PC World - USA (2020-06)

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technology hasn’t made it onto any AMD-
based laptop we’ve seen.

UPGRADES
In upgrade-land, the Swift 3 is on a par with
most laptops: You can change the M.2 drive
and Wi-Fi module. Because it uses LPDDR4X,
the memory modules are soldered to the
motherboard. Although it’s not intended as an
“upgrade,” you can also easily access the
battery after it’s gone flat by removing 10 Phillips
screws on the bottom panel, and removing the
panel using a spudger or guitar pick.

PERFORMANCE
We covered a lot of the Acer Swift 3’s
performance in our Ryzen 7 4700U review
(go.pcworld.com/470u), but we’ll show you
how it stacks up to a wider assortment of
laptops here. We include on our chart the
burly XPS 15 7590 with Intel’s Core
i9-9980HK inside for context, even though
that laptop really is in a different class.
First up is Maxon’s Cinebench R15
benchmark, based on its 3D-modeling
engine from Cinema4D. While few buyers of
Acer Swift 3-class laptops are doing 3D
modeling, it’s a widely used and reliable
gauge for multi-core performance.
All laptops based on Intel’s more advanced,
but lower core-count Core i7-1065G7 get left in
the dust by the Swift 3. Laptops based on Intel’s
less advanced, but highly refined Core
i7-10710U, with 6 cores and 12 threads, manage

to squeeze past the Swift 3 at the finish line, but

we’d call it a near-tie.

Because few applications in use on this

class of laptop call for multi-core

Cinebench R15 is a good way to measure multi-

core performance even if most people aren’t

doing 3D modeling on their laptops.

Dell XPS 15 7590Core i9-9980HK

Dell XPS 13 7390Core i7-10710U

Acer SwRyzen 7 4700Uift 3

Dell XPS 13 9300 Default

Core i7-1065G7

M14 DefaultSI Prestige

Core i7-10710U

HP Spectre x350 13 5t h Gen

Core i7-1065G7

MLaptop 3 15”icrosoft Surface

Ryzen 7 3580U

Dell Inspiron 15 7000

Core i7-8565U

HP Spectre x360 13 2019

Core i7-8565U

Acer SwCore i5-1035G1ift 3

Acer SwCore i5-8250Uift 3

Acer SwCore i7-8565Uift 3

HuawX Proei MateBook

Core i7-8550U

Cinebench R15.038

Multi-core performance

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

1,7 12

726

1,0 61

695

1,10 6

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