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Size
15.6"
Operating System
Windows 11
Size
16"
Operating System
Windows 11
Our Verdict
Dell G15 (2022)
Acer Nitro V 16 (2024)
The Acer Nitro V 16 (2024) and the Dell G15 (2022) are both budget gaming laptops. The Acer is newer, and its 40-series NVIDIA GPUs support Frame Generation, which can significantly boost gaming performance in games that support it. Neither laptop is particularly quiet under load, but the Acer manages to stay substantially cooler, resulting in a more pleasant gaming experience if you use the built-in keyboard. However, the Dell does offer a higher-refresh rate display, making it the better choice for competitive gaming titles where, as the old adage goes, frames win games.
Variants
- G15 (G5520-6624) (Dark Shadow Gray - FHD/120Hz/i5/RTX 3050/16GB/512GB)
- G15 (G5520-7090) (Dark Shadow Gray - FHD/120Hz/i5/RTX 3050/16GB/512GB)
- G15 (G5520-7214W) (Dark Shadow Gray - FHD/120Hz/i5/RTX 3050/16GB/512GB)
- G15 (G5520-9510) (Dark Shadow Gray - FHD/120Hz/i5/RTX 3050/8GB/256GB)
- G15 (G5520-C7R8Y) (Dark Shadow Gray - FHD/120Hz/i5/RTX 3050/8GB/256GB)
- G15 (G5520-MC5F5) (Dark Shadow Gray - FHD/120Hz/i5/RTX 3050/8GB/512GB)
- G15 (G5520-17VDT) (Dark Shadow Gray - FHD/120Hz/i5/RTX 3050Ti/8GB/512GB)
- G15 (G5520-9TG18) (Dark Shadow Gray - FHD/120Hz/i7/RTX 3050/8GB/512GB)
- G15 (G5520-4125) (Dark Shadow Gray - FHD/120Hz/i7/RTX 3050Ti/16GB/512GB)
- G15 (G5520-2006) (Dark Shadow Gray - FHD/120Hz/i7/RTX 3050Ti/16GB/512GB)
- G15 (G5520-7778) (Dark Shadow Gray - FHD/120Hz/i7/RTX 3060/16GB/512GB)
- G15 (G5520-6778) (Dark Shadow Gray - FHD/120Hz/i7/RTX 3060/16GB/512GB)
- G15 (G5520-4132) (Dark Shadow Gray - FHD/120Hz/i7/RTX 3060/16GB/512GB)
- Nitro V 16 (ANV16-41-R2R4) (Obsidian Black - FHD/165Hz/Ryzen 5 8645HS/RTX 4050/8GB/512GB)
- Nitro V 16 (ANV16-41-R5J0) (Obsidian Black - FHD/165Hz/Ryzen 7 8845HS/RTX 4060/16GB/1TB)
- Nitro V 16 (ANV16-41-R5K2) (Obsidian Black - FHD/165Hz/Ryzen 7 8845HS/RTX 4060/16GB/1TB)
Main Differences for
School
School
Threshold
School
6.2
Full Comparison
Design
Style
Style Photo
Form Factor
Traditional (Clamshell)
Traditional (Clamshell)
Build Quality
6.5
7.5
Build Quality Photo
Hinge
6.5
8.1
Hinge Photo
Range
130°
155°
Stability
Good
Decent
One Finger Lift
No
Yes
Portability
5.4
5.7
Dimensions Photo
Size
15.6"
16"
Thickness
1.2" (3.0 cm)
1.2" (3.1 cm)
Width
14.0" (35.6 cm)
14.3" (36.3 cm)
Depth
10.7" (27.3 cm)
11.1" (28.1 cm)
Volume
177.9 in³ (2,915.6 cm³)
193.0 in³ (3,162.1 cm³)
Weight
5.6 lbs (2.5 kg)
5.4 lbs (2.5 kg)
Charger Size
21.1 in³ (346.5 cm³)
14.4 in³ (236.3 cm³)
Charger Weight
1.5 lbs (0.7 kg)
1.3 lbs (0.6 kg)
Serviceability
8.4
8.6
Internals Photo
Ease Of Access
8.5
8.0
RAM Slots
2
2
Storage Slots
1
2
Replaceable Battery
Yes
Yes
Replaceable Wireless Adapter
Yes
Yes
In The Box
In The Box Photo
Display
Screen Specs
Display Photo
Resolution
1920 x 1080
1920 x 1200
Aspect Ratio
16:9
16:10
Pixel Density
141 PPI
141 PPI
Panel Type
IPS
IPS
Touch Screen
No
No
Screen-To-Body Ratio
83%
79%
Refresh Rate
7.7
9.1
Motion Blur
Refresh Rate
120 Hz
165 Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
No
G-SYNC
Contrast
8.0
7.6
Contrast Photo
Native Contrast
1,749 : 1
1,515 : 1
Brightness
6.8
7.2
Maximum Brightness
283 cd/m²
324 cd/m²
Minimum Brightness
14 cd/m²
22 cd/m²
Reflections
7.3
7.3
Reflections Photo Off
Reflections Photo Max
Screen Finish
Matte
Matte
Total Reflections
5.05%
4.99%
Indirect Reflections
2.94%
3.59%
Calculated Direct Reflections
2.11%
1.81%
Black Uniformity
7.5
6.5
Black Uniformity Photo
Uniformity (Std. Dev.)
