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Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — Acer Nitro 16 AN16-42 outperforms the cheaper Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15.6 Inch FHD on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Acer Nitro 16 AN16-42 is 973 days newer than the cheaper Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15.6 Inch FHD.

Advantages of Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15.6 Inch FHD Gaming Laptop

  • Up to 16% cheaper than Acer Nitro 16 AN16-42 - £1339.00 vs £1589.99

Advantages of Acer Nitro 16 AN16-42 Gaming Laptop

  • Performs up to 67% better in No Man's Sky than Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15.6 Inch FHD - 135 vs 81 FPS
  • Up to 29% better value when playing No Man's Sky than Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15.6 Inch FHD - £11.78 vs £16.53 per FPS
This is a free version of No Man's Sky.
No Man's Sky

No Man's Sky

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra


FPS

81

60%

Value, £/FPS

£16.53/FPS

71%

Price, £

£1339

100%

Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15.6 Inch FHD Gaming Laptop - (Intel Core i5-12500H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti , 16GB, 1TB, Windows 11) - Onyx Grey

Buy for £1,339 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 79 minutes ago


FPS

135

100%

Value, £/FPS

£11.78/FPS

100%

Price, £

£1589.99

84%

FPS and Value Winner

Acer Nitro 16 AN16-42 Gaming Laptop - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS, 16GB, 512GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 8G, 16" WUXGA IPS 180Hz, Windows 11, Black

Buy for £1,589.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 77 minutes ago

Trending Games

Using the selected game parameters

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance

Full GPU Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Logo
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

4 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit

Pixel Fillrate

42.28 GPixel/s

52%

Texel Fillrate

67.65 GTexel/s

28%


NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile Logo
GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile

8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit

Pixel Fillrate

81.36 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

244.1 GTexel/s

100%

GPU Winner

CPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores

Full CPU Comparison

AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS Logo
Ryzen 9 8945HS

4.0 GHz | 8-core

Single-Core

2369

100%

Multi-Core

11570

100%

CPU Winner

Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15.6 Inch FHD Gaming Laptop Image

Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15.6 Inch FHD Gaming Laptop

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Acer Nitro 16 AN16-42 Gaming Laptop Image

Acer Nitro 16 AN16-42 Gaming Laptop

Mar 1st, 2022Release Date
Oct 29th, 2024
Core i5-12500CPURyzen 9 8945HS
GeForce RTX 3050 MobileGPUGeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
16 GBRAM16 GB
N/A StorageStorage512 GB SSD
1920x1080Resolution1920x1080
60 HzRefresh Rate
180 Hz
15.6"Screen Size16"

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