Name: Swift 3 14"
Brand: Acer
SKU: 479400
Rating: 3.8 (49 reviews)

3.8

based on all reviews

It offers depth and rich
lifelike color
It provides excellent performance here

audio The 16-inch display might seem disappointing at first
trackpad too often)
downward-firing speakers on either side too

Resolution: 1920, 1080
Screen size: 14 in
Panel type: IPS

Acer Swift 3 14" - Variants

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RAM size
- 8 GB
- 4 GB
- 16 GB
CPU model
- Intel Core i3 (8th Gen) 8145U
- Intel Core i5 (8th Gen) 8265U
- Intel Core i5 (10th Gen) 1035G1
- AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
- Intel Core i7 (8th Gen) 8565U
- Intel Core i7 (10th Gen) 1065G7
- AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
- AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
- AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
Depth
- 228.0
- 217.0
- 218.9
Technology
- DDR4 SDRAM
- LPDDR4X SDRAM
- LPDDR4 SDRAM
Battery cells
- 4
- 3
Weight
- 1600.0
- 1450.0
- 1190.0
- 1500.0
- 1200.0
- 1350.0
Cache
- L2 - 4 MB
- 6 MB
- 4 MB
- L3 - 4 MB
- 8 MB
- L3
- L3 - 8 MB
Compatible memory cards
- SD
- Not supported
Video memory size
- None
- 2 GB
Colour of product
- Silver
- Grey
- Blue
- Platinum
- Pink
Width
- 323.0
- 319.5
- 323.4
Integrated card reader
- yes
- no
Clock speed
- 2.1 GHz
- 1.6 GHz
- 1 GHz
- 1.8 GHz
- 1.3 GHz
- 2.7 GHz
- 2 GHz
- 2.3 GHz
Brightness
- 250
- 300
Graphics processor
- Intel UHD Graphics 620
- NVIDIA GeForce MX250
- AMD Radeon 540X
- Intel Iris Plus Graphics
- AMD Radeon Vega 8
- AMD Radeon HD
- Intel UHD Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce MX150
- AMD Radeon Graphics
Height
- 18.0
- 16.0
- 16.55
- 14.9
- 16.6
Main storage
- 256 GB SSD
- 512 GB SSD
- 128 GB SSD
- 1 TB SSD
Video memory type
- None
- GDDR5 SDRAM
Number of cores
- Dual-Core
- Quad-Core
- 8-core
- 6-core
Bluetooth version
- 5.0
- 4.0
- 4.2

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Swift 3 - Core i3 8145U / 2.1 GHz / 8 GB DDR4 / Intel UHD Graphics 620 / 256 GB SSD / 14" - IPS	NX.H4CEG.005
Swift 3 - Core i5 8265U / 1.6 GHz / 8 GB DDR4 / Intel UHD Graphics 620 / 512 GB SSD / 14" - IPS	NX.H4CEV.004
Swift 3 - Core i3 8145U / 2.1 GHz / 4 GB DDR4 / Intel UHD Graphics 620 / 256 GB SSD / 14" - IPS	NX.H4CEV.014
Swift 3 - Core i5 1035G1 / 1 GHz / 8 GB LPDDR4X / NVIDIA GeForce MX250 / 512 GB SSD / 14" - IPS	NX.HJEEV.002
Swift 3 - Ryzen 5 3500U / 2.1 GHz / 8 GB DDR4 / AMD Radeon 540X / 512 GB SSD / 14" - IPS	NX.HF0EV.001 NX.HFHEG.001
Swift 3 - Core i3 8145U / 2.1 GHz / 8 GB DDR4 / Intel UHD Graphics 620 / 128 GB SSD / 14" - IPS	NX.H4CEV.008
Swift 3 - Core i7 8565U / 1.8 GHz / 8 GB DDR4 / Intel UHD Graphics 620 / 512 GB SSD / 14" - IPS	NX.H4CEV.006
Swift 3 - Core i7 1065G7 / 1.3 GHz / 16 GB LPDDR4X / Intel Iris Plus Graphics / 1 TB SSD / 14" - IPS	NX.HJGEG.001
Swift 3 - Core i7 1065G7 / 1.3 GHz / 16 GB LPDDR4X / NVIDIA GeForce MX250 / 512 GB SSD / 14" - IPS	NX.HJZEV.001
Swift 3 - Ryzen 5 3500U / 2.1 GHz / 8 GB DDR4 / AMD Radeon Vega 8 / 256 GB SSD / 14" - IPS	NX.HFDEG.007 NX.HFDEV.004
Swift 3 - Ryzen 3 4300U / 2.7 GHz / 8 GB LPDDR4 / AMD Radeon HD / 256 GB SSD / 14" - IPS	NX.HSEEG.005
Swift 3 - Core i7 1065G7 / 1.3 GHz / 16 GB LPDDR4X / Intel Iris Plus Graphics / 512 GB SSD / 14" - IPS	NX.HJGEV.001
Swift 3 - Core i5 1035G1 / 1 GHz / 8 GB LPDDR4 / Intel UHD Graphics / 512 GB SSD / 14" - IPS	NX.HJFEV.008 NX.HJFEG.004 NX.HJKEG.002
Swift 3 - Core i5 8265U / 1.6 GHz / 8 GB DDR4 / NVIDIA GeForce MX150 / 256 GB SSD / 14" - IPS	NX.H3UEV.001 NX.H3UEG.002
Swift 3 - Ryzen 7 4700U / 2 GHz / 8 GB LPDDR4 / AMD Radeon HD / 1 TB SSD / 14" - IPS	NX.HSEEG.003
Swift 3 - Ryzen 7 4700U / 2 GHz / 8 GB LPDDR4 / AMD Radeon HD / 512 GB SSD / 14" - IPS	NX.HSEEG.00B
Swift 3 - Ryzen 5 4500U / 2.3 GHz / 8 GB LPDDR4 / AMD Radeon HD / 512 GB SSD / 14" - IPS	NX.HSEEG.00F NX.HSEEG.00A
Swift 3 - Ryzen 5 4500U / 2.3 GHz / 8 GB LPDDR4 / AMD Radeon Graphics / 256 GB SSD / 14" - IPS	NX.HSEEV.009
Swift 3 - Core i5 1035G1 / 1 GHz / 8 GB LPDDR4X / Intel UHD Graphics / 512 GB SSD / 14" - IPS	NX.HJFEV.005

