Acer Aspire 5 (A515-56)

laptop 2020 15.6" dGPU โฑ ~5h โš–๏ธ 1.65 kg โš–๏ธ slight imbalance
LB Score
59
out of 100
Fit for you
67/100
โœš Strong: fit_value โš  Weak: fit_reliability
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Related resources

CPU
70
GPU
55
GeForce MX450
RAM max
16 GB
DDR4
Battery
48 Wh
~5h
Price
~$339
estimate
Age
6 years
2020
๐Ÿ“ Our review

Acer Aspire 5 (A515-56) review

Acer Aspire 5 (A515-56) โ€” from 2020, 1.65 kg, performance 54.

LB Score
59
/100
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๐Ÿ“Œ Quick verdict

Overall score 59/100. Strongest suit โ€” Photo & design (89), weakest โ€” Engineering CAD (46).

โœ“ Strengths

Photo & design (89) ยท Value (83)

๐Ÿ’ฐ Price trend

$900 $595 $289 2020: $900 2020 2021: $765 2022: $650 2023: $553 2024: $470 2025: $399 2026: $339 2026 2027: $289 (forecast) 2027
๐Ÿ“‰ Loses ~$94/year (10%). Dashed segment is a model forecast, not observed listings.

Specs in context

LB Score 59
CPU score 70 High tier
GPU score 55 Mainstream tier
RAM max 16 GB Comfort
Weight 1.65 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
Laptopโ‰ˆ
Release year
2020โ‰ˆ
Screen size
15.6"
Resolution
1366x768
Panel type
ips
Color gamut (sRGB)
100%~
Processor
Intel Pentium Gold 7505 , Intel Core i3 1115G4 , Intel Core i5 1135G7 , Intel Core i7 1165G7
Graphics
GeForce MX450 2GB , Radeon Graphics , GeForce RTX 2050
RAM (max)
16 GB DDR4โ‰ˆ
Weight
1.65 kg
Ports
4
Backlit keyboard
โœ“
Webcam
โœ“
TPM (security)
โœ“
Battery
48 Wh

Performance metrics

Performance 54
Portability 51
Light office 63
Gaming 47
Creative 53
Energy efficiency 78
Connectivity 65
Value 83
Color accuracy โ€”

Graphics (3 discrete + 0 integrated)

GeForce MX450 (dGPU)
2 GB ยท GDDR5, GDDR6
CUDA 7.5
45
Radeon Graphics (dGPU)
? GB ยท System Shared
46
GeForce RTX 2050 (dGPU)
4 GB ยท GDDR6
CUDA 8.6 DLSS
55

