Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-42)
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Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-42)

Overall Score
42/100
GRADE D · Poor
[ EXPERT VERDICT · SUMMARY ]

Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-42) is an engineering-tested laptops achieving an overall rating of 42/100. It is positioned for balanced everyday compute and power efficiency.

Benchmark Performance Scores

Normalized 0–100 Scale
Gaming
28/100
Rating: Poor
NanoReview Score
42/100
Rating: Poor
Performance
52/100
Rating: Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications for Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-42)
Specification Value
Battery type Li-Ion
Charge power 330 W
Charging port position Bottom
Fast charging Yes

CPU

CPU specifications for Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-42)
Specification Value
Base frequency 3.2 GHz
Cores 8
Fabrication process 6 nm
Integrated GPU AMD Radeon 680M
L3 Cache 16 MB
Threads 16
Turbo frequency 4.7 GHz

Case

Case specifications for Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-42)
Specification Value
Area 1179 cm2(182.8 inches2)
Colors Black
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 400.5 x 294.5 x 27.9 mm15.77 x 11.59 x 1.1 inches
Material Plastic
Number of fans 2
Screen-to-body ratio ~69.9%
Side bezels 8.8 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 3 kg (6.62 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications for Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-42)
Specification Value
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v5.2
DisplayPort No
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes
Fingerprint No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor No
Optical drive No
Proprietary charging port Yes
SD card reader No
Thunderbolt No
USB Type-C 1x USB 4.0
USB-A 3x USB 3.2
VGA No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720
Wi-Fi standard v6E

Display

Display specifications for Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-42)
Specification Value
Ambient light sensor No
Aspect ratio 16:9
Coating Matte
HDR support No
PPI 127 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
Response time 3 ms
Size 17.3 inches
Sync technology FreeSync
Touchscreen No
Type IPS LCD

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications for Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-42)
Specification Value
Blender GPU 1435
Solar Bay 28355

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications for Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-42)
Specification Value
FLOPS 9.5 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 1463 MHz
GPU boost clock 1695 MHz
GPU performance 9.5 TFLOPS
Memory bus 128 bit
Memory size 4 GB
Memory speed 12 Gbps
Memory type GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48
Shading units (cores) 2560
TGP 95 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80

Input

Input specifications for Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-42)
Specification Value
Backlight Yes
Keyboard type Island
Numpad Yes
Surface Plastic
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications for Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-42)
Specification Value
Channels 1x8 GB
Clock 4800 MHz
Max. ram size 32 GB
Total slots 2
Upgradable Yes

Sound

Sound specifications for Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-42)
Specification Value
Dolby Atmos No
Speakers 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications for Acer Nitro 5 (AN517-42)
Specification Value
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)

Strengths & Limitations

Key Advantages

  • Comprehensive positive benchmark metrics recorded.

Key Considerations

  • No major hardware limitations flagged during benchmark run.

Direct Competitors & Alternatives

Methodology, Provenance & Verification

Score version 2026.1 · Data verified 2026-08-26 · Source: official manufacturer datasheets and standardized reproducible benchmark suites (Geekbench 6, Cinebench R24, 3DMark).

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