1.000%
1.633%
Horizontal Viewing Angle
6.4
Horizontal Viewing Angle Video
Horizontal Chroma Picture
Color Washout From Left
24°
Color Washout From Right
24°
Horizontal Hue Picture
Color Shift From Left
34°
Color Shift From Right
39°
Horizontal Lightness Picture
Brightness Loss From Left
26°
Brightness Loss From Right
27°
Black Level Raise From Left
60°
Black Level Raise From Right
60°
Gamma Shift From Left
23°
Gamma Shift From Right
24°
Vertical Viewing Angle
6.4
Vertical Viewing Angle Video
Vertical Chroma Picture
Color Washout From Below
25°
Color Washout From Above
25°
Vertical Hue Picture
Color Shift From Below
31°
Color Shift From Above
38°
Vertical Lightness Picture
Brightness Loss From Below
26°
Brightness Loss From Above
26°
Black Level Raise From Below
45°
Black Level Raise From Above
45°
Gamma Shift From Below
24°
Gamma Shift From Above
25°
Out-Of-The-Box Color Accuracy
6.9
9.4
White Balance Screencap
Gamma Curve Screencap
Color Screencap
Avg. White Balance dE
2.11
1.87
Avg. Gamma
2.17
2.31
Avg. Color dE
5
1.61
Avg. Color Temperature
6,544.5 K
6,834 K
Color Gamut
4.2
8.7
Gamut SDR
sRGB xy
66.81%
99.99%
sRGB uv
54.48%
99.97%
Adobe RGB xy
49.74%
79.51%
Adobe RGB uv
47.19%
88.56%
Gamut HDR
DCI-P3 xy
49.46%
80.97%
DCI-P3 uv
43.8%
85.71%
Rec. 2020 xy
35.48%
58.1%
Rec. 2020 uv
32%
62.5%
Flicker
10
10
Flicker Graph
Flicker-Free
Yes
Yes
Flicker Frequency
No Flicker
No Flicker
Flicker Active Below
0%
0%
Interface
Keyboard
7.8
7.4
Keyboard Photo
Typing Quality
7.5
7.0
Numpad
Yes
Yes
Backlighting
Adjustable
Adjustable
Key Switch Actuation Graph
Operating Force
61 gf
64 gf
Actuation Force
32 gf
40 gf
Pre-Travel
0.89 mm
1.15 mm
Total Travel
1.42 mm
1.42 mm
Touchpad
6.0
7.7
Touchpad Photo
Tracking Quality
6.0
7.5
Size
9.8 in² (63.0 cm²)
16.5 in² (106.7 cm²)
Material
Plastic
Plastic
Dedicated Buttons
No
No
Speakers
8.5
7.8
Frequency Response Plot
Max Volume
79 dB SPL
76 dB SPL
Standard Error @ Normal Vol. (65 dB)
4.5 dB
4.7 dB
Slope @ Normal Vol. (65 dB)
-1.3
-2.2
Bass Extension (Low-Frequency Ext.)
