The Acer Swift Go 14 is significantly less expensive than the Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023) and offers good portability with a lightweight design. It's ideal for general use, has a touchscreen, and a backlit keyboard. However, it's less powerful than the MacBook, which outperforms it in battery life, speaker and build quality, and has a higher quality display with better color accuracy and brightness, making it suitable for intensive tasks like 3D rendering, machine learning, and professional engineering. If you prioritize performance and can afford a premium price, the MacBook Pro is superior, but for everyday tasks and a tighter budget, the Acer Swift Go 14 is very capable. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the Acer Swift Go 14
Excellent portability
Advantages of the Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023)
Excellent for general use
Very good for engineering and design
Good for gaming and AI
Very good for software development
Excellent for content creation
Excellent overall display quality
Best in class overall build quality
Best in class battery life
Best in class speakers
Best in class keyboard
Key differences
General Use
7.7/10
9.1/10
1920 x 1200
RESOLUTION
3456 x 2234
IPS
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
Mini LED
300.0 nits
DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS
487.0 nits
8.0 Hours
BATTERY LIFE
17.5 Hours
8.0/10
KEYBOARD QUALITY SCORE
9.5/10
9.0/10
PORTABILITY SCORE
7.6/10
The Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023) is excellent for general use, while the Acer Swift Go 14 is good.
The Acer Swift Go 14 offers a solid balance for general use with a capable CPU, ample RAM, and a good IPS display that's touch-enabled, housed in a lightweight design with modest battery life, making it highly portable. In contrast, the Apple MacBook Pro 16 features a powerful CPU, more RAM, and a superior Mini LED display with higher resolution and brightness, along with exceptional battery life and superb build quality, though it is heavier and less portable, justifying its classification as very good for general use.
Gaming and AI
6.4/10
7.4/10
3.7/10
OVERALL GPU SCORE
5.8/10
1920 x 1200
RESOLUTION
3456 x 2234
60Hz
REFRESH RATE
120Hz
No
SUPPORTS DLSS
No
No
MUX SWITCH / ADVANCED OPTIMUS
No
8.7/10
FAN NOISE SCORE
8.7/10
The Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023) is good for gaming and AI, while the Acer Swift Go 14 is only fair.
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.
Engineering and Design
7.2/10
8.8/10
7.4/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
8.5/10
3.7/10
OVERALL GPU SCORE
5.8/10
16.0 GB
RAM
16.0 GB
The Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023) is very good for engineering and design, while the Acer Swift Go 14 is good.
The Acer Swift Go 14 offers a decent Intel CPU and integrated GPU, adequate for everyday engineering tasks, with a standard IPS screen that is bright enough and color-accurate for most design work, in a lightweight and thinner form factor for better portability. In contrast, the Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023) excels with its high-performance M2 Pro chip and GPU, a superior high-resolution Mini LED display with exceptional color accuracy and brightness, making it ideally suited for intensive engineering and design applications, but comes with increased weight and less portability.
Content Creation
7.6/10
9.1/10
7.4/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
8.5/10
1920 x 1200
RESOLUTION
3456 x 2234
16.0 GB
RAM
16.0 GB
IPS
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
Mini LED
The Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023) is excellent for content creation, while the Acer Swift Go 14 is good.
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.
Software Development
7.6/10
8.9/10
7.4/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
8.5/10
16.0 GB
RAM
16.0 GB
1920 x 1200
RESOLUTION
3456 x 2234
8.0/10
KEYBOARD QUALITY SCORE
9.5/10
The Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023) is very good for software development, while the Acer Swift Go 14 is good.
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.
Screen Quality
6.8/10
9.3/10
14.0in
SIZE
16.2in
1920 x 1200
RESOLUTION
3456 x 2234
IPS
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
Mini LED
60Hz
REFRESH RATE
120Hz
300.0 nits
BRIGHTNESS
487.0 nits
The Apple MacBook Pro 16 has a better screen than the Acer Swift Go 14 for general use, AI, engineering and design, content creation, and software development.
The Acer Swift Go 14's screen offers clear visuals and sufficient brightness for typical tasks, but it lacks the higher refresh rate desired for smooth 3D rendering and fast-paced gaming. The Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023) stands out with its high-resolution display and wide color gamut coverage, ensuring precise color representation for professional engineering and design work; however, like the Acer, it is not optimized for 3D due to a standard refresh rate. Both laptops are well-suited for everyday use and creative endeavors, but serious gamers or 3D designers may want to consider alternatives with faster screen refresh rates.
Battery
8.0 Hours
17.5 Hours
The Acer Swift Go 14 has 8 hours of battery life. The Apple MacBook Pro 16 has 17.5 hours of battery life.
Battery life estimate is based on a mix of common use patterns. More portable and higher performing laptops tend to have less battery life.
Portability
Excellent
Good
14.0in
SIZE
16.2in
2.7 lbs
WEIGHT
4.7 lbs
0.5in
THICKNESS
0.6in
The Acer Swift Go 14 has excellent portability, while the Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023) has good portability.
The most portable laptops are small, thin, and light.
Build Quality
7.4/10
10.0/10
The Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023) has best in class build quality, while the Acer Swift Go 14 has good build quality.
PerfectRec’s Build Quality Score incorporates case materials, display and keyboard flex, hinge quality, and overall reliability.
Cost
$793
$2,423
$0
$1,000
$2,000
$3,000
$4,000
The Acer Swift Go 14 has a price of $793 and the Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023) costs $2,423.
"The Acer Swift Go 14 is a surprising machine. Its performance, display, and battery life leave little to be desired from a device at this price. You might think it’d be cheaper given the “Go” in the name, or thinner given its close competition with thin-and-light laptops, but it manages to strike a decent enough balance between its capabilities and hardware to really stand out as an exceptional value."
"The Apple MacBook Pro 16 2023: M2 Max challenges GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. The new MacBook Pro 16 2023 with the M2 Max SoC is the most powerful laptop Apple has on sale right now. While we do not get the expected performance and efficiency improvements from completely new 3 nm chips, which we expected ahead of the launch, the 2023 model is still a solid update. The CPU of the M2 Max can be up to 20 % faster than the old model and we also see an advantage of 25-30 % for the GPU with 38 cores. However, both components also consume more power, so the efficiency did not change that much under maximum load."
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About Acer
Acer is a prominent Taiwanese electronics brand which makes a wide range of laptops, with multiple product lines catering to personal use, gaming, and business use. They are renowned for having exceptional value for money, as they frequently offer good specifications at a lower price than other manufacturers.
About Apple
Apple, an American technology company, is one of the world’s largest company in terms of market capitalization. Their MacBook laptops feature a slim, minimalistic design, class-leading battery life, and premium display and speaker quality. In 2020 Apple switched from using Intel processors to their own silicon chips which have excellent performance and efficiency. The macOS operating system is the second most widely used OS, after Windows.
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