Acer Nitro 17 AMD (AN17-42) vs Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 13.8
Performance Scores
Metric
Acer Nitro 17 AMD (AN17-42)
Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 13.8
Battery Life
68.00
75.00
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
13165.00
7968.00
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1900.00
1088.00
Connectivity
71.00
73.00
Display
51.00
65.00
GPU performance
13.00
3.00
Gaming
47.00
19.00
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
12272.00
13045.00
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2932.00
2400.00
Max. brightness
300.00
600.00
NanoReview Score
57.00
65.00
Performance
76.00
59.00
Portability
32.00
90.00
Specifications
Specification
Acer Nitro 17 AMD (AN17-42)
Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 13.8
Adaptive refresh rate
-
Yes (60-120 Hz)
Adobe RGB profile
N/A
87.3%
Ambient light sensor
No
Yes
Area
1174 cm2 (182 inches2)
662 cm2 (102.6 inches2)
Aspect ratio
16:9
3:2
Audio jack (3.5 mm)
Yes
Yes
Backlight
Yes
Yes
Base frequency
4.3 GHz
3.4 GHz
Battery type
Li-Ion
Li-Po
Bluetooth
v5.3
v5.4
Bus
PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 8645HSAMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
Qualcomm Snapdragon X PlusQualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)Intel Core Ultra 5 236VIntel Core Ultra 5 238VIntel Core Ultra 7 266VIntel Core Ultra 7 268V
Channels
1x512 GB
1x256 GB
Charge power
230 W
39 W
Charging port position
Bottom
Left, Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery)
Yes
Yes
Clock
5600 MHz
8448 MHz
Coating
Matte
Glossy (Antireflective)
Colors
Silver
Black, Gray, Blue, Yellow
Contrast
N/A
1400:1
Cooling system
Active
Active
Cores
6
10
DCI-P3 color gamut
N/A
97.8%
Dimensions
400.3 x 293.37 x 27.94-28.96 mm 15.76 x 11.55 x 1.1-1.14 inches
301 x 220 x 17.5 mm 11.85 x 8.66 x 0.69 inches
Display
-
1920 x 10802560 x 1440
N/A
DisplayPort
No
No
Dolby Atmos
No
Yes
Ethernet (RJ45)
Yes
No
FLOPS
13.4 TFLOPS
3.8 TFLOPS
Fabrication process
5 nm
4 nm
Fast charging
Yes
Yes
Fingerprint
No
No
Full charging time
N/A
2:18 hr
GPU
GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile 6GBGeForce RTX 4060 Mobile 8GBGeForce RTX 4070 Mobile 8GB
N/A
GPU base clock
2070 MHz
300 MHz
GPU boost clock
2370 MHz
1250 MHz
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
No
HDR support
No
Yes, Dolby Vision
Infrared sensor
No
Yes
Integrated GPU
Radeon 760M
Qualcomm Adreno X1-85
Key travel
N/A
1.5 mm
Keyboard type
Island
Island
L3 Cache
16 MB
6 MB
Liquid metal
No
No
Loudness
N/A
~81.8 dB
Material
Plastic
Aluminum
Max. ram size
64 GB
N/A
Memory bus
96 bit
N/A
Memory size
6 GB
System Shared
Memory speed
~16 Gbps
8.45 Gbps
Memory type
GDDR6
LPDDR5X
Microphones
-
2
NVMe
Yes
Yes
Noise level (max. load)
N/A
40.3 dB
Number of fans
2
1
Numpad
Yes
No
Nvidia Optimus
Yes, Advanced Optimus
N/A
Opening angle
N/A
135°
Optical drive
No
No
PPI
127 ppi
201 ppi
Power
-
-
Proprietary charging port
Yes
Yes
RAM
-
16GB32GB64GB
-
16GB32GB64GB
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs)
32
48
Refresh rate
165 Hz
120 Hz
Replaceable
No
No
Resolution
1920 x 1080 pixels
2304 x 1536 pixels
Response time
N/A
28 ms
SD card reader
Yes
No
Screen-to-body ratio
~70.2%
~85.6%
Shading units (cores)
2560
1536
Side bezels
8.7 mm
4.7 mm
Size
12.0 x 8.0 cm
12.0 x 8.0 cm
Speakers
2.0
2.0
Storage
-
512GB1024GB2048GB
-
256GB512GB1024GB
Storage type
SSD (M2)
SSD (M2)
Surface
Plastic
Glass
Sync technology
G-Sync
No
TGP
140 W
80 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs)
80
96
Threads
12
10
Thunderbolt
No
Thunderbolt 4
Total slots
2
1
Touchscreen
No
Yes
Transformer
No
No
Turbo frequency
5 GHz
-
Type
DDR5
LPDDR5X
USB Type-C
2x USB 4.0
2x USB 4.0
USB-A
3x USB 3.2
1x USB 3.1
Upgradable
Yes
Yes
VGA
No
No
Vapor chamber
No
No
Webcam
Above the display
Above the display
Webcam resolution
1280 x 720
1920 x 1080
Weight
3.1 kg (6.84 lbs)
1.34 kg (2.95 lbs)
Weight of AC adapter
N/A
213 grams
Wi-Fi standard
v6E
v7
Windows Precision
Yes
Yes
sRGB color space
100%
98.2%