

Acer definitely deserves credit for the job they did on this laptop. Its metal chassis is well built and offers good support for the internals. The cooling is not the best, but we have one relatively big issue with the device.Yep, we are talking about the...
laptopmedia.com

Pros

16.1-inch screen with 98% of sRGB coverage and accurate colors (when our Gaming and Web design profile is present), No aggressive PWM, Up to 15 hours of Web browsing on battery, Almost all-metal built with a lid leverage system, Fingerprint reader, PCIe G...

Cons

Soldered memory, No SD card reader, CPU stays hot under load

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