Detailed Specs Comparison

Acer Nitro 50 (N50-610) vs. 2020 Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i

Here is a side by side comparison between Acer Nitro 50 (N50-610) and 2020 Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i specs including price, processors, memory, graphics, storage, ports, and more.

BY Evan Forrest April 24, 2023

Specs Comparison

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Key Features
What's new	10th Generation Intel Comet Lake Processors. Up to Intel® Core™ i7-10700 (8 cores/ 16 threads). Up to NVIDIA GeForce® RTX 2060 SUPER™ GPU, (8GB GDDR6). Up to 64GB dual-channel 2666MHz DDR4 memory. Up to 2 x 3TB 3.5” SATA Hard Drives. Up to 1 x 1TB PCIe Gen NVMe SSD. Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax/ac/a/b/g/n) Optional Built-in Wireless Charging Pad.	Intel® B460 Chipset. 10th Generation Intel Comet Lake Processors. Up to Intel Core i7-10700 8C/16T, 2.90 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W TDP . Up to NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2060 with 6GB GDDR6 VRAM. Up to AMD Radeon RX 5500 with 4GB GDDR6 VRAM. Up to 32GB 2933MHz DDR4 memory Up to 380W with 80 Plus Platinum PSU.

Availability	Acer Nitro 50 (N50-610)	2020 Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i
Released	2020	2020
Release Info	Announced on June 23, 2020.	Announced on April 16, 2020.
Pricing	$799.99 i5-10400 8GB 512GB M.2 GTX 1650 Wi-Fi 6 $799.99 i5-10400F 8GB 512GB M.2 GTX 1650 Wi-Fi 6 $899.99 i5-10400F 8GB 512GB M.2 GTX 1660 Wi-Fi 6 $1299.99 i5-10700 12GB 512GB M.2 GTX 2060 SUPER Wi-Fi 6
Applicable Models		Lenovo IdeaCentre G5 14IMB05 Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i 14IMB05 Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i (14L, 05)
Generations	2021 Acer Nitro 50 (N50-620) Compare 2020 Acer Nitro 50 (N50-610) Current 2018 Acer Nitro 50 (N50-600) Compare	2021 Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i Compare 2020 Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i Current

Acer Nitro 50 N50-610 10th Gen Price
	Acer Nitro 50 Gaming Desktop, 10th Gen Intel Core i5-10400F 6-Core Processor, GeForce GTX 1650, 8GB DDR4, 512GB NVMe M.2 SSD, Intel WiFi 6, Keyboard and Mouse, N50-610-UR14 By acer $599.99 Was: $799.99	See at Amazon
	acer Nitro 50 N50-656-UR12 Gaming Desktop \| Intel Core i5-14400F 10-Core Processor \| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 \| 16GB DDR5 5600MHz \| 1TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD \| Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 \| Windows 11 Home By acer $649.99 Was: $799.99	See at Amazon
	Acer Nitro 50 N50-656-UR15 Gaming Desktop \| Intel Core i5-14400F 10-Core Processor \| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 \| 16GB DDR5 5600MHz \| 1TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD \| Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 \| Windows 11 Home By acer $849.99 Was: $1,099.99	See at Amazon
Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5 Intel 10th Gen Price
	Lenovo IdeaCentre 5 27IMB05 F0FA003NUS All-in-One Computer - Intel Core i7 10th Gen i7-10700T Octa-core (8 Core) 2 GHz - 16 GB RAM DDR4 SDRAM - 1 TB HDD - 256 GB M.2 PCI Express NVMe SSD - 27" QHD By Lenovo $1,240.00	See at Amazon
	Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i - 2022 - Gaming Desktop - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 - Intel i5 12400-8GB RAM - 512GB SSD - Win 11 - Black - Mouse & Keyboard - Free 3-Month Xbox GamePass By Lenovo $845.00	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Legion 5 15IMH05H 81Y600TCUS 15.6" Gaming Notebook - Full HD - 1920 x 1080 - Intel Core i7 10th Gen i7-10750H Hexa-core (6 Core) 2.60 GHz - 16 GB Total RAM - 1 TB HDD - 512 GB SSD - Phantom By Lenovo $998.00	See at Amazon

Exterior	Acer Nitro 50 (N50-610)	2020 Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i
Size Comparison
Dimensions	15.19 x 15.43 x 6.89 (386 x 392 x 175 mm)	11.5” x 14.37” x 5.71” (292.2 x 365 x 145 mm)
Weight	22 lb (10 kg) Approximately.	Starting at 12.79 lbs (5.8 kg)
Colors	Black With dynamic contours and burning red LEDs.	Raven black
Keyboard and Trackpad	Standard Acer Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Standard Acer Wired Keyboard and Mouse	Lenovo Calliope Keyboard (USB connector), black Lenovo Calliope Mouse (USB connector), black No keyboard and mouse
Ports	Front 1 x USB-A USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps). 1 x USB-C USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps). 1 x Headphone Jack 1 x Microphone Jack Rear 2 x USB-A USB 2.0 (480 Mbps). 2 x USB-A USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps). 2 x USB-A USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps). 1 x RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet. 3 x Audio Jack 1 x Line-in, 1 x Line-out, and 1 x Microphone 3.5mm audio jack. 1 x Power Connection	Front 2 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps). 1 x USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), support data transfer and 5V@3A charging. 1 x Universal Audio Jack 1 x SD Card Reader Optional. Rear 4 x USB-A USB 2.0 (480 Mbps). 1 x HDMI 1.4b 1 x VGA 1 x RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet. 1 x Audio port Line-out audio port. 1 x Power Connection

