Acer Aspire 5 (A515-45)

laptop 2021 15.6" dGPU ⏱ ~5h ⚖️ 1.80 kg ⚖️ balanced
LB Score
63
out of 100
Fit for you
68/100
✚ Strong: fit_value ⚠ Weak: fit_reliability
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CPU
62
GPU
55
Radeon Graphics
RAM max
40 GB
DDR4
Battery
48 Wh
~5h
Price
~$399
estimate
Age
5 years
2021
📝 Our review

Acer Aspire 5 (A515-45) review

Acer Aspire 5 (A515-45) — from 2021, 1.8 kg, performance 61.

LB Score
63
/100
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📌 Quick verdict

Overall score 63/100. Strongest suit — Light office (84), weakest — Gaming (46).

✓ Strengths

Light office (84) · Energy efficiency (84)

💰 Price trend

$900 $620 $339 2021: $900 2021 2022: $765 2023: $650 2024: $553 2025: $470 2026: $399 2026 2027: $339 (forecast) 2027
📉 Loses ~$100/year (11%). Dashed segment is a model forecast, not observed listings.

Specs in context

LB Score 63
CPU score 62 Mainstream tier
GPU score 55 Mainstream tier
RAM max 40 GB Professional
Weight 1.80 kg Light tier
Battery 48 Wh Standard

Bars show where each spec sits on the site-wide level scale (same thresholds as the quick verdict). For weight, shorter bars mean a lighter laptop.

Full specifications

Brand
Acer
Series
Aspire
Type
Laptop≈
Release year
2021≈
Screen size
15.6"
Resolution
1920x1080
Panel type
ips
Color gamut (sRGB)
57%
Processor
AMD Ryzen 3 5300U , AMD Ryzen 5 5500U , AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Graphics
Radeon RX Vega 6 , Radeon Graphics , GeForce RTX 2050
RAM (max)
40 GB DDR4≈
Weight
1.80 kg
Ports
4
Backlit keyboard
✓
Webcam
✓
TPM (security)
✓
Battery
48 Wh

Performance metrics

Performance 59
Portability 46
Light office 84
Gaming 46
Creative 68
Energy efficiency 84
Connectivity 65
Value 71
Color accuracy 35

Graphics (2 discrete + 0 integrated)

Radeon Graphics (dGPU)
? GB · System Shared
46
GeForce RTX 2050 (dGPU)
4 GB · GDDR6
CUDA 8.6 DLSS
55

