Acer's new Swift X 16 laptop is among the first to adopt AMD’s Ryzen 7040 chip series.
The PC is designed to be thin and light for a 16-inch Windows laptop. It’s scheduled to arrive in July with a midrange price starting at $1,249.
The Swift X 16 was designed to use AMD’s new HS-class CPUs in the 7040 series, which are meant for ultrathin laptops. These processors draw less power while promising cutting-edge performance, including over a dedicated AI-engine, and offering up to 30 hours of battery life.
Although the Ryzen chips come with built-in RDNA 3 integrated graphics, users can also configure the laptop with a dedicated GPU in the form of Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4050 or a 3050.
The other standout feature on the Swift X 16 is the support for an OLED panel with a 3,200-by-1,200 resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. However, customers will have to pay more for that; the default configuration seems to only feature a lower 2,560-by-1,600-resolution IPS LCD display.
At first glance, the product looks like a refresh of last year’s 16-inch Swift X laptop, which used Intel silicon. However, Acer says the upcoming Swift X 16 is “newly designed” for a chassis that measures 0.7 inches thick.
“It also comes packed with a TwinAir cooling system, a larger battery (at 76Wh), and all the vital connection ports for enhanced productivity,” the company added. “Video calls and streaming have never been better as the RTX laptop utilizes a 1080p FHD camera that uses Acer’s Temporal Noise Reduction (TNR) and its suite of AI technologies for clear and crisp videos.”
However, the Swift X 16 still packs some heft. The laptop weighs in at 4.18 pounds, and the sizable 16-inch screen makes it bigger than a typical ultraportable notebook. The laptop also supports two USB Type-C ports, HDMI 2.1, and microSD card slot, along with Wi-Fi 6E.
Although the product starts at $1,249, you’ll probably have to pay more to pack AMD’s 7040 series chip into the laptop. The lower configurations show the Swift X 16 can also come with AMD's Ryzen 7 7735H or Ryzen 5 7535H chips, which were built using older manufacturing technologies.