Acer Swift 3 14" - Pros & Cons

It offers depth and rich
lifelike color
It provides excellent performance here
Integrated graphics performance is also solid
It handles these tasks with ease
well constructed
light and easy to use
Mainly Development work with a workflow based around Gestures
runs perfectly with UEFI Secure Boot
smoother than the surrounding material
A really good product and highly recommended
a comfortable keyboard with good key travel and feel
Swift 3 is impressive for its price
Swift 3 has a big screen and is priced reasonably
extremely light and compact
it can provide you with a great laptop experience
Acer Swift 3 features a very simple design
really well designed
and the screen looks great
It works well
offering snappy logins and an extra layer of security
Battery life is outstanding with more than 10 hours of real-world usage
ample travel and perfect resistance together
Swift 720p webcam is standard and performs well
ports most students and people will need to connect to most peripherals
It handles most tasks quickly and responsively
Aspire does an excellent job of dissipating heat
Its design is nice with some cool chrome accents that
Acer Swift 3 also has a decent selection of ports
phenomenal battery life
a good screen
and great sound
plenty fast enough for most use cases
new ways of thinking
new connections
and new industries
Swift 3 is one of the best deals on the market right now
surprisingly good sound
all-metal construction feels solid and stands up well to life in a backpack
performance over time is excellent
trackpad is a good size and responds well during everyday
thin
lightweight aluminum chassis
sharper
brighter
and more color-accurate display
Acer Swift 3 has a good contrast ratio
Great CPU performance in general productivity tasks
The laptop offers enough performance for applications beyond office and Internet
device well-suited for quiet environments
cycling frequency should ideally be undetectable to the human eye
decent color reproduction and good accuracy
stable viewing angles
Aluminum chassis feels well-built
flat
smooth keys offer a short travel and a clear pressure point
smooth surface makes it easy for fingers to glide on it
Acer Swift 3 has an excellent color gamut
high quality and sturdy enough for everyday use
relatively easy to access its interior
tracks better and a webcam with better video quality
fast read and write speeds
The power adapter is also compact and should fit easily into most bags
Sleek
Sturdy
luxuriously long battery life and reasonable price

audio The 16-inch display might seem disappointing at first
trackpad too often)
downward-firing speakers on either side too
this is not a gaming laptop
means Ethernet is missing
Ambient noise is not well handled
poor eyesight
Intel is not far behind
mind-blowing performance is nothing short of jaw-dropping
Video looks noisy in even moderate lighting
Swift 3 doesn t wander too far behind either in terms of performance
screw on one end of the laptop become loose and the display turns black
0 port- a lot of other models are stuck on HDMI 1
lack of contrast would be easier if the keys had more than one backlight brightness option
weak-sounding
downward-facing speakers
no SD card reader or optical drive
000 price tag is also starting to look a bit out of touch
hollow touchpad
average keyboard
poor webcam
$1
000-laptop market is crowded
the battery is not fastened down and just sort of sits inside the chassis
The front-facing camera is quite grainy
the color is a little off in tone and the details are grainy
screen shows relatively slow response rates
response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (22
frequency is too low
users with sensitive eyes may experience strain or headaches
only the bottom cover is made of plastic
notebooks will simply cycle the backlight on and off in rapid succession
the touchpad is on the smaller side
webcam audio and video quality
the keyboard is tiring to type on for long periods
The image looks dimmer and washed out from the side
GPU compute performance is disappointing and as expected for integrated graphics
colors appeared oversaturated with skin tones tending toward red

