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  • ASUS Zenbook UX31E
  • Acer Aspire S 5755
  • Acer Aspire S 5750
  • ASUS A53 Series A53E
  • Sony VAIO F Series
$710
  • 15.5"
  • Core i5 2.4 GHz Quad core
  • 4 GB DDR3-1333
  • 640 GB HDD
Released October, 2011
That's an arguably overused resolution, found on laptops from 11 inches all the way up to 15 inches (I've even seen it on a couple of budget 17-inch laptops), but it's best suited for this screen size.
Rated 70% by by c|net (Jul, 2012)
 
  • 15.6"
  • Core i7 2.2 GHz Quad core
  • 4 GB DDR3-1333
  • 500 GB
First seen on January, 2012
 

Conclusion Which is better for you?

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Winner

SonyVAIO E Series

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Features Key features of the Sony VAIO E Series compared to the Lenovo IdeaPad Z570 (1024A3U)

GHz2.4

Intel Core i5 2430M

Front view of Sony VAIO E Series
While Sony almost always has good-to-excellent keyboards on Vaio laptops, the keyboard in the new E series is especially pleasing, considering the price.
Rated 70% by by c|net (Jul, 2012)
Front view of Lenovo IdeaPad Z570 (1024A3U)

2.2 GHz

Intel Core i7 2670QM

screen size

15.5"
15.6"
The bright lights of old Manhattan popped against the city's night skyline and the vibrant hues at Gatsby's great parties really shined.
VAIO E Series by LaptopMag (Jul, 2012)

screen resolution

Sony VAIO E Series
Lenovo IdeaPad Z570 (1024A3U)
The 11.6-inch display has a native resolution of 1,366x768 pixels.
VAIO E Series by c|net (Jul, 2012)

cpu speed

0 GHz
2.4 GHz

2.2 GHz
3 GHz
This score is only slightly higher than the Levono ThinkPad X130e, which notched 906 on the same test with its 1.3-GHz AMD E-300 processor and 2GB of RAM.
VAIO E Series by LaptopMag (Jul, 2012)

processor

Sony VAIO E Series
Lenovo IdeaPad Z570 (1024A3U)
This is the first laptop we've tested with AMD's dual-core E2-1800 processor.
VAIO E Series by c|net (Jul, 2012)

memory

0 GB
4 GB

4 GB
4 GB
 

Performance Real world tests of Sony VAIO E Series vs Lenovo IdeaPad Z570 (1024A3U)

3DMark06 CPU

The notebook notched a score of 5,964 on the synthetic 3DMark06 benchmark.
VAIO E Series by LaptopMag (Jun, 2012)

cinebench r10 32Bit

Performance wasn't any better on the Geekbench test, with this VAIO hitting 1,963 when the average is 5,411.
VAIO E Series by LaptopMag (Jul, 2012)
 

Differences What are the advantages of each

Advantages compared to the Lenovo IdeaPad Z570 (1024A3U)

More storage capacity 640 GB vs 500 GB
Around 30% more storage capacity
Faster processor 2.4 GHz vs 2.2 GHz (Intel Core i7 2670QM)
Around 10% faster processor; run computation-intensive applications, such as photo editing, faster

Advantages compared to the Sony VAIO E Series

Significantly better CPU benchmark score 54.85 vs 31.48
More than 70% better benchmark score; the CPU performs better in various benchmark tests and will likely perform better in real-world applications
Significantly better cinebench r10 32Bit 14,844.8 (Intel Core i7 2670QM) vs 8,280 (Intel Core i5 2430M)
Around 80% better cinebench r10 32Bit
More l2 cache 1 MB (Intel Core i7 2670QM) vs 0.5 MB (Intel Core i5 2430M)
2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later
Faster turbo speed 3.1 GHz (Intel Core i7 2670QM) vs 3 GHz (Intel Core i5 2430M)
Almost the same
Better 3DMark06 CPU 5,418.8 (Intel Core i7 2670QM) vs 3,183 (Intel Core i5 2430M)
More than 70% better 3DMark06 CPU

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