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laptops with older processors. Anecdotally,
the machine feels pretty speedy.

The real stunner, though, is gaming

performance. Sure, we already knew Intel’s

integrated Iris Xe graphics (go.pcworld.com/

irxe) was supposed to provide a big leap

forward, but witnessing it in the real world is

another matter. In 3DMark’s Sky Diver

benchmark, the Swift 5 handily outperforms a

laptop with Nvidia’s entry-level GeForce

MX350 graphics and crushes laptops with

Intel’s older Iris Plus integrated graphics.

While Nvidia’s GTX 1650 is still a step ahead,

the comparison is closer than you might think.

In actual use, this means you can

comfortably achieve smooth framerates in

Fortnite at 1080p with medium graphics

settings. If you’re willing to make further

sacrifices, you might be able to eke out a

playable experience in more demanding

games. I was able to play Watch Dogs 2, for

The Swift 5 cruises through office tasks and
web browsing, as PCMark’s Work 8 benchmark
shows.

PCMark 8 Work 2.0

Conventional

Native Resolution

Acer Swift 5 (late 2020)Core i7-1165G7

Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 9310Core i7-1165G7

Razer Blade Stealth (2020)Core i7-1065G7

Acer Swift 5 (late 2019)Core i7-1065G7

Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 14IIL05Core i5-1035G1

Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371ECore i7-1165G7

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

4,118

3,599

3,862

4,062

3,353

3,655

Thanks to Intel Iris Xe graphics, the Swift 5’s

gaming performance falls between Nvidia’s

MX350 and GTX 1650 discrete GPUs.

3DMark Sky

Diver 1.0 Overall

Graphics performance

Razer Blade Stealth (2020)Core i7-1065G7

Acer Swift 5 (late 2020)Core i7-1165G7

Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 9310Core i7-1165G7

Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 14IIL05Core i5-1035G1

Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371ECore i7-1165G7

Acer Swift 5 (late 2019)Core i7-1065G7

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

18,850

11,119

14,595

15,343

8,242

12,3 0 4

The Swift 5’s 11th-gen Intel processor showed
zippier performance than laptops with previous-
generation CPUs.

Cinebench R15.038

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

Acer Swift 5 (late 2020) Core i7-1165G7

Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 9310 Core i7-1165G7

Asus ZenBook Flip S UX371E Core i7-1165G7

Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 14IIL05 Core i5-1035G7

Acer Swift 5 (late 2019) Core i7-1065G7

Razer Blade Stealth (2020) Core i7-1065G7

210

782

178

582

962

226

921

213

608

166

598

169

Single-core performance Multi-core performance