Acer Legend Edge 16 review: Performance review of Ryzen 7 7840U with built-in Ryzen AI engine

In this era of Internet of Everything, artificial intelligence has already penetrated into all walks of life. Almost all digital electronic products that we come into contact with in daily life have become intelligent. As an important productivity tool, PCs, in addition to improvements in hardware performance, The body and what needs to be rewritten are: except for the changes in the display, it seems to have nothing to do with AI. However, this does not mean that people do not need it. For example, AMD’s latest Ryzen 7040 series processors have built-in dedicated Ryzen AI engines. In terms of energy efficiency ratio optimization and efficient collaborative office, it has taken the lead in laying the foundation for the intelligent experience of X86 platform PCs, and has also played a guiding role in the future of artificial intelligence for PCs.

This year, AMD released a new generation of Ryzen 7040U series processors. This series includes four models, namely Ryzen 7 7840U, Ryzen 5 7640U, Ryzen 5 7540U and Ryzen 3 7440U. The TDP power consumption of these processors is between 15-30W, and they are mainly targeted at long-lasting, portable and thin notebook computers. The recently launched Acer Legend Edge 16 thin and light notebook is equipped with the Ryzen 7 7840U flagship processor. This processor uses a more advanced 4nm process and a new Zen4 architecture, with a maximum acceleration frequency of 5.1GHz. In addition, it also integrates an AMD Radeon 780M graphics card with performance comparable to that of a discrete graphics card. More importantly, this series of processors also brings the first Ryzen AI engine based on the X86 platform

As we all know, most artificial intelligence (AI) is built on data centers. The requirements for computer computing power, especially graphics computing power, are very high. This makes it impossible for personal terminals to build themselves. In the process of connecting to the cloud, there will also be restrictions on network speed, and there are concerns about the security of personal privacy. Ryzen AI implements intelligent technology on personal terminals, such as supporting Windows Studio Effects to enhance video calls. In this way, not only can an efficient and intelligent office experience be achieved, but the above risks can also be well avoided

Still in terms of video experience, Acer Legend Edge 16 is equipped with a 1440 QHD camera. With the support of Ryzen AI engine and Windows Studio Effects, it can greatly enhance the intelligent experience of video conferencing.

Users can experience it in the system's camera application, or click on the wireless network, speaker, and power icons in the task tray. You can see the "Studio Effect" in the pop-up display panel, and it will start after clicking in. Camera application.

In the studio effect panel, settings including background effects, eye contact, automatic framing and other settings are realized with the support of Ryzen AI engine, which makes video communication more efficient and focused, and also brings personality to the video. experience. However, this feature is only available on the AMD Ryzen 7040 series with a dedicated Ryzen AI engine.

It is precisely because of the Ryzen AI engine that our video conferences and various screen effects will be completed by an independent Ryzen AI engine without taking up the content that needs to be rewritten: the central More resources of the processor, GPU or system can run more smoothly when multitasking, which greatly improves office efficiency. It is no exaggeration to say that the next spring of the PC era will start with AI, and Ryzen AI has already been laid out in advance.

Next, let us continue to learn about the experience of using this Acer legendary Edge 16 notebook equipped with Ryzen 7 7840U processor.

Rewritten content: Appearance: Lightweight and portable, no burden for travel

The new Acer Legend Edge 16 continues the classic simple appearance design of the previous generation and can be well adapted to various business scenarios. The body is made of stronger magnesium-aluminum alloy material, which is 20% lighter than ordinary aluminum and twice as strong as ordinary aluminum. The whole machine is as light as 1.23kg and as thin as 12.95mm. It is light and easy to carry and will not bring any burden to business trips

The color of the C-side panel of the Acer Legend Edge 16 remains the same as the body, both obsidian black. There is a large touchpad in the middle of the palm rest, which feels very smooth and the positioning is very precise

The keys adopt a full-size, large-key pitch design, and also provide an independent digital key area. In terms of input experience, the key travel is large, the rebound is crisp, and the sense of paragraphing is strong, which can meet the needs of fast typing without making mistakes. In addition, the adjustable backlight design can also meet the needs of use under various ambient lights.

