The 16-inch Acer Swift Edge has received a major update at the specification level. The Taiwanese company has opted for the new Ryzen 7040 APUs from AMD, a generation that uses processors with up to 8 cores and 16 threads based on the architecture Zen 4and that have integrated GPUs Radeon RDNA3 (up to a 780M).
In terms of power, we have an important leap, both at the CPU and GPU level, and thanks to the fact that both components are integrated into the same package, the new 16-inch Acer Swift Edge can remain a very light and thin device. Its starting weight is, according to Acer, only 1.2 kilogramsmaking it a full-fledged ultraportable.
The letter U that accompanies the nomenclature of these APUs confirms that we are dealing with the low-power versions, a totally understandable high taking into account the weight of this laptop and its dimensions (257.6 x 245.9 x 13 mm). The panel that Acer has used in this equipment has a size of 16 inches, it is OLED type and has a resolution of 3,200 x 2,000 pixels. Its refresh rate is 120 Hz, and it reproduces 100% of the DCI-P3 color space.
In its high-end configuration, this ultraportable features a Ryzen 7 7840U APUs, which has 8 cores and 16 threads and features a Radeon 780M integrated GPU with 12 compute units (768 shaders). The rest of its specifications are completed with 16GB of LPDDR5 memory and a 1TB PCIe Gen4 SSD storage drive. It will support Wi-Fi 7, and we can configure it with up to 32 GB of memory.
Regarding connectivity, we know that it will have two USB 4 ports, two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C connectors, an HDMI 2.1 output and will have a 3.5mm jack for audio output and input, as well as a microSD card reader. It will come equipped with a frontal webcam with QHD resolution, it will have Bluetooth 5.x connectivity and it will come with Windows 11 as a pre-installed operating system. The price of the base model will be 1,199 euros, and will be available from July.