Acer Swift 3 14" - Technical Overview

	Poor	Average	Good	Excellent
Screen size	14 in Best: MSI GT83 Titan SLI Screen size: 18.4 in
Weight	1190 g Best: Lenovo IdeaPad Duet Chromebook Weight: 450 g
Resolution	1920 x 1080 Best: Dell XPS 13 7390 - Flip design / 32 GB LPDDR4X / Intel Iris Plus Graphics / 1 TB SSD / 13.4" - WVA Resolution: 3840 x 2400

Acer Swift 3 14" - Full Specifications

Resolution	1920 x 1080
Aspect ratio	16:9
Screen size	14.0 in
Widescreen	Yes
Panel type	IPS
Brightness	250 300
Display surface	Matt
Touchscreen	no
LED backlight	yes
LCD backlight technology	LED backlight

Graphics processor	AMD Radeon 540X AMD Radeon Graphics AMD Radeon HD AMD Radeon Vega 8 Intel Iris Plus Graphics Intel Iris Xe Max Graphics Intel UHD Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 620 NVIDIA GeForce MX150 NVIDIA GeForce MX250
Video memory size	2 GB 4 GB None
Video memory type	GDDR5 SDRAM None

RAM size	16 GB 4 GB 8 GB
Technology	DDR4 SDRAM LPDDR4 SDRAM LPDDR4X SDRAM
Form factor	SO-DIMM 260-pin
Max RAM supported	12 GB
Memory slots	1

Wi-Fi	yes
Wi-Fi standards	802.11a 802.11ac 802.11b 802.11g 802.11n
Bluetooth	yes
Bluetooth version	4.0 4.2 5.0
Antenna type	2x2

Colour of product	Silver Steam blue
Housing material	Anodised aluminium

Charging port type	DC-in jack
Ethernet LAN	no
HDMI ports quantity	1
Headphone outputs	1

Main storage	1 TB SSD 128 GB SSD 256 GB SSD 512 GB SSD
Storage type	M.2 PCIe
Integrated card reader	no yes
Compatible memory cards	Not supported SD
Optical drive type	None

Built-in microphone	yes
Speakers	yes

CPU model	AMD Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 5300U AMD Ryzen 5 3500U AMD Ryzen 5 4500U AMD Ryzen 5 5500U AMD Ryzen 7 4700U Intel Core i3 8145U Intel Core i5 1035G1 Intel Core i5 1135G7 Intel Core i5 8265U Intel Core i7 1065G7 Intel Core i7 8565U
Clock speed	1 GHz 1.3 GHz 1.6 GHz 1.8 GHz 2 GHz 2.1 GHz 2.3 GHz 2.4 GHz 2.6 GHz 2.7 GHz
Number of cores	6-core 8-core Dual-Core Quad-Core
64-bit computing	yes
Cache	4 MB 6 MB 8 MB L2 - 4 MB L3 L3 - 4 MB L3 - 8 MB

Input method	Keyboard Touchpad
Fingerprint reader	yes
Numeric keypad	no
Keyboard backlight	yes
Security	Fingerprint reader

Height	1.655 1.68 1.795 14.9 16.0 16.55 16.6 18.0
Weight	1190 1190.0 1200 1200.0 1350.0 1400 1450.0 1500.0 1600.0
Width	319.5 32.28 32.34 323.0 323.4
Depth	21.22 21.89 217.0 218.9 22.12 228.0

Built in camera	yes
Camera resolution	HD

Battery capacity	48.0 Wh
Battery technology	Lithium-Ion
Battery cells	3 4

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Acer Swift 3 14" Acer - Editorial Reviews (12)

3.9

Based on 12 reviews

Acer Swift 3 14" Acer Swift 3 (2021) Review

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Published: 26.10.2021

Acer Swift 3 (2021) Review

3.5

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Acer Swift 3 14" Acer Swift 3 14 (2020) Review

RTINGS.com

Published: 13.12.2021

Acer Swift 3 14 (2020) Review

3.7

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Acer Swift 3 14" Acer Swift 3 (SF314) review: First-class battery life and generous performance in a crowded market

Windows Central

Published: 08.10.2021

Acer Swift 3 (SF314) review: First-class battery life and generous performance in a crowded market

4.0

The Swift 3's performance and battery life will move many units, but there is a lot of great competition in this space.

Acer Swift 3 14" Acer Swift 3 SF314 in review: Laptop tackles test with flying colors

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Published: 12.02.2022

Acer Swift 3 SF314 in review: Laptop tackles test with flying colors

4.4

We review the Acer Swift 3 SF314-511 in the configuration with the Intel Core i5-1135G7, an NVMe SSD, and a Full HD display. How does the 14-inch laptop perform compared to the 14-inch competition? We're already impressed by its battery life.