Acer Aspire E5-552G [E5-552G-T8ZP]

net benefit

Laptops on the AMD platform are undeservedly unpopular, so we will try to correct this unfortunate injustice and describe them in detail using the Acer Aspire E5-552G as an example. With a Full HD screen, 8 GB of RAM, 1 TB HDD and a discrete graphics card, this model costs about twenty percent less than similar performance solutions based on the Intel + NVIDIA bundle ($500 vs. $600). It is the more favorable price-to-configuration ratio that is the main advantage of AMD mobile platforms.

Honest quad core

The AMD A10-8700P has four physical processor cores, unlike the Intel Core i3, where there are only two real cores, and two more are virtual. In addition, compared to the same Core i3, which operate at a fixed frequency, the A10 processor can automatically overclock from 1.8 GHz to 3.2 GHz if only one core is loaded. And this is the right decision, because there are still many applications that are poorly parallelized. The disadvantage of the A10-8700P is that the power consumption is higher than that of the Core i3 (35 vs. 15 W), which negatively affects the battery life of the laptop. Although for 15-inch models, battery life is far from a decisive characteristic.

Radeon graphics card

The AMD Radeon R7 M360 discrete graphics card is almost a complete analogue of the NVIDIA GeForce 920M (the same 384 microcores, the same 64-bit memory bus). Games up to 2014 inclusive will pull without problems, but with newer ones, difficulties may arise. In this price category, unfortunately, you will not be able to find something more suitable for games. In general, if you do not have ideological prejudices against laptops based on AMD, you can save a lot by opting for the Acer Aspire E5-552G.