Interface refers to the connection point for communication and interaction between two systems or components. It defines the rules and formats for data transfer between systems. The interface can be a hardware interface, such as a USB interface, or a software interface, such as an API interface. Through interfaces, different systems can share data and interoperate functions. The design and implementation of interfaces are crucial to the stability and scalability of the system

Interface refers to the connection point for communication and interaction between two systems or components. It defines the rules and formats for data transfer between systems. The interface can be a hardware interface, such as a USB interface, or a software interface, such as an API interface. Through interfaces, different systems can share data and interoperate functions. The design and implementation of interfaces are crucial to the stability and scalability of the system. The left side of the Acer Legend Edge 16 provides dual USB4 Type-C high-speed interfaces, which refer to communication and interaction between two systems or components. Junction. It defines the rules and formats for data transfer between systems. The interface can be a hardware interface, such as a USB interface, or a software interface, such as an API interface. Through interfaces, different systems can share data and interoperate functions. The design and implementation of the interface are crucial to the stability and scalability of the system, and it does not hinder data transmission while connecting the power supply. In addition, there is an HDMI2.1 interface, which refers to the connection point for communication and interaction between two systems or components. It defines the rules and formats for data transfer between systems. The interface can be a hardware interface, such as a USB interface, or a software interface, such as an API interface. Through interfaces, different systems can share data and interoperate functions. The design and implementation of the interface are crucial to the stability and scalability of the system. A USB 3.2 Gen1 interface refers to the connection point for communication and interaction between two systems or components. It defines the rules and formats for data transfer between systems. The interface can be a hardware interface, such as a USB interface, or a software interface, such as an API interface. Through interfaces, different systems can share data and interoperate functions. The design and implementation of the interface are crucial to the stability and scalability of the system (supporting shutdown charging). Compared with the previous generation, the HDMI interface refers to the connection point for communication and interaction between two systems or components. It defines the rules and formats for data transfer between systems. The interface can be a hardware interface, such as a USB interface, or a software interface, such as an API interface. Through interfaces, different systems can share data and interoperate functions. The design and implementation of the interface are crucial to the stability and scalability of the system and the USB interface refers to the connection point for communication and interaction between two systems or components. It defines the rules and formats for data transfer between systems. The interface can be a hardware interface, such as a USB interface, or a software interface, such as an API interface. Through interfaces, different systems can share data and interoperate functions. The design and implementation of interfaces are crucial to the stability and scalability of the system.

There is a security keyhole and status indicator light on the right side of the fuselage. The interface refers to the connection point for communication and interaction between two systems or components. It defines the rules and formats for data transfer between systems. The interface can be a hardware interface, such as a USB interface, or a software interface, such as an API interface. Through interfaces, different systems can share data and interoperate functions. The design and implementation of the interface are crucial to the stability and scalability of the system. It provides 1 USB 3.2 Gen1, 1 3.5mm audio jack, and an additional MicroSD card slot. In such a slim body, Under the hood, it can also provide a fairly rich interface, which refers to the connection point for communication and interaction between two systems or components. It defines the rules and formats for data transfer between systems. The interface can be a hardware interface, such as a USB interface, or a software interface, such as an API interface. Through interfaces, different systems can share data and interoperate functions. The design and implementation of interfaces are crucial to the stability and scalability of the system, and are worthy of praise.

What needs to be rewritten is: display screen

What needs to be rewritten is: As for the display, the Acer Legend Edge 16 is equipped with a 16-inch OLED display with a narrow bezel design. The narrow bezel design brings a high screen-to-body ratio of 90.5% and a wider field of view. What needs to be rewritten is: the display resolution is 3200×2000, which can perfectly present the details of the picture. With a high refresh rate of 120Hz, a peak brightness of 400 nits, and VESA Display HDR 500 True Black certification, not only does it need to be rewritten: the display is not affected by ambient light. When running games or creating designs, higher The refresh rate also enables a smooth experience. It is worth mentioning that the bright color vision brought by the OLED display is more vivid than the traditional LCD, especially the light and dark contrast of the image, and the black is purer and cleaner. In addition, because OLED technology is more mature, some consumers no longer need to worry about issues such as screen burn-in. After all, OLED displays are already becoming popular.

Regarding what needs to be re-written: the quality of the display screen, we also used the Red Spider Color Calibrator to test the color gamut and color accuracy. The results show that 100% sRGB, 100% AdobeRGB, 96% P3, and 97% NTSC, the overall quality reaches or even exceeds the level of many professional monitors.

Hardware performance evaluation shows: high energy efficiency ratio has obvious advantages

The Acer Legend Edge 16 thin and light laptop reviewed in this article is equipped with the Ryzen 7 7840U processor in terms of hardware configuration, integrated Radeon 780M graphics card, and 16GB LPDDR5 6400MHz memory. It is an important part of the computer and is used for storage. and access data. It can be divided into main memory and auxiliary memory. Main memory is the directly accessed memory in the computer, including random access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM). Secondary storage is devices used for long-term storage of data, such as hard drives and solid-state drives. The size and speed of memory have an important impact on computer performance. Larger memory can hold more data, and faster memory can increase the speed of reading and writing data. Therefore, choosing the appropriate memory configuration is crucial to the running effect of the computer. 512GB PCIe 4.0 SSD, WiFi 6E wireless network, what needs to be rewritten is: the display is 16-inch OLED, WQXGA 3200x2000 resolution, 120Hz refresh rate. Pre-installed Windows 11 Home Edition system.