298 Hz
354 Hz
Treble Extension (High-Frequency Ext.)
11 kHz
17 kHz
Dynamic Range Compression @ Max Vol.
1.9 dB
1.5 dB
Webcam & Microphone
7.4
6.1
Webcam Video Sample
Video Quality
7.5
6.0
Resolution
720p
720p
Position
Top Center
Top Center
Privacy Cover
No
No
Face Unlock
No
No
Connectivity
Ports
7.5
7.0
Ports Photo
USB-A Ports
3
2
USB-C Ports
1
1
Thunderbolt
No
No
USB-C Charging
No
Yes
USB-C Display Out
Yes
Yes
HDMI
2.1
2.1
DisplayPort
No
No
3.5mm Jack
Combo mic/headphone
Combo mic/headphone
Card Reader
No
No
Ethernet
Yes
Yes
Proprietary Port
No
Acer Power Adapter Port
Security Lock
No
Yes
Wireless Communication
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
Bluetooth
5.2
5.2
Configuration
CPU
Brand
Intel
AMD
Model
Core i5-12500H
Ryzen 7 8845HS
Core Count
12
8
Thread Count
16
16
GPU
Brand
NVIDIA
NVIDIA
Model
GeForce RTX 3050
GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
Dedicated/Integrated
Dedicated
Dedicated
VRAM Size
4 GB
8 GB
GPU Total Graphics Power (TGP)
85W
RAM
Capacity
8 GB
16 GB
Modules
1
2
Type
DDR5
DDR5
Speed
4,800 MHz
5,600 MHz
Storage
Advertised Capacity
256 GB
1,000 GB
Usable Capacity
173 GB
952 GB
Drive 1
KIOXIA KBG40ZNS256G
SK Hynix HFS001TEJ9X110N
Drive 1 Type
SSD
SSD
Drive 2
No 2nd Drive
No 2nd Drive
Drive 2 Type
No 2nd Drive
No 2nd Drive
Performance
Geekbench 5 (Synthetics)
9.4
Geekbench Image
CPU Single-Thread
1,650 points
CPU Multi-Thread
8,500 points
GPU Compute
62,214 points
CPU/RAM Performance
7.5
Cinebench 2024 - Single Core
100 points
Cinebench 2024 - Multi Core
871 points
Geekbench 6 - Single Core
2,595
Geekbench 6 - Multi Core
12,023
Blender - CPU (Avg)
73 samples/min
PassMark PT - CPU Mark
30,788
PassMark PT - Memory Mark
2,883
PassMark PT - Memory Mark (Android)
N/A
Mozilla Kraken
387 ms
Cinebench R23 (CPU Rendering)
9.8
Cinebench R23 Photo
Single-Thread
1,725 points
Multi-Thread
13,810 points
Low Tier Graphics
8.1
Geekbench 6 - GPU Compute
97,590
Basemark Web 3.0
1,839
PassMark PT - 2D Mark
674
PassMark PT - 2D Mark (Android)
N/A
PassMark PT - 3D Mark
19,360
PassMark PT - 3D Mark (Android)
N/A
Novabench 5 - GPU
822.0
mprep - Stress My GPU
72,981
Blender (3D Rendering)
9.1
Blender Image
CPU Render Time
3.1 min
GPU Render Time
0.8 min
GPU Render Time (Optix)
23 s
High Tier Graphics
7.2
3DMark - Steel Nomad (DX12)
2,284
3DMark - Steel Nomad (Vulkan/Metal)
2,368
Basemark GPU (DX12)
126,310
Basemark GPU (Vulkan/Metal)
121,858
GFXBench - High Level Test (Vulkan/Metal)
7,365 Frames
Basemark GPU (Game Scene)
8.3
Basemark Image
Overall Score
61,241
Professional 3D (GPU Accelerated)
4.8
Blender - GPU (Avg)
1,199 samples/min
Cinebench 2024 - GPU
10,898 points
CPU-Intensive Game Performance
8.1
Civilization VII - AI
14.5 s/turn
Civilization VII - Graphics (Avg)
244.1 fps
Civilization VII - Graphics (1% Low)