๐ŸŽฎ Gaming performance

FPS @ 1080p for the model's best GPU

Game Medium (1080p) High (1080p) Verdict
CS:GO โ€” ~240 โœ“ Comfortable
Overwatch โ€” ~240 โœ“ Comfortable
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown 264 195 โœ“ Comfortable
GTA V โ€” ~140 โœ“ Comfortable
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) โ€” ~140 โœ“ Comfortable
Valorant โ€” ~130 โœ“ Comfortable
Star Wars Squadrons 114 111 โœ“ Comfortable
Fortnite โ€” ~95 โœ“ Comfortable
Monster Hunter Stories 2 91 90 โœ“ Comfortable
Doom Eternal 87 โ€” โœ“ Comfortable
Ready or Not 86 75 โœ“ Comfortable
Counter-Strike 2 โ€” ~74 โœ“ Comfortable
Grand Theft Auto V โ€” 74 โœ“ Comfortable
Vampire Bloodhunt 78 73 โœ“ Comfortable
Dota 2 โ€” 71 โœ“ Comfortable
Battlefield 5 โ€” ~70 โœ“ Comfortable
Escape from Tarkov โ€” 70 โœ“ Comfortable
Forza Horizon 4 โ€” ~70 โœ“ Comfortable
The Finals 76 68 โœ“ Comfortable
Back 4 Blood 82 66 โœ“ Comfortable
F1 2021 106 66 โœ“ Comfortable
Rainbow Six Extraction 70 66 โœ“ Comfortable
Farming Simulator 22 89 63 โœ“ Comfortable
GRID Legends 70 61 โœ“ Comfortable
Hitman 3 68 59 โš  Playable
X-Plane 11.11 74 59 โš  Playable
Resident Evil Village 64 58 โš  Playable
The Witcher 3 โ€” ~58 โš  Playable
F1 22 60 55 โš  Playable
Gears Tactics 84 55 โš  Playable
Hunt Showdown 67 54 โš  Playable
Last Epoch 65 54 โš  Playable
Forza Horizon 5 62 53 โš  Playable
Ghostwire Tokyo 52 51 โš  Playable
Alan Wake Remastered 58 50 โš  Playable
Death Stranding 54 50 โš  Playable
F1 24 50 49 โš  Playable
Guardians of the Galaxy 48 47 โš  Playable
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt โ€” 47 โš  Playable
Counter-Strike 2 67 46 โš  Playable
Days Gone 49 45 โš  Playable
Atlas Fallen 52 43 โš  Playable
Far Cry 6 51 43 โš  Playable
Yakuza Like a Dragon 44 43 โš  Playable
Halo Infinite 55 41 โš  Playable
FIFA 23 47 40 โš  Playable
Diablo 4 43 39 โš  Playable
Elden Ring 43 39 โš  Playable
Mafia Definitive Edition 42 39 โš  Playable
Watch Dogs Legion 46 39 โš  Playable
Palworld 48 38 โš  Playable
Riders Republic 49 38 โš  Playable
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 59 38 โš  Playable
F1 23 51 37 โš  Playable
Far Cry 5 39 35 โš  Playable
High On Life 41 35 โš  Playable
Metro Exodus โ€” ~35 โš  Playable
The Callisto Protocol 35 โ€” โš  Playable
Outriders 35 34 โš  Playable
Sons of the Forest 36 34 โš  Playable
Skull & Bones 47 33 โš  Playable
Armored Core 6 36 32 โš  Playable
Elex 2 37 32 โš  Playable
God of War Ragnarรถk 34 32 โš  Playable
Serious Sam 4 43 32 โš  Playable
Spider-Man Miles Morales 42 32 โš  Playable
Dead Island 2 46 31 โš  Playable
Space Marine 2 31 31 โš  Playable
The Quarry 37 31 โš  Playable
Atomic Heart 49 30 โš  Playable
Baldur's Gate 3 33 30 โš  Playable
Deathloop 40 30 โš  Playable
Total War Pharaoh 50 30 โš  Playable
God of War 37 29 โœ— Low
Lies of P 33 29 โœ— Low
Need for Speed Unbound 54 28 โœ— Low
Company of Heroes 3 35 27 โœ— Low
Hogwarts Legacy 35 26 โœ— Low
Assassin's Creed Mirage 31 25 โœ— Low
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 37 25 โœ— Low
Crysis Remastered 65 25 โœ— Low
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 32 25 โœ— Low
Dying Light 2 29 24 โœ— Low
Enshrouded 30 24 โœ— Low
The Crew Motorfest 30 24 โœ— Low
A Plague Tale Requiem 26 21 โœ— Low
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 42 21 โœ— Low
Returnal 24 21 โœ— Low
Dead Space Remake 26 20 โœ— Low
EA Sports WRC 27 20 โœ— Low
Star Wars Jedi Survivor 22 20 โœ— Low
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 24 19 โœ— Low
Flight Simulator 2020 26 19 โœ— Low
Ghost of Tsushima 27 19 โœ— Low
Helldivers 2 19 19 โœ— Low
The Witcher 3 v4 46 19 โœ— Low
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 52 18 โœ— Low
Cyberpunk 2077 22 18 โœ— Low
Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart 19 18 โœ— Low
The Last of Us 24 18 โœ— Low
Immortals of Aveum โ€” 17 โœ— Low
Resident Evil 4 Remake 19 17 โœ— Low
Star Wars Outlaws 21 16 โœ— Low
Starfield 21 16 โœ— Low
Dragon's Dogma 2 โ€” 15 โœ— Low
Final Fantasy XVI 16 15 โœ— Low
Horizon Forbidden West 27 15 โœ— Low
Until Dawn 22 15 โœ— Low
Alan Wake 2 15 14 โœ— Low
Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection 22 13 โœ— Low
Avatar Frontiers of Pandora 17 12 โœ— Low
Lords of the Fallen 15 11 โœ— Low
Senua's Saga Hellblade 2 3 2 โœ— Low
๐Ÿ’ก 113 games in the database for this GPU. โœ“ playable (โ‰ฅ60 FPS), โš  medium (30-59), โœ— low (<30)~ โ€” estimated value (indirect estimation, no direct measurement for this GPU).

