Acer Aspire 5vsMSI Summit E15

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Acer
Acer Aspire 5
Aspire 5

Quick Stats

The Acer Aspire 5 offers decent everyday performance but struggles with gaming due to thermals and frame drops frequently.
The Acer Aspire 5 boasts dramatically improved exterior build quality with a solid and premium feel overall.
The Acer Aspire 5's display is a major letdown with poor brightness and color accuracy.
The Acer Aspire 5 boasts a premium build with advanced features like fingerprint scanner and dual speaker setup.
MSI
MSI Summit E15
Summit E15

Quick Stats

The MSI Summit E15's performance is commendable, delivering great power and handling tasks smoothly overall always.
The MSI Summit E15's strongest aspect is its premium build quality, ensuring durability and sturdiness always.
The MSI Summit E15 features an exceptional 4K display with excellent color calibration and vibrant visuals overall.
The MSI Summit E15 features a lightweight aluminum chassis, advanced display, and convenient USB ports options available.
Key Differences

No significant specification differences found between these devices.

Rank
Acer Aspire 5
#713
MSI Summit E15
Winner
#708
Scores by Category
Rankings
Connectivity
Acer Aspire 5
#606
Winner
MSI Summit E15
#717
Display
Acer Aspire 5
#557
Winner
MSI Summit E15
#763
Performance
Acer Aspire 5
#578
MSI Summit E15
#364
Winner
Build
Acer Aspire 5
#365
Winner
MSI Summit E15
#795
Features
Acer Aspire 5
#174
Winner
MSI Summit E15
#806

Note: Lower rank number indicates a better position in category.

Specifications Comparison
Specification
Acer Acer Aspire 5
MSI MSI Summit E15
up to 40GB
up to 64GB
up to 8000GB SSD + up to 2000GB HDD
up to 16000GB SSD
Intel Core i7-1165G7
Intel Core i7-1185G7
NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR5, 25W)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q
1x 2280 M.2 NVMe slot See photo
1x M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 + 1x M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 See photo

Note: Highlighted specifications show differences between the two devices.

Pros and Cons

Acer Aspire 5

Strengths

Acer Aspire 5 has dramatically improved exterior build quality with a premium and sturdy feel.
The laptop's trackpad is respectable and the keyboard is essential for general productivity.
The fingerprint scanner is a great addition to the device.
The dual speaker stereo setup is loud enough to give you the immediate surrounding noise levels you would want.
Despite some thermal issues, the laptop still performs pretty well with day-to-day activities like web browsing, watching videos, or crunching up a word document.
It's one of the first mid-range laptops out there rocking intel's 12th gen hardware.
The battery life may be disappointing, but it's not unusable, and you'll get about eight hours on a single charge.

Weaknesses

No specific cons listed for this device

MSI Summit E15

Strengths

MSI has nailed it with the build quality of the E15, featuring an aluminium chassis with a carbon finish that contributes to a lightweight build.
The laptop comes with a 15.6 inches 4K screen, which is something to be amazed by, and the performance department of this machine is not all that bad either.
The tiger lake CPU paired with GTX 1650ti GPU results in great power and the battery life is relatively better on the full HD variants of this laptop.
The fans do a surprisingly good job at handling the thermals and I am quite satisfied with its performance, even when running intensive tasks like video editing or gaming.

Weaknesses

No specific cons listed for this device

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Acer Aspire 5

The Acer Aspire 5 is a mid-range laptop that impresses with its improved exterior build quality, feeling more premium and sturdy than its predecessors. The device boasts a respectable trackpad and keyboard, as well as essential features like a fingerprint scanner and dual speaker stereo setup. However, it falls short in terms of battery life and thermals, which continue to be issues despite minor improvements over the years. Despite this, the Aspire 5 delivers good performance, making it one of the first mid-range laptops with Intel's 12th gen hardware.

MSI Summit E15

The MSI Summit E15 is a premium business laptop that attempts to shake up the market with its wide range of features. Equipped with an Intel Tiger Lake i7 CPU, GTX 1650 Ti Max Q graphics, and a 4K non-touch display, this device promises impressive performance. The aluminum chassis and carbon finish contribute to a lightweight build, while the 15.6-inch screen boasts excellent color calibration and vibrant colors. But can it deliver on its promise?

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