Chasis	Acer Nitro 50 (N50-610)	2020 Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i
Form Factor	Tower (18L)	Tower (13.6 L)
Power Supply	500W 80+ Gold 87% Efficiency	310W 80+ Platinum 92% Efficiency 380W 80+ Platinum 92% Efficiency
Bays	2 x 3.5" disk bay	1 x 3.5" disk bay
Chasis Information		Cooling System (Fan & Cooler) 1 x front system fan Optinal. 1 x rear system fan

Internal Specs	Acer Nitro 50 (N50-610)	2020 Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i
Chipset	Intel® H470 Chipset	Intel® B460 Chipset
Processor	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400F 6C/12T, 2.90 → 4.30 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400 6C/12T, 2.90 → 4.30 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700F 8C/16T, 2.90 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700 8C/16T, 2.90 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10100 4C/8T, 3.60 → 4.30 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400 6C/12T, 2.90 → 4.30 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400F 6C/12T, 2.90 → 4.30 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700 8C/16T, 2.90 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700F 8C/16T, 2.90 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W
Integrated Graphics	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400F Not Available 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700F Not Available 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10100 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 23 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400F Not Available 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700F Not Available
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 - 4GB GDDR5 GTX 1660 - 6GB GDDR6 GTX 1660 SUPER™ - 6GB GDDR6 GTX 2060 - 6GB GDDR6 GTX 2060 SUPER™ - 8GB GDDR6	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 SUPER - 4GB GDDR6 1 x HDMI 2.0b, 2 x DP 1.4 GTX 1660 SUPER - 6GB GDDR6 1 x DVI, 1 x HDMI 2.0b, 1 x DP 1.4 RTX 2060 - 6GB GDDR6 1 x HDMI 2.0b, 3 x DP 1.4 AMD® Radeon™ RX 5500 - 4GB GDDR6 1 x HDMI 2.0, 3 x DP 1.4
Memory	Memory Slots: 4 DIMM slots Memory Type: Single or Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Memory Speed: 2666MHz Memory Per Slot: 4GB 8GB 16GB Memory Configurations 4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB	4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB Memory Slots: 2 x DIMM slots Memory Type: Single or Dual Channel Non-ECC DDR4 Memory Memory Speed: 2666 MHz for 10th Gen Intel Core i3/i5 CPU 2933 MHz for 10th Gen Intel Core i7/i9 CPU Memory Per Slot: 4GB 8GB 16GB
Storage	256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB M.2 PCIe Gen NVMe SSD. 1TB 2TB 3TB 5400 rpm or 7200 rpm 3.5" SATA Hard Drive	256GB 512GB 1TB M.2 PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVME SSD 500GB 1TB 2TB 5400 rpm or 7200 rpm 2.5" SATA Hard Drive 1TB 2TB 4TB 5400 rpm or 7200 rpm 3.5" SATA Hard Drive
Slots	Expansion Slots 1 x PCIe x16 slot Full-height SATA 3 x SATA slots For HDD/SSD. M.2 1 x M.2 2230 slot For WiFi and Bluetooth combo card 1 x M.2 2230/2280 slot For M.2 SSD	Expansion Slots 1 x PCIe x16 slot PCIe Gen 3.0, Full-height 1 x PCIe x1 slot PCIe Gen 3.0, Full-height SATA 1 x SATA slots For 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch HDD/SSD. M.2 1 x M.2 2230 slot For WiFi and Bluetooth combo card 1 x M.2 2230/2280 slot For SSD/Intel Optane

Connectivity	Acer Nitro 50 (N50-610)	2020 Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 6 IEEE 802.11 AX	No WLAN Wi-Fi 5 802.11ac 2x2 Wi-Fi® + Bluetooth 5.0, M.2 card Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax 2x2 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 5.0, M.2 card
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.0	Optional Bluetooth 5.0
Ethernet	Gigabit Ethernet controller 10/100/1000 Mbps.	Gigabit Ethernet controller Speed: 10/100/1000 Mbps.

Software	Acer Nitro 50 (N50-610)	2020 Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i
OS	Windows 10 Home Upgradable to Windows 11	Windows® 10 Home 64 No OS
Built-in Apps	NitroSense DTS Sound Unbound DTS:X Ultra App Explorer Care Center Quick Access Acer Product Registration NVIDIA GeForce Experience Dropbox ExpressVPN Evernote	Lenovo Vantage

Camera & Audio	Acer Nitro 50 (N50-610)	2020 Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i
Audio	DTX:X Ultra External Ports 1 x Headphone Jack Front 1 x Microphone Jack Front 3 x Audio port 1 x Line-in, 1 x Line-out, and 1 x Microphone 3.5mm audio jack. (Rear).	No Speakers Audio controller High Definition (HD) Audio, Realtek® ALC222-CG codec External Ports 1 x Universal Audio Jack Front 1 x Audio port Line-out (Rear).

