PC World - USA (2020-06)

JUNE 2020 PCWorld 37

Acer Swift 3: Ryzen 4000 delivers

insane performance for the price

Concealed within its unassuming aluminum body is Ryzen 7 4700U, an 8-core CPU with

Radeon graphics. BY GORDON MAH UNG

The latest Acer Swift 3 has a

surprise for you. Concealed

within its unassuming and

borderline generic aluminum

body is Ryzen 7 4700U (go.pcworld.com/

r4rv), an 8-core CPU based on AMD’s new

7nm Ryzen 4000 with Radeon graphics.

As a budget box, you don’t get

Symmetrical Multi Threading (AMD’s version

of Hyper-Threading) but that hardly seems to

matter. This $650, 14-inch, 2.6-pound laptop

is so fast, it actually can compete with larger,

IMAGE: GORDON MAH UNG

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