Asus TUF Gaming A18 (2025) vs Acer Nitro 14 AMD (AN14-41)
Performance Scores
Metric
Asus TUF Gaming A18 (2025)
Acer Nitro 14 AMD (AN14-41)
Battery Life
68.00
66.00
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
18116.00
12258.00
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1915.00
1787.00
Connectivity
71.00
70.00
Display
54.00
55.00
GPU performance
14.00
7.00
Gaming
52.00
35.00
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
13740.00
11444.00
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2690.00
2689.00
Max. brightness
500.00
500.00
NanoReview Score
61.00
53.00
Performance
82.00
73.00
Portability
45.00
70.00
Specifications
Specification
Asus TUF Gaming A18 (2025)
Acer Nitro 14 AMD (AN14-41)
Adaptive refresh rate
No
N/A
Adobe RGB profile
67.9%
-
Ambient light sensor
No
No
Area
1129 cm2 (175 inches2)
829 cm2 (128.5 inches2)
Aspect ratio
16:10
16:10
Audio jack (3.5 mm)
Yes
Yes
Backlight
Yes
Yes
Base frequency
3.8 GHz
4.3 GHz
Battery type
Li-Ion
Li-Ion
Bluetooth
v5.3
v5.2
Bus
PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Channels
1x512 GB
1x512 GB
Charge power
100 / 240 W
230 W
Charging port position
Left
Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery)
Yes
Yes
Clock
5600 MHz
6400 MHz
Coating
Matte
Matte
Colors
Black
Black
Contrast
N/A
-
Cooling system
Active
Active
Cores
8
6
DCI-P3 color gamut
69.3%
-
Dimensions
399 x 283 x 18.9-26.7 mm 15.71 x 11.14 x 0.74-1.05 inches
324.12 x 255.9 x 20.43-22.84 mm 12.76 x 10.07 x 0.8-0.9 inches
Display
-
1920 x 12002560 x 1440
-
1920 x 12002560 x 1600
DisplayPort
No
No
Dolby Atmos
Yes
No
Ethernet (RJ45)
Yes
No
FLOPS
14.9 TFLOPS
7.1 TFLOPS
Fabrication process
5 nm
8 nm
Fast charging
Yes
Yes
Fingerprint
No
No
GPU
GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop 8GBGeForce RTX 5060 Laptop 8GBGeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 8GB
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile 6GBGeForce RTX 4050 Mobile 6GBGeForce RTX 4060 Mobile 8GB
GPU base clock
N/A
1530 MHz
GPU boost clock
N/A
1740 MHz
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.1
HDR support
No
No
Infrared sensor
Optional
No
Integrated GPU
Radeon 780M
Radeon 760M
Key travel
1.7 mm
N/A
Keyboard type
Island
Island
L3 Cache
16 MB
16 MB
Liquid metal
No
Yes
Loudness
~74.5 dB
~79.6 dB
Material
Top: Aluminum Middle: Plastic Bottom: Plastic
Plastic
Max. ram size
64 GB
N/A
Memory bus
128 bit
128 bit
Memory size
8 GB
6 GB
Memory speed
~24 Gbps
12 Gbps
Memory type
GDDR7
GDDR6
Microphones
2
3
NVMe
Yes
Yes
Noise level (max. load)
32.5 dB
57 dB
Number of fans
2
2
Numpad
Yes
Yes
Nvidia Optimus
MUX
Yes, Advanced Optimus
Opening angle
180°
155°
Optical drive
No
No
PPI
126 ppi
162 ppi
Power
2x2W
2x2W
Proprietary charging port
Yes
Yes
RAM
-
16GB32GB64GB
-
16GB32GB
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs)
32
40
Refresh rate
144 Hz
120 Hz
Replaceable
No
No
Resolution
1920 x 1200 pixels
1920 x 1200 pixels
Response time
3 ms
7 ms
SD card reader
No
Yes
Screen-to-body ratio
~83.2%
~68.5%
Shading units (cores)
2560
2048
Side bezels
5.7 mm
11.3 mm
Size
15.0 x 9.9 cm
12.0 x 7.0 cm
Speakers
2.0
2.0
Storage
-
512GB1024GB2048GB
-
512GB1024GB2048GB
Storage type
SSD (M2)
SSD (M2)
Surface
Plastic
Plastic
Sync technology
G-Sync
G-Sync
TGP
115 W
80 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs)
80
64
Threads
16
12
Thunderbolt
No
Thunderbolt 4
Total slots
2
1
Touchscreen
No
No
Transformer
No
No
Turbo frequency
5.1 GHz
5 GHz
Type
DDR5
LPDDR5X
USB Type-C
2x USB 4.0
2x USB 3.2
USB-A
3x USB 3.2
3x USB 3.2
Upgradable
Yes
Yes
VGA
No
No
Vapor chamber
No
No
Webcam
Above the display
Above the display
Webcam resolution
1920 x 1080
1280 x 720
Weight
2.6 kg (5.73 lbs)
2.02 kg (4.45 lbs)
Weight of AC adapter
N/A
789 grams
Wi-Fi standard
v6E
v6E
Windows Precision
Yes
Yes
sRGB color space
100%
100%