Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S 16" PHN16S-71-98RF Obsidian Black 2025
The 16-inch 2.5K OLED 240Hz display with 500 nits brightness and G-SYNC delivers esports-grade visual clarity, powered by an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX and RTX 5070 Ti with DLSS 4. Its 64GB of DDR5 RAM and liquid metal cooling provide substantial headroom for sustained creative workloads and AI-driven tasks. This machine is best for gamers and streamers who also edit high-resolution video, needing a single device for both high-refresh play and demanding rendering.
About This Laptop
The 16-inch 2.5K OLED 240Hz display with 500 nits brightness and G-SYNC delivers esports-grade visual clarity, powered by an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX and RTX 5070 Ti with DLSS 4. Its 64GB of DDR5 RAM and liquid metal cooling provide substantial headroom for sustained creative workloads and AI-driven tasks. This machine is best for gamers and streamers who also edit high-resolution video, needing a single device for both high-refresh play and demanding rendering.
- CPU Intel Core 7 240H
- RAM 64 GB
- Storage 2048 GB
- Screen 16" 2560x1600
- GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 12GB GDDR7
- OS Windows 11 Pro
- Weight kg 2.3
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong port (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong ram (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong screen (95th percentile) 95th
Cons
- Below average reliability (10th percentile) 10th
- Below average compact (14th percentile) 14th
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core 7 240H |
| Cores | 24 |
| Frequency | 2.7 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 12GB GDDR7 |
| Type | discrete |
| VRAM | 12 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR7 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 64 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 |
| Storage | 2 TB |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD |
Display
| Size | 16" |
| Resolution | 2560 (QHD) |
| Panel | OLED |
| Refresh Rate | 240 Hz |
| Brightness | 500 nits |
| Color Gamut | 100% sRGB |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 2 |
| USB Ports | 3 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | HDMI 2.1 |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6E |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.4 |
| Ethernet | RJ-45 |
Physical
| Weight | 2.3 kg / 5.1 lbs |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S 16" PHN16S-71-98RF | Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max | ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403WW-G14.R95080 | Lenovo Legion Pro 7i 83F50018US | MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 | Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core 7 240H | Apple M4 Max | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Intel Core Ultra 7 256V |
| RAM (GB) | 64 | 64 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 2048 | 8192 | 2000 | 2048 | 1000 | 1000 |
| Screen | 16" 2560x1600 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 14" 2880x1800 | 16" 2560x1600 | 13.3" 2880x1800 | 14" 2880x1800 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 12GB GDDR7 | Apple (40-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | Intel Arc | Intel Arc |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Battery (Wh) | - | 72 | - | 100 | - | 15 |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Screen | Compact | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S 16" PHN16S-71-98RF | 77.6 | 89.8 | 97.8 | 98.9 | 94.5 | 13.9 | 94.5 | 9.6 | 99.1 |
| Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max Compare | 91.8 | 18.4 | 96.1 | 79.9 | 99 | 67.2 | 99.7 | 96.2 | 99.1 |
| ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403WW-G14.R95080 Compare | 86.2 | 91.4 | 92.1 | 66.8 | 95.4 | 72.3 | 91.9 | 58.2 | 96.7 |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7i 83F50018US Compare | 96.7 | 92.4 | 90.2 | 97.9 | 94.5 | 8.5 | 97.5 | 78.6 | 90.5 |
| MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Compare | 63.4 | 63.9 | 81 | 83.2 | 90.1 | 95.2 | 73.4 | 58.2 | 91.3 |
| Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US Compare | 66.6 | 63.9 | 81 | 66.8 | 93.5 | 85.3 | 73.4 | 78.6 | 94.3 |
Usage Scores
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