Misc	Acer Nitro 50 (N50-610)	2020 Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i
Security		BIOS Security Administrator password Power-on password Hard disk password
Warranty	3 years on-site warranty.	1-year depot service 1-year limited onsite service 2-year depot service

Acer Nitro 50 (N50-610) vs. 2020 Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i

The Acer Nitro 50 (N50-610) and the 2020 Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i were released in the same year, 2020. The Acer Nitro 50 (N50-610) has a full-tower form factor that can accommodate a large motherboard, multiple graphics cards, extra storage, and better cooling solution. The 2020 Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i has a mini tower form factor that can fit a micro ATX and Mini ITX motherboard, a few hard disk drives, and a single full-height graphics card.

Processor

The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is like the brains of your desktop computer. Its performance determines how fast and responsive your PC is. Generally, a processor with newer architecture, more CPU cores, higher TDP (measured in W), and faster clock speed (measured in GHz) tends to be more expensive and run faster than others with older architecture, fewer CPU cores, lower TDP, and lower clock speed.

For Acer Nitro 50 (N50-610), you have options to configure it with a 65W 10th Generation Intel Comet Lake 6-core Intel Core i5-10400F up to a 65W 8-core Intel Core i7-10700 with a boost speed up to 4.80 GHz.

While 2020 Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i has configurations with a 65W 10th Generation Intel Comet Lake quad-core Intel Core i3-10100 up to a 65W 8-core Intel Core i7-10700F with a boost speed up to 4.80 GHz.

Memory

The Random Access Memory or RAM is the super-fast and temporary storage used to handle all active tasks, apps, and games that will go away when your PC turns off. The more memory your PC has, the better multitasking your PC can handle without having to reload data from slower permanent storage that includes the hard disk drive or solid-state drive.

Fortunately, both PC allows you to upgrade later if you are unsatisfied with the amount of memory on your PC. The Acer Nitro 50 (N50-610) has four RAM slots that support up to 64GB of 2666MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory. On the other hand, the 2020 Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i has two RAM slots that you can upgrade up to 32GB of 2933MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory.

Ports

Computer ports are the interface for connecting your PC to its peripheral devices or other PCs. The most common peripherals are keyboard, mouse, monitor, flash drive, speaker, and printer. Most of them use Universal Serial Bus (USB) as their connection to your computer. So the PC with more USB ports can connect to more peripherals at the same time.

There is a total number of 8 USB ports available on the Acer Nitro 50 (N50-610), one more than the 2020 Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i that has only 7 USB ports. On top of the number of USB ports, the type and version of each USB port are also necessary for determining how fast it is.

The Acer Nitro 50 (N50-610) has seven USB Type-A ports and one USB Type-C port. It has two ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps), two ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), and four ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps).

For 2020 Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i, it has six USB Type-A ports and one USB Type-C port. The PC has four ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) and three ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps).

Pricing

Acer Nitro 50 N50-610 10th Gen Price
	Acer Nitro 50 Gaming Desktop, 10th Gen Intel Core i5-10400F 6-Core Processor, GeForce GTX 1650, 8GB DDR4, 512GB NVMe M.2 SSD, Intel WiFi 6, Keyboard and Mouse, N50-610-UR14 By acer $599.99 Was: $799.99	See at Amazon
	acer Nitro 50 N50-656-UR12 Gaming Desktop \| Intel Core i5-14400F 10-Core Processor \| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 \| 16GB DDR5 5600MHz \| 1TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD \| Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 \| Windows 11 Home By acer $649.99 Was: $799.99	See at Amazon
	Acer Nitro 50 N50-656-UR15 Gaming Desktop \| Intel Core i5-14400F 10-Core Processor \| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 \| 16GB DDR5 5600MHz \| 1TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD \| Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 \| Windows 11 Home By acer $849.99 Was: $1,099.99	See at Amazon
Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5 Intel 10th Gen Price
	Lenovo IdeaCentre 5 27IMB05 F0FA003NUS All-in-One Computer - Intel Core i7 10th Gen i7-10700T Octa-core (8 Core) 2 GHz - 16 GB RAM DDR4 SDRAM - 1 TB HDD - 256 GB M.2 PCI Express NVMe SSD - 27" QHD By Lenovo $1,240.00	See at Amazon
	Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i - 2022 - Gaming Desktop - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 - Intel i5 12400-8GB RAM - 512GB SSD - Win 11 - Black - Mouse & Keyboard - Free 3-Month Xbox GamePass By Lenovo $845.00	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Legion 5 15IMH05H 81Y600TCUS 15.6" Gaming Notebook - Full HD - 1920 x 1080 - Intel Core i7 10th Gen i7-10750H Hexa-core (6 Core) 2.60 GHz - 16 GB Total RAM - 1 TB HDD - 512 GB SSD - Phantom By Lenovo $998.00	See at Amazon