The motherboard BIOS driver during the evaluation was V1.09_AMD01, AMD software: Adrenalin Edition version number 23.9.3, driver version 31.022011.4008, Windows 11 system version 64-bit 22H2. In addition to battery life, other test items were connected to a 65W power adapter, 100% fully charged, and the system power supply was in the best performance mode (mute, balance, and performance can be switched through the Fn F shortcut keys). The ambient temperature during the test is 25°C

The content that needs to be rewritten is: Central Processing Unit

AMD Ryzen’s U-series processors are mainly targeted at the thin and light laptop market, and their thermal design power consumption is between 15W and 30W. The 7040 series, codenamed "Phoenix", uses a more advanced 4nm process and a new Zen4 architecture. Compared with the previous generation Ryzen 7 6800U, in addition to changes in process and architecture, the new processor still maintains an 8-core and 16-thread design. The base frequency has been increased by 0.6GHz, and the maximum clock frequency has been increased by 0.4GHz. The L3 cache is still 16MB. But in terms of integrated graphics, it has been upgraded to the Radeon 780M graphics card with RDNA3 architecture. The number of GPU cores is 12 and the acceleration frequency has reached 2.7GHz. Compared with the previous generation 680M graphics card, the frequency has been increased by 0.5GHz, making it the most powerful integrated graphics card currently

The content that needs to be rewritten is: CPU-Z can display the Ryzen 7 7840U processor information more completely.

Let’s take a look at its power consumption performance on the Acer Legend Edge 16. The FPU test project of AIDA64 needs to be rewritten as follows: the central processor package power consumption is 18W and the temperature is 58°C. In fact, the distance is 15- With 30W of configurable power consumption, there is still room to further release performance, but considering the significant optimization of the energy efficiency ratio of the Ryzen 7 7840U processor, it can satisfy daily office work without pressure.

3DMark needs to be rewritten: CPU test

This test can evaluate what needs to be rewritten: central processor threads, and gives single-threaded and multi-threaded scores for comparison. The results show that the maximum thread score of Ryzen 7 7840U reaches 5816.

CINEBENCH

In the Cinebench test, we mainly tested the running scores of R23, with a single-core score of 1749 pts and a multi-core score of 12682 pts. Compared with Ryzen 7 6800U, the single-core score is 20% higher and the multi-core score is 23% higher.

Geekbench 6 Test

In the Geekbench 6 test, the Ryzen 7 7840U achieved a single-core score of 2442 and a multi-core score of 10595. Compared with the previous generation Ryzen 7 6800U processor, the single-core and multi-core performance has improved by more than 30%, which is quite good.

In terms of GPU, the Radeon 780M graphics card equipped with the Ryzen 7040 series processors adopts the new RDNA3 architecture and has a core frequency of 2700MHz. Its performance is not only the most powerful integrated graphics card at present, but also comparable to entry-level independent graphics cards. It can smoothly run online games such as League of Legends and Overwatch, as well as chicken-fighting, CSGO, and even large-scale 3A games such as Tomb Raider. It can run without any pressure by adjusting the settings appropriately.

Please check its theoretical test results on 3DMark. In the Time Spy test, the graphics card scored 2267 and the overall score was 2510

In the Fire Strike test, the graphics card scored 6701 and the overall score was 6268

The launch of the Ryzen 7040 series processors has undoubtedly brought about performance improvements and also improved the user experience. The processor is equipped with Radeon 780M graphics card, intelligent AI engine, and built-in Microsoft Pluton security protection. Whether it is in office, study, creation and other applications, or in games, AI drawing, etc., it can provide a better experience

Memory is an important part of the computer and is used to store and access data. It can be divided into main memory and auxiliary memory. Main memory is the directly accessed memory in the computer, including random access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM). Secondary storage is devices used for long-term storage of data, such as hard drives and solid-state drives. The size and speed of memory have an important impact on computer performance. Larger memory can hold more data, and faster memory can increase the speed of reading and writing data. Therefore, choosing the appropriate memory configuration is crucial to the performance of your computer