🎮 Gaming performance

FPS @ 1080p for the model's best GPU

Game Medium (1080p) High (1080p) Verdict
CS:GO — ~240 ✓ Comfortable
Overwatch — ~240 ✓ Comfortable
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown 264 195 ✓ Comfortable
GTA V — ~140 ✓ Comfortable
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) — ~140 ✓ Comfortable
Valorant — ~130 ✓ Comfortable
Star Wars Squadrons 114 111 ✓ Comfortable
Fortnite — ~95 ✓ Comfortable
Monster Hunter Stories 2 91 90 ✓ Comfortable
Doom Eternal 87 — ✓ Comfortable
Ready or Not 86 75 ✓ Comfortable
Counter-Strike 2 — ~74 ✓ Comfortable
Grand Theft Auto V — 74 ✓ Comfortable
Vampire Bloodhunt 78 73 ✓ Comfortable
Dota 2 — 71 ✓ Comfortable
Battlefield 5 — ~70 ✓ Comfortable
Escape from Tarkov — 70 ✓ Comfortable
Forza Horizon 4 — ~70 ✓ Comfortable
The Finals 76 68 ✓ Comfortable
Back 4 Blood 82 66 ✓ Comfortable
F1 2021 106 66 ✓ Comfortable
Rainbow Six Extraction 70 66 ✓ Comfortable
Farming Simulator 22 89 63 ✓ Comfortable
GRID Legends 70 61 ✓ Comfortable
Hitman 3 68 59 ⚠ Playable
X-Plane 11.11 74 59 ⚠ Playable
Resident Evil Village 64 58 ⚠ Playable
The Witcher 3 — ~58 ⚠ Playable
F1 22 60 55 ⚠ Playable
Gears Tactics 84 55 ⚠ Playable
Hunt Showdown 67 54 ⚠ Playable
Last Epoch 65 54 ⚠ Playable
Forza Horizon 5 62 53 ⚠ Playable
Ghostwire Tokyo 52 51 ⚠ Playable
Alan Wake Remastered 58 50 ⚠ Playable
Death Stranding 54 50 ⚠ Playable
F1 24 50 49 ⚠ Playable
Guardians of the Galaxy 48 47 ⚠ Playable
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — 47 ⚠ Playable
Counter-Strike 2 67 46 ⚠ Playable
Days Gone 49 45 ⚠ Playable
Atlas Fallen 52 43 ⚠ Playable
Far Cry 6 51 43 ⚠ Playable
Yakuza Like a Dragon 44 43 ⚠ Playable
Halo Infinite 55 41 ⚠ Playable
FIFA 23 47 40 ⚠ Playable
Diablo 4 43 39 ⚠ Playable
Elden Ring 43 39 ⚠ Playable
Mafia Definitive Edition 42 39 ⚠ Playable
Watch Dogs Legion 46 39 ⚠ Playable
Palworld 48 38 ⚠ Playable
Riders Republic 49 38 ⚠ Playable
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 59 38 ⚠ Playable
F1 23 51 37 ⚠ Playable
Far Cry 5 39 35 ⚠ Playable
High On Life 41 35 ⚠ Playable
Metro Exodus — ~35 ⚠ Playable
The Callisto Protocol 35 — ⚠ Playable
Outriders 35 34 ⚠ Playable
Sons of the Forest 36 34 ⚠ Playable
Skull & Bones 47 33 ⚠ Playable
Armored Core 6 36 32 ⚠ Playable
Elex 2 37 32 ⚠ Playable
God of War Ragnarök 34 32 ⚠ Playable
Serious Sam 4 43 32 ⚠ Playable
Spider-Man Miles Morales 42 32 ⚠ Playable
Dead Island 2 46 31 ⚠ Playable
Space Marine 2 31 31 ⚠ Playable
The Quarry 37 31 ⚠ Playable
Atomic Heart 49 30 ⚠ Playable
Baldur's Gate 3 33 30 ⚠ Playable
Deathloop 40 30 ⚠ Playable
Total War Pharaoh 50 30 ⚠ Playable
God of War 37 29 ✗ Low
Lies of P 33 29 ✗ Low
Need for Speed Unbound 54 28 ✗ Low
Company of Heroes 3 35 27 ✗ Low
Hogwarts Legacy 35 26 ✗ Low
Assassin's Creed Mirage 31 25 ✗ Low
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 37 25 ✗ Low
Crysis Remastered 65 25 ✗ Low
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 32 25 ✗ Low
Dying Light 2 29 24 ✗ Low
Enshrouded 30 24 ✗ Low
The Crew Motorfest 30 24 ✗ Low
A Plague Tale Requiem 26 21 ✗ Low
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 42 21 ✗ Low
Returnal 24 21 ✗ Low
Dead Space Remake 26 20 ✗ Low
EA Sports WRC 27 20 ✗ Low
Star Wars Jedi Survivor 22 20 ✗ Low
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 24 19 ✗ Low
Flight Simulator 2020 26 19 ✗ Low
Ghost of Tsushima 27 19 ✗ Low
Helldivers 2 19 19 ✗ Low
The Witcher 3 v4 46 19 ✗ Low
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 52 18 ✗ Low
Cyberpunk 2077 22 18 ✗ Low
Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart 19 18 ✗ Low
The Last of Us 24 18 ✗ Low
Immortals of Aveum — 17 ✗ Low
Resident Evil 4 Remake 19 17 ✗ Low
Star Wars Outlaws 21 16 ✗ Low
Starfield 21 16 ✗ Low
Dragon's Dogma 2 — 15 ✗ Low
Final Fantasy XVI 16 15 ✗ Low
Horizon Forbidden West 27 15 ✗ Low
Until Dawn 22 15 ✗ Low
Alan Wake 2 15 14 ✗ Low
Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection 22 13 ✗ Low
Avatar Frontiers of Pandora 17 12 ✗ Low
Lords of the Fallen 15 11 ✗ Low
Senua's Saga Hellblade 2 3 2 ✗ Low
💡 113 games in the database for this GPU. ✓ playable (≥60 FPS), ⚠ medium (30-59), ✗ low (<30)~ — estimated value (indirect estimation, no direct measurement for this GPU).