๐Ÿ’ป Software compatibility

Counter-Strike 2 โœ— Weak
CPU
140%
GPU
80%
RAM
200%
Grand Theft Auto V โœ“ Runs well
CPU
350%
GPU
999%
RAM
400%
Cyberpunk 2077 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
200%
GPU
184%
RAM
200%
Minecraft โœ“ Runs well
CPU
700%
GPU
552%
RAM
400%
Fortnite โœ“ Runs well
CPU
127%
GPU
345%
RAM
200%
Valorant โœ“ Runs well
CPU
467%
GPU
999%
RAM
400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt โœ“ Runs well
CPU
233%
GPU
221%
RAM
267%
Elden Ring โœ“ Runs well
CPU
127%
GPU
115%
RAM
133%
Red Dead Redemption 2 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
233%
GPU
197%
RAM
200%
Apex Legends โœ“ Runs well
CPU
127%
GPU
138%
RAM
267%
Hogwarts Legacy โœ“ Runs well
CPU
156%
GPU
184%
RAM
100%
Dota 2 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
467%
GPU
999%
RAM
400%
Baldur's Gate 3 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
127%
GPU
158%
RAM
200%
Starfield โœ— Weak
CPU
100%
GPU
80%
RAM
100%
Call of Duty: Warzone โœ“ Runs well
CPU
127%
GPU
158%
RAM
200%
League of Legends โœ“ Runs well
CPU
700%
GPU
999%
RAM
800%
Sims 4 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
467%
GPU
999%
RAM
400%
Helldivers 2 โœ— Weak
CPU
100%
GPU
85%
RAM
200%
Battlefield 5 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
156%
GPU
184%
RAM
200%
Far Cry 5 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
175%
GPU
251%
RAM
200%
Forza Horizon 4 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
200%
GPU
307%
RAM
200%
Forza Horizon 5 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
156%
GPU
158%
RAM
200%
Metro Exodus โœ“ Runs well
CPU
175%
GPU
178%
RAM
200%
Overwatch โœ“ Runs well
CPU
280%
GPU
999%
RAM
400%
PUBG: Battlegrounds โœ“ Runs well
CPU
175%
GPU
230%
RAM
200%
Resident Evil 4 Remake โœ“ Runs well
CPU
140%
GPU
135%
RAM
200%
Escape from Tarkov โœ“ Runs well
CPU
233%
GPU
221%
RAM
200%
God of War โœ“ Runs well
CPU
318%
GPU
230%
RAM
200%
Horizon Zero Dawn โœ“ Runs well
CPU
318%
GPU
184%
RAM
200%
Death Stranding โœ“ Runs well
CPU
280%
GPU
178%
RAM
200%
Control โœ“ Runs well
CPU
233%
GPU
184%
RAM
200%
Doom Eternal โœ“ Runs well
CPU
318%
GPU
276%
RAM
200%
Batman: Arkham Knight โœ“ Runs well
CPU
389%
GPU
276%
RAM
267%
Hitman 3 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
318%
GPU
276%
RAM
200%
Flight Simulator 2020 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
250%
GPU
221%
RAM
200%
Watch Dogs Legion โœ“ Runs well
CPU
250%
GPU
230%
RAM
200%
Borderlands 3 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
280%
GPU
197%
RAM
267%
Anno 1800 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
233%
GPU
276%
RAM
200%
Rainbow Six Siege โœ“ Runs well
CPU
583%
GPU
552%
RAM
267%
The Division 2 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
318%
GPU
221%
RAM
200%
Gears Tactics โœ“ Runs well
CPU
280%
GPU
368%
RAM
200%
Hunt Showdown โœ“ Runs well
CPU
250%
GPU
276%
RAM
267%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands โœ“ Runs well
CPU
233%
GPU
135%
RAM
200%
Mafia Definitive Edition โœ“ Runs well
CPU
318%
GPU
276%
RAM
267%
Days Gone โœ“ Runs well
CPU
318%
GPU
184%
RAM
200%
Ghostwire Tokyo โœ“ Runs well
CPU
167%
GPU
230%
RAM
133%
Returnal โœ“ Runs well
CPU
200%
GPU
138%
RAM
100%
Dying Light 2 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
233%
GPU
135%
RAM
200%
Resident Evil Village โœ“ Runs well
CPU
200%
GPU
158%
RAM
200%
The Callisto Protocol โœ“ Runs well
CPU
140%
GPU
138%
RAM
200%
Atomic Heart โœ“ Runs well
CPU
219%
GPU
230%
RAM
200%
Alan Wake 2 โœ— Weak
CPU
167%
GPU
85%
RAM
100%
Black Myth Wukong โœ“ Runs well
CPU
140%
GPU
230%
RAM
100%
Ghost of Tsushima โœ“ Runs well
CPU
140%
GPU
230%
RAM
200%
The Last of Us Part 1 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
140%
GPU
138%
RAM
100%
Diablo 4 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
318%
GPU
276%
RAM
200%
Spider-Man Miles Morales โœ“ Runs well
CPU
233%
GPU
276%
RAM
200%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor โœ“ Runs well
CPU
140%
GPU
100%
RAM
200%
Dead Space Remake โœ“ Runs well
CPU
219%
GPU
135%
RAM
200%
Lies of P โœ“ Runs well
CPU
200%
GPU
230%
RAM
200%
Sons of the Forest โœ“ Runs well
CPU
140%
GPU
120%
RAM
133%
Rise of the Tomb Raider โœ“ Runs well
CPU
467%
GPU
552%
RAM
400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider โœ“ Runs well
CPU
389%
GPU
276%
RAM
200%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey โœ“ Runs well
CPU
350%
GPU
276%
RAM
200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla โœ“ Runs well
CPU
200%
GPU
230%
RAM
200%
F1 24 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
389%
GPU
135%
RAM
200%
Need for Speed Heat โœ“ Runs well
CPU
200%
GPU
158%
RAM
200%
Civilization 6 โœ“ Runs well
CPU
467%
GPU
552%
RAM
400%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order โœ“ Runs well
CPU
389%
GPU
460%
RAM
200%