The Acer Legend Edge 16 is equipped with 16GB LPDDR5 Onboard memory is an important part of the computer and is used to store and access data. It can be divided into main memory and auxiliary memory. Main memory is the directly accessed memory in the computer, including random access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM). Secondary storage is devices used for long-term storage of data, such as hard drives and solid-state drives. The size and speed of memory have an important impact on computer performance. Larger memory can hold more data, and faster memory can increase the speed of reading and writing data. Therefore, choosing an appropriate memory configuration is crucial to the performance of the computer. Daily multi-tasking office and learning applications can run smoothly without lag. Performance-wise, memory using AIDA64 is an important part of your computer and is used to store and access data. It can be divided into main memory and auxiliary memory. Main memory is the directly accessed memory in the computer, including random access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM). Secondary storage is devices used for long-term storage of data, such as hard drives and solid-state drives. The size and speed of memory have an important impact on computer performance. Larger memory can hold more data, and faster memory can increase the speed of reading and writing data. Therefore, choosing the appropriate memory configuration is crucial to the performance of the computer. The test showed a read speed of 50385 MB/s, a write speed of 91946 MB/s, and a latency of 114.7ns.

Hard disk storage refers to the technology of using hard disk as data storage medium. A hard drive is a common computer storage device that uses magnetic materials to store and retrieve data. Hard disk storage has large capacity, fast read and write speeds and low cost, so it is widely used in personal computers, servers and other data storage devices. Hard drive storage can store various types of data, including documents, photos, audio and video files, etc. With the development of technology, the capacity of hard disk storage continues to increase, and faster and more reliable hard disk storage technologies have also emerged, such as solid state drives (SSD). Hard drive storage plays an important role in the computer and information technology fields, providing reliable solutions for data preservation and access

Hard disk storage refers to the technology of using hard disk as data storage medium. A hard drive is a common computer storage device that uses magnetic materials to store and retrieve data. Hard disk storage has large capacity, fast read and write speeds and low cost, so it is widely used in personal computers, servers and other data storage devices. Hard drive storage can store various types of data, including documents, photos, audio and video files, etc. With the development of technology, the capacity of hard disk storage continues to increase, and faster and more reliable hard disk storage technologies have also emerged, such as solid state drives (SSD). Hard drive storage plays an important role in the computer and information technology fields, providing reliable solutions for data preservation and access. The solid state from SKHynix has a capacity of 512GB and supports PCIe 4.0. In addition, this notebook also reserves an SSD expansion slot, which can be installed later when larger capacity is needed.

In terms of performance, using CrystalDiskMark for testing, the sequential read speed is 7160.33 MB/s and the write speed is 5007.34 MB/s, which can meet the needs of daily large file data transmission.

Battery life

Let’s continue to take a look at the battery life of the entire machine. It is precisely thanks to the high energy efficiency ratio of AMD Ryzen 7040 series processors that today's laptops can be made slimmer. Especially thin and light laptops not only test the heat dissipation of the body, but also affect the battery life. It's also a test. Acer's legendary Edge 16 has a built-in 54Wh battery that takes up nearly half of the space in the entire body, but it does look very thin. What about its battery life?

The Acer Legend Edge 16 also comes with a 65W Type-C interface refers to the connection point for communication and interaction between two systems or components. It defines the rules and formats for data transfer between systems. The interface can be a hardware interface, such as a USB interface, or a software interface, such as an API interface. Through interfaces, different systems can share data and interoperate functions. The design and implementation of the interface are critical to the stability and scalability of the system's portable power adapter, enabling fast charging. At 100% full power, the settings that need to be rewritten are: display brightness is 60%, system power mode is optimal energy efficiency, AMD Software is set to power saving mode, wireless network and Bluetooth connections are maintained, and PCMark 10 is run Office scene mode, finally got 9 hours and 5 minutes of battery life. You know, Acer's legendary Edge 16 is also equipped with a 16-inch OLED display, which is enough to prove the power of the Ryzen 7 7840U processor in terms of energy efficiency ratio.

Evaluation summary:

Equipped with the AMD Ryzen 7040 series processors with built-in Ryzen AI engine, it can be said to be a technological revolution for personal computers. Especially with the current booming development of technologies such as artificial intelligence and generative AI, AI engines with local chip support will undoubtedly play an important role. For example, the Windows Studio Effects we are now experiencing not only brings personalized video visual effects to users, but more importantly, improves the experience of collaboration, efficiency, focus, and security. These are innovations that were previously unachievable on personal computers.

On the other hand, the Ryzen 7040 series processors use 4nm manufacturing technology and Zen4 architecture. By optimizing the energy efficiency ratio, they not only make the product thinner and lighter, but also provide ultra-long battery life. Users can complete more work on a laptop, such as browsing, document editing, creative design, and even gaming

In addition to the Acer Legend Edge 16, there are more new products equipped with AMD Ryzen 7040 series processors that have been launched or will be launched soon. These laptops have advanced artificial intelligence AI technology and have entered our lives

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