The Gigabyte Aero 5 is considerably pricier but offers high-end performance suitable for intensive tasks such as engineering, 3D modeling, machine learning, and gaming, owing to its powerful processor and advanced graphics. It also features a high-resolution OLED screen, which is great for creative professionals. However, it isn't very portable and has reduced battery life. The Jumper 14" Laptop, conversely, is more affordable and provides adequate performance for general use, with better battery life and portability, but it falls short for heavier computational tasks due to its less powerful processor and basic graphics. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the Gigabyte Aero 5
Good for general use
Very good for engineering and design
Good for gaming and AI
Good for software development
Very good for content creation
Very good overall display quality
Good overall build quality
Very good keyboard
Advantages of the Jumper 14" Laptop
Very good portability
Key differences
General Use
7.9/10
5.9/10
3840 x 2160
RESOLUTION
1920 x 1080
OLED
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
IPS
446.0 nits
DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS
220.0 nits
7.0 Hours
BATTERY LIFE
7.0 Hours
8.5/10
KEYBOARD QUALITY SCORE
6.0/10
6.7/10
PORTABILITY SCORE
8.8/10
The Gigabyte Aero 5 is good for general use, while the Jumper 14" Laptop is poor.
PerfectRec’s General Use Score takes into account the many different features of the laptop that make it more or less suitable for general productivity, web browsing, streaming, video calls, and running a wide variety of apps and programs.
Gaming and AI
7.9/10
5.7/10
8.3/10
OVERALL GPU SCORE
3.5/10
3840 x 2160
RESOLUTION
1920 x 1080
60Hz
REFRESH RATE
60Hz
Yes
SUPPORTS DLSS
No
No
MUX SWITCH / ADVANCED OPTIMUS
No
7.0/10
FAN NOISE SCORE
7.5/10
The Gigabyte Aero 5 is good for gaming and AI, while the Jumper 14" Laptop is poor.
The Gigabyte Aero 5 outperforms the Jumper 14" Laptop in gaming and 3D tasks primarily because it has a powerful Nvidia RTX 3070 Ti graphics processing unit (GPU) and a high-quality OLED screen, which are vital for graphically intensive applications and smooth visuals.
Engineering and Design
8.7/10
5.8/10
9.1/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
3.4/10
8.3/10
OVERALL GPU SCORE
3.5/10
16.0 GB
RAM
12.0 GB
The Gigabyte Aero 5 is very good for engineering and design, while the Jumper 14" Laptop is poor.
The Gigabyte Aero 5 surpasses the Jumper 14" Laptop for engineering and design tasks due to its significantly more powerful Intel i7 processor, larger amount of RAM, high-end Nvidia RTX GPU, and superior OLED screen quality suited for detailed visual work.
Content Creation
8.2/10
6.1/10
9.1/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
3.4/10
3840 x 2160
RESOLUTION
1920 x 1080
16.0 GB
RAM
12.0 GB
OLED
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
IPS
The Gigabyte Aero 5 is very good for content creation, while the Jumper 14" Laptop is only fair.
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
7.9/10
6.2/10
9.1/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
3.4/10
16.0 GB
RAM
12.0 GB
3840 x 2160
RESOLUTION
1920 x 1080
8.5/10
KEYBOARD QUALITY SCORE
6.0/10
The Gigabyte Aero 5 is good for software development, while the Jumper 14" Laptop is only fair.
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
8.6/10
6.1/10
15.6in
SIZE
14.0in
3840 x 2160
RESOLUTION
1920 x 1080
OLED
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
IPS
60Hz
REFRESH RATE
60Hz
446.0 nits
BRIGHTNESS
220.0 nits
The Gigabyte Aero 5 has a better screen than the Jumper 14" Laptop for general use, gaming and AI, engineering and design, software development, and content creation.
The Gigabyte Aero 5 offers a high-resolution, bright display with a variety of panel types, ensuring sharp and vibrant visuals for day-to-day tasks and detailed work in engineering and design due to its wide color gamut coverage. However, for gaming and 3D applications, despite its resolution and panel quality, the Aero 5 disappoints with a lower refresh rate, which is crucial for smooth motion rendering. On the other hand, the Jumper 14" Laptop delivers a fair display experience, with decent resolution and brightness for general and engineering work, but like the Aero 5, it falls short for gaming and 3D due to an inadequate refresh rate.
Portability
Fair
Very Good
15.6in
SIZE
14.0in
5.0 lbs
WEIGHT
2.7 lbs
1.0in
THICKNESS
0.6in
The Jumper 14" Laptop has very good portability, while the Gigabyte Aero 5 has only fair portability.
The most portable laptops are small, thin, and light.
Build Quality
7.8/10
5.1/10
The Gigabyte Aero 5 has good build quality, while the Jumper 14" Laptop has poor build quality.
PerfectRec’s Build Quality Score incorporates case materials, display and keyboard flex, hinge quality, and overall reliability.
Cost
$1,250
$240
$0
$500
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
The Gigabyte Aero 5 has a price of $1,250 and the Jumper 14" Laptop costs $240.
"It is unfortunate that the Gigabyte AERO notebook series have seem to lost its charm, as it’s not exactly any much different from the AORUS series now. Regardless, content creators and designers will certainly still appreciate the features on the AERO 5 XE4, which are fundamental to their work. This largely revolved around the notebook’s display, which is colour calibrated and validated, high resolution (4K) and with great AMOLED colour representation. Now that the AERO 5 XE4 has improved its performance with the latest CPU and GPU, the professionals can also appreciate the improved productivity from the notebook."
"For the vast majority of people looking for a beautiful, affordable, and portable laptop, the Jumper EZbook S5 is a perfect choice. It’s surprisingly capable of things like web browsing, Office, webmail, and beyond. The experience offers a few compromises when it comes to more intensive tasks, but for college students looking to save money, or someone looking to buy their kid a basic daily-use laptop, this is truly one great option."
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About Gigabyte
Gigabyte is a Taiwanese computer hardware manufacturer. While Gigabyte mainly focuses its business on desktop hardware, Gigabyte is known for its value-oriented G series laptops, thin and light Aero series, and performance-oriented Aorus series. Gigabyte laptops offer a strong value proposition to compete with mainstream alternatives.
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