120.5 fps
Total War: Warhammer III (Avg)
65.9 fps
Baldur's Gate 3 (Avg)
66.3 fps
Baldur's Gate 3 (1% Low)
50.9 fps
Previous Methodology Score
8.5
Previous Methodology Score Converted
8.0
GPU-Intensive Game Performance
6.7
Cyberpunk 2077 (Avg)
55.8 fps
Cyberpunk 2077 (Min)
48.5 fps
Assassin's Creed Shadows (Avg)
39 fps
Assassin's Creed Shadows (1% Low)
32 fps
GTA V (Avg)
100.8 fps
GTA V (1% Low)
62.1 fps
Black Myth: Wukong (Avg)
39 fps
Black Myth: Wukong (5% Low)
34 fps
Resident Evil 4 (Avg)
66.6 fps
Resident Evil 4 (1% Low)
47.4 fps
Previous Methodology Score
8.4
Previous Methodology Score Converted
6.8
Borderlands 3
5.9
Borderlands 3 Graph
Avg. FPS
55 fps
1% Low
30 fps
0.1% Low
14 fps
1% Low Delta
15 ms
0.1% Low Delta
52 ms
Avg. FPS On Very Low
119 fps
Ray Tracing Performance
4.6
Cyberpunk 2077 (Avg)
42.8 fps
Cyberpunk 2077 (Min)
38.1 fps
Assassin's Creed Shadows (Avg)
24 fps
Assassin's Creed Shadows (1% Low)
17 fps
Black Myth: Wukong (Avg)
25 fps
Black Myth: Wukong (5% Low)
21 fps
Civilization VI
7.9
Civilization VI Graph
Avg. FPS
84 fps
1% Low
57 fps
0.1% Low
55 fps
1% Low Delta
6 ms
0.1% Low Delta
6 ms
Avg. FPS On Minimum
178 fps
Avg. Turn Time
7.49 s
Storage Drive Performance
9.3
9.5
Storage Performance Image
Sequential Write Speed
959.3 MB/s
1,524.7 MB/s
Sequential Read Speed
2,143.9 MB/s
4,148.2 MB/s
Random Write Speed
173.7 MB/s
121.1 MB/s
Random Read Speed
61.2 MB/s
55.4 MB/s
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
9.4
CS:GO graph
Avg. FPS
219 fps
1% Low
124 fps
0.1% Low
78 fps
1% Low Delta
4 ms
0.1% Low Delta
8 ms
Avg. FPS On Low
285 fps
Battery
4.3
6.0
Capacity
56 Wh
59 Wh
Battery Life (Web Browsing)
4.7 hrs
6.1 hrs
Battery Life (Video Playback)
4.2 hrs
5.9 hrs
Battery Life (Gaming)
1.0 hrs
1.8 hrs
Charge Time
2.3 hrs
1.9 hrs
Counter-Strike 2
CS2 Graph
Avg. FPS
1% Low
0.1% Low
1% Low Delta
0.1% Low Delta
Avg. FPS On Low
Thermals And Noise
6.9
7.5
Keyboard Temps Picture
Keyboard Temp While Idle
32 °C (89 °F)
31 °C (89 °F)
Keyboard Temp Under Load
45 °C (113 °F)
39 °C (102 °F)
Fan Noise While Idle
26.0 dBA
25.0 dBA
Fan Noise Under Load
50.5 dBA
49.5 dBA
Power & Fan Control App
Yes
Yes
Shadow Of The Tomb Raider
7.5
SOTTR Graph
Avg. FPS
74 fps
1% Low
52 fps
0.1% Low
35 fps
1% Low Delta
6 ms
0.1% Low Delta
15 ms
Avg. FPS On Lowest
91 fps
Performance Over Time
9.2
9.7
Performance Over Time Graph
CPU Temp (Cinebench)
92 °C
73 °C
CPU Perf. Loss (Cinebench)
4% loss
0% loss
GPU Temp (Heaven)
69 °C
67 °C
GPU Perf. Loss (Heaven)
1% loss
1% loss
Additional Features And Software
Software
Operating System
Windows 11
Windows 11
Additional Software
Yes
Yes
Extra Features
Biometrics
No
No
RGB Illumination
No
No
Touch Pen Support
No Stylus Support
Secondary Display
No
No
Touch Pen
No
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