💻 Software compatibility

Counter-Strike 2 ✗ Weak
CPU
124%
GPU
80%
RAM
500%
Grand Theft Auto V ✓ Runs well
CPU
310%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
Cyberpunk 2077 ✓ Runs well
CPU
177%
GPU
184%
RAM
500%
Minecraft ✓ Runs well
CPU
620%
GPU
552%
RAM
999%
Fortnite ✓ Runs well
CPU
113%
GPU
345%
RAM
500%
Valorant ✓ Runs well
CPU
414%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt ✓ Runs well
CPU
207%
GPU
221%
RAM
667%
Elden Ring ✓ Runs well
CPU
113%
GPU
115%
RAM
333%
Red Dead Redemption 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
207%
GPU
197%
RAM
500%
Apex Legends ✓ Runs well
CPU
113%
GPU
138%
RAM
667%
Hogwarts Legacy ✓ Runs well
CPU
138%
GPU
184%
RAM
250%
Dota 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
414%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
Baldur's Gate 3 ✓ Runs well
CPU
113%
GPU
158%
RAM
500%
Starfield ✗ Weak
CPU
89%
GPU
80%
RAM
250%
Call of Duty: Warzone ✓ Runs well
CPU
113%
GPU
158%
RAM
500%
League of Legends ✓ Runs well
CPU
620%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
Sims 4 ✓ Runs well
CPU
414%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
Helldivers 2 ✗ Weak
CPU
89%
GPU
85%
RAM
500%
Battlefield 5 ✓ Runs well
CPU
138%
GPU
184%
RAM
500%
Far Cry 5 ✓ Runs well
CPU
155%
GPU
251%
RAM
500%
Forza Horizon 4 ✓ Runs well
CPU
177%
GPU
307%
RAM
500%
Forza Horizon 5 ✓ Runs well
CPU
138%
GPU
158%
RAM
500%
Metro Exodus ✓ Runs well
CPU
155%
GPU
178%
RAM
500%
Overwatch ✓ Runs well
CPU
248%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
PUBG: Battlegrounds ✓ Runs well
CPU
155%
GPU
230%
RAM
500%
Resident Evil 4 Remake ✓ Runs well
CPU
124%
GPU
135%
RAM
500%
Escape from Tarkov ✓ Runs well
CPU
207%
GPU
221%
RAM
500%
God of War ✓ Runs well
CPU
282%
GPU
230%
RAM
500%
Horizon Zero Dawn ✓ Runs well
CPU
282%
GPU
184%
RAM
500%
Death Stranding ✓ Runs well
CPU
248%
GPU
178%
RAM
500%
Control ✓ Runs well
CPU
207%
GPU
184%
RAM
500%
Doom Eternal ✓ Runs well
CPU
282%
GPU
276%
RAM
500%
Batman: Arkham Knight ✓ Runs well
CPU
345%
GPU
276%
RAM
667%
Hitman 3 ✓ Runs well
CPU
282%
GPU
276%
RAM
500%
Flight Simulator 2020 ✓ Runs well
CPU
222%
GPU
221%
RAM
500%
Watch Dogs Legion ✓ Runs well
CPU
222%
GPU
230%
RAM
500%
Borderlands 3 ✓ Runs well
CPU
248%
GPU
197%
RAM
667%
Anno 1800 ✓ Runs well
CPU
207%
GPU
276%
RAM
500%
Rainbow Six Siege ✓ Runs well
CPU
517%
GPU
552%
RAM
667%
The Division 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
282%
GPU
221%
RAM
500%
Gears Tactics ✓ Runs well
CPU
248%
GPU
368%
RAM
500%
Hunt Showdown ✓ Runs well
CPU
222%
GPU
276%
RAM
667%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands ✓ Runs well
CPU
207%
GPU
135%
RAM
500%
Mafia Definitive Edition ✓ Runs well
CPU
282%
GPU
276%
RAM
667%
Days Gone ✓ Runs well
CPU
282%
GPU
184%
RAM
500%
Ghostwire Tokyo ✓ Runs well
CPU
148%
GPU
230%
RAM
333%
Returnal ✓ Runs well
CPU
177%
GPU
138%
RAM
250%
Dying Light 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
207%
GPU
135%
RAM
500%
Resident Evil Village ✓ Runs well
CPU
177%
GPU
158%
RAM
500%
The Callisto Protocol ✓ Runs well
CPU
124%
GPU
138%
RAM
500%
Atomic Heart ✓ Runs well
CPU
194%
GPU
230%
RAM
500%
Alan Wake 2 ✗ Weak
CPU
148%
GPU
85%
RAM
250%
Black Myth Wukong ✓ Runs well
CPU
124%
GPU
230%
RAM
250%
Ghost of Tsushima ✓ Runs well
CPU
124%
GPU
230%
RAM
500%
The Last of Us Part 1 ✓ Runs well
CPU
124%
GPU
138%
RAM
250%
Diablo 4 ✓ Runs well
CPU
282%
GPU
276%
RAM
500%
Spider-Man Miles Morales ✓ Runs well
CPU
207%
GPU
276%
RAM
500%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor ✓ Runs well
CPU
124%
GPU
100%
RAM
500%
Dead Space Remake ✓ Runs well
CPU
194%
GPU
135%
RAM
500%
Lies of P ✓ Runs well
CPU
177%
GPU
230%
RAM
500%
Sons of the Forest ✓ Runs well
CPU
124%
GPU
120%
RAM
333%
Rise of the Tomb Raider ✓ Runs well
CPU
414%
GPU
552%
RAM
999%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider ✓ Runs well
CPU
345%
GPU
276%
RAM
500%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey ✓ Runs well
CPU
310%
GPU
276%
RAM
500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla ✓ Runs well
CPU
177%
GPU
230%
RAM
500%
F1 24 ✓ Runs well
CPU
345%
GPU
135%
RAM
500%
Need for Speed Heat ✓ Runs well
CPU
177%
GPU
158%
RAM
500%
Civilization 6 ✓ Runs well
CPU
414%
GPU
552%
RAM
999%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order ✓ Runs well
CPU
345%
GPU
460%
RAM
500%

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Configuration options

Available model options · 19 variants across 6 categories

⚙ Processors (3)
AMD Ryzen 3 5300U AMD Ryzen 5 5500U AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
🔲 Memory (6)
8GB 12GB 16GB 24GB 32GB 40GB
💾 Storage (4)
256GB 512GB 1024GB 1.024 TB SSD
🎮 Graphics (3)
Radeon RX Vega 6 Radeon Graphics GeForce RTX 2050
🔋 Batteries (1)
48 Wh
🖥 Displays (2)
1920 x 1080 (Full HD) 2560 x 1440 (QHD)

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