Dell 14 (2026) vs Acer Swift Air 14 (SFA14-I31)
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Review
Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of the Dell 14 (2026)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 32GB)
- Provides 14% higher max. screen brightness: 400 vs 350 nits
Advantages of the Acer Swift Air 14 (SFA14-I31)
- Higher screen refresh rate: 120 versus 60 Hz
- Easier to carry: weighs 210 grams less (around 0.46 lbs)
- Features a much bigger (~71%) battery – 70 against 41 watt-hours
- Around 35% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Can run popular games at about 8-11% higher FPS
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.4 kg (3.09 lbs) | 1.19 kg (2.62 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 313.3 x 222 x 14.3-17.7 mm 12.33 x 8.74 x 0.56-0.7 inches |
313.99 x 222.65 x 13.3 mm 12.36 x 8.77 x 0.52 inches |
| Area | 696 cm2 (107.8 inches2) | 699 cm2 (108.4 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~81.7% | ~81.3% |
| Side bezels | 5.9 mm | 6.2 mm |
| Colors | Silver, Blue | Blue, Green, Pink, Purple |
| Material | Plastic | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| PPI | 162 ppi | 162 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | - |
| Ambient light sensor | No | - |
| Contrast | 1000:1 | - |
| sRGB color space | - | 100% |
| Response time | 35 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | 11.25 V | - |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 65 W | 100 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 219 grams | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 3.6 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.7 GHz | 4.8 GHz |
| Cores | 4 (1P + 3E) | 6 (3P + 3E) |
| Threads | 8 | 12 |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 740M | Radeon 840M |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 4 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| GPU base clock | 800 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 2500 MHz | 2900 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.3 TFLOPS | 1.5 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory speed | 5.6 Gbps | 7.5 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 256 | 256 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 16 | 16 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 8 | 8 |
| GPU performance | 1.3 TFLOPS | 1.5 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 88 | 109 |
| Solar Bay | 5023 | 6579 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x8 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 5600 MHz | 7500 MHz |
| Type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 2 | - |
| Max. ram size | 32 GB | - |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x128 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Realtek ALC3356B | - |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.3 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | No |
| Infrared sensor | No | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 1x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | No | No |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 1.4 | No |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | No | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Optional | Yes |
| Surface | Plastic | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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