๐Ÿ”— Same series

4 models in the series.

2021
Acer Aspire 7 (A715-42G)
2020
Acer Aspire 5 (A514-54)
2021
Acer Aspire 5 (A515-45)
2022
Acer Aspire 5 (A515-57)

โ‰… Similar by specs

Similar performance profile across other series and brands.

Dell ยท 2018
Inspiron 3585
$ $243
cpuโ‰ˆ36, ramโ‰ˆ32
HP ยท 2021
255 G8
$ $345
cpuโ‰ˆ57, ramโ‰ˆ64
HP ยท 2019
14-dk1022wm
$ $236
cpuโ‰ˆ31, ramโ‰ˆ32
HP ยท 2020
15-dy2021nr
$ $402
cpuโ‰ˆ58, ramโ‰ˆ64

โ‰ˆ Similar class

Same lineage_class (how iconic the series is), other series.

Dell ยท 2018
Inspiron 15 5584
$ $242
Dell ยท 2022
Inspiron 16 5620
$ $604
HP ยท 2019
Pavilion 15-cs3153cl
$ $403
HP ยท 2020
Pavilion 14-dk1025wm
$ $279

Configuration options

Available model options ยท 19 variants across 6 categories

๐Ÿ–ฅ Displays (3)
1366 x 768 1920 x 1080 2560 x 1440 (QHD)
โš™ Processors (4)
Intel Pentium Gold 7505 Intel Core i3 1115G4 Intel Core i5 1135G7 Intel Core i7 1165G7
๐Ÿ”ฒ Memory (3)
8GB 12GB 16GB
๐Ÿ’พ Storage (5)
128GB 256GB 512GB 1024GB 1.024 TB SSD
๐ŸŽฎ Graphics (3)
GeForce MX450 2GB Radeon Graphics GeForce RTX 2050
๐Ÿ”‹ Batteries (1)
48 Wh

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