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Updated Nov 6, 2026

Acer Swift 16″ Core Ultra 7 355 or Apple MacBook Air 13″ Apple M5?

MacBook Air 13″ Apple M5 costs $200 less today; Swift 16″ Core Ultra 7 355 has score 0.6 higher (8.8 vs. 8.2).

Acer wins 3by componentApple wins 1

  • 8.3Performance9.5
  • 9.3Memory and storage7.3
  • 8.8Screen8.0
  • 10.0Ports and how current it is6.3

Apple MacBook Air 13″ Apple M5 is $200 the cheaper

$1,299

today

No history yet

$1,099

today

No history yet

The comparison in detail

Score by component, side by side

Swift 16″ Core Ultra 7 355 wins on memory and storage and ports and how current it is; MacBook Air 13″ Apple M5 wins on performance.

  • 8.3Performance9.5 (wins)
  • 9.3 (wins)Memory and storage7.3
  • 8.8Screen8.0
  • 10.0 (wins)Ports and how current it is6.3

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Both prices over the last 30 days

First data point for one of the two: the chart appears as the days go by.

Still only a few days of data for both to read the trend; the chart fills in as the days go by.

Where is each one cheapest today?

Updated 06/11/2026

Spec sheet side by side

ItemSwift 16″ Core Ultra 7 355MacBook Air 13″ Apple M5
Performance
Processor changesCore Ultra 7Apple M5
Processor model changes355M5
RAM changes32 GB16 GB
Storage changes1,024 GB512 GB
Storage typeSSDSSD
Screen
Size changes16 polegadas13 polegadas
Resolution changesQHD3K
Screen type changesOLEDIPS
Connections
Wi-Fi generation changesnot listedWi-Fi 7
General
System changesWindowsnot listed
Model code changesWIN1112MP

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How we choose

Source: Amazon.com catalog, checked on 06/11/2026.

Lowest price seen for the product on Amazon.com, shipped to New York 10001, on the day it was read, before sales tax. The model is the brand plus the name of the laptop; the versions go in the table. The price range, the median and the position use only models with a score; the price comparison looks at models whose score is within 0.5 points.

The spec score doesn’t measure real-world performance or durability, and the strong or weak point reading is just a comparison of numbers, not a buying recommendation.