Acer Nitro 5 15 vs Dell Latitude 5430

PerfectRec’s Gaming and AI Score strongly emphasizes graphics processing capability, while also taking into account other factors that impact suitability for gaming and AI work.

The Acer Nitro 5 15 offers superior performance for engineering and design tasks due to its more powerful CPU, double the RAM, and a dedicated GPU, which greatly accelerates tasks like 3D rendering and complex calculations. On the other hand, the Dell Latitude 5430, while more portable and lighter, comes with a less powerful CPU and an integrated GPU, which may suffice for less intensive tasks but could slow down on heavier design workloads.

For general use, the Acer Nitro 5 15's display offers clearer, more vivid visuals with greater detail due to its resolution and panel type, which affect sharpness and color accuracy, compared to the Dell Latitude 5430 which has a less impressive display. In engineering and design, the Acer's coverage of color gamuts ensures a wider range of accurately represented colors, which is essential for detailed work, whereas the Dell's display may not reproduce colors as faithfully. For gaming and 3D applications, the Acer falls short because of its lower refresh rate, making motion less smooth, whereas even though the Dell also has a poor refresh rate, both suffer in providing the optimum experience for fast-paced visuals.

Battery life estimate is based on a mix of common use patterns. More portable and higher performing laptops tend to have less battery life.

The Acer Nitro 5 15 has more RAM, a higher performance CPU, and a dedicated graphics card which elevate its performance for general use compared to the Dell Latitude 5430 which has less RAM and relies on integrated graphics, but the Latitude offers increased portability and longer battery life, making it suitable for on-the-go use. While the Nitro 5's screen is larger and might provide a more immersive experience, the Dell's screen boasts a higher pixel density, which can result in sharper image quality, however, both feature good screen panels.

PerfectRec’s Content Creation Score takes into account the many different features of the laptop that make it more or less suitable for photo editing, video editing and other content creation tasks.

PerfectRec’s Software Development Score takes into account the many different features of the laptop that make it more or less suitable for software developers.

PerfectRec’s Build Quality Score incorporates case materials, display and keyboard flex, hinge quality, and overall reliability.