Acer Swift Go 16 (SFG16-61) vs Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2026) G835

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2026) G835 (87/100)

Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2026) G835 leads overall with a score of 87/100 compared to Acer Swift Go 16 (SFG16-61) (51/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2026) G835:
  • + Higher Gaming score (97 vs 11)
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (87 vs 51)
  • + Higher Performance score (94 vs 63)
Acer Swift Go 16 (SFG16-61)
Acer

Acer Swift Go 16 (SFG16-61)

51/100
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[ WINNER ]
Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2026) G835
ASUS

Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2026) G835

87/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Acer Swift Go 16 (SFG16-61) Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2026) G835
DeviceBenchmark Score 51.0 Below Average 87.0 Very Good WINNER
Gaming 11.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 63.0 Average 94.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift Go 16 (SFG16-61) Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2026) G835
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Charge power 100 W 450 W
Charging port position Left Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes Yes, 100 W
Fast charging Yes Yes
Replaceable No No
Weight of AC adapter 373 grams —
Full charging time — 1:30 hr

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift Go 16 (SFG16-61) Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2026) G835
Base frequency 2.0 GHz 2.7 GHz
Cores 6 (3P + 3E) 24 (8P + 16E)
Fabrication process 4 nm 3 nm
Integrated GPU Radeon 840M Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
L3 Cache 16 MB 36 MB
Threads 12 24
Turbo frequency 4.8 GHz 5.5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift Go 16 (SFG16-61) Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2026) G835
Area 888 cm2(137.7 inches2) 1189 cm2(184.3 inches2)
Colors Black Black
Cooling system Active Active
Dimensions 356 x 249.4 x 16.6 mm14.02 x 9.82 x 0.65 inches 399 x 298 x 23.5-35 mm15.71 x 11.73 x 0.93-1.38 inches
Liquid metal No Yes
Material Aluminum Top: AluminumMiddle: PlasticBottom: Plastic
Noise level (max. load) 52.3 dB —
Number of fans 2 3
Opening angle 180° 135°
Screen-to-body ratio ~83.6% ~79%
Side bezels 5.7 mm 5.7 mm
Transformer No No
Vapor chamber No Yes
Weight 1.5 kg (3.31 lbs) 3.7 kg (8.16 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift Go 16 (SFG16-61) Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2026) G835
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Bluetooth v5.4 v5.4
DisplayPort No No
Ethernet (RJ45) No Yes
Fingerprint Yes No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor Yes Yes
Optical drive No No
Proprietary charging port No Yes
SD card reader Yes No
Thunderbolt No Thunderbolt 5
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0 2x USB 4.0
USB-A 2x USB 3.2 3x USB 3.2
VGA No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 2560 x 1440 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard v7 v7

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift Go 16 (SFG16-61) Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2026) G835
Ambient light sensor No No
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Coating Matte Matte
HDR support No Yes, Dolby Vision
PPI 142 ppi 168 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 240 Hz
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels 2560 x 1600 pixels
Size 16 inches 18 inches
Sync technology No G-Sync
Touchscreen No No
Type IPS LCD Mini LED
Adobe RGB profile — 87.2%
Contrast — 7640:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
Response time — 3 ms
sRGB color space — 100%

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift Go 16 (SFG16-61) Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2026) G835
Blender GPU 113 8112
Solar Bay 6897 117972

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift Go 16 (SFG16-61) Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2026) G835
FLOPS 1.5 TFLOPS 42 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 400 MHz 975 MHz
GPU boost clock 2900 MHz —
GPU performance 1.5 TFLOPS 42 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared 16 GB
Memory speed 8 Gbps ~28 Gbps
Memory type LPDDR5X GDDR7
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 8 96
Shading units (cores) 256 7680
TGP 15 W 175 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 16 240
Memory bus — 256 bit
Nvidia Optimus — MUX

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift Go 16 (SFG16-61) Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2026) G835
Backlight Yes Yes
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad Yes Yes
Surface Plastic Glass
Windows Precision Yes Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift Go 16 (SFG16-61) Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2026) G835
Channels 2x8 GB 2x8 GB
Clock 8000 MHz 5600 MHz
Upgradable No Yes
Max. ram size — 128 GB
Total slots 1 2

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift Go 16 (SFG16-61) Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2026) G835
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Loudness ~83.7 dB —
Microphones 3 2
Speakers 2.0 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers)
Power — 4x2W

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift Go 16 (SFG16-61) Asus ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2026) G835
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes Yes
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)
Total slots 1 2

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