Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI vs Dell XPS 16 (9640)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Dell XPS 16 (9640) (88/100)

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI (61/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 61)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 85)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 36)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI Dell XPS 16 (9640)
DeviceBenchmark Score 61.0 Average 88.0 Very Good WINNER
Gaming 36.0 Poor 84.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 85.0 Very Good 89.0 Very Good WINNER
Battery Life — 82.0 Very Good
Display — 96.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Battery type Li-Ion —
Charge power 230 / 330 W —
Charging port position Bottom —
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes —
Fast charging Yes —
Replaceable No —
Weight of AC adapter 730 / 780 grams —
Battery Wh — 99.5 Wh

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Base frequency 2.4 GHz —
Cores 20 (8P + 12E) —
Fabrication process 3 nm —
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) —
L3 Cache 30 MB —
Threads 20 —
Turbo frequency 5.2 GHz —

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Area 976 cm2(151.3 inches2) —
Colors Blue —
Cooling system Active —
Dimensions 360.1 x 271.09 x 12 mm14.18 x 10.67 x 0.47 inches —
Liquid metal Yes —
Material Top: AluminumMiddle: PlasticBottom: Plastic —
Noise level (max. load) 54 dB —
Number of fans 2 —
Opening angle 145° —
Screen-to-body ratio ~76% —
Side bezels 7.8 mm —
Transformer No —
Vapor chamber No —
Weight 2.3 kg (5.07 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes —
Bluetooth v5.4 —
DisplayPort No —
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes —
Fingerprint No —
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 —
Infrared sensor Yes —
Optical drive No —
Proprietary charging port Yes —
SD card reader Yes —
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4 —
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0 —
USB-A 3x USB 3.2 —
VGA No —
Webcam Above the display —
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080 —
Wi-Fi standard v6E —

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Adaptive refresh rate No —
Ambient light sensor No —
Aspect ratio 16:10 —
Coating Matte —
Contrast 1000000:1 —
DCI-P3 color gamut 100% —
HDR support Yes, HDR10 —
PPI 189 ppi —
Refresh rate 165 Hz —
Resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels —
Response time 1 ms —
Size 16 inches —
Sync technology G-Sync —
Touchscreen No —
Type OLED —
Screen Size — 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Blender GPU 2466 —
Solar Bay 35889 —

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI Dell XPS 16 (9640)
FLOPS 10.8 TFLOPS —
GPU performance 10.8 TFLOPS —
Memory bus 128 bit —
Memory size 8 GB —
Memory speed ~24 Gbps —
Memory type GDDR7 —
Nvidia Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus —
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32 —
Shading units (cores) 2560 —
TGP 70 W —
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80 —

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Backlight Yes —
Keyboard type Island —
Numpad Yes —
Surface Plastic —
Windows Precision Yes —

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Channels 2x8 GB —
Clock 6400 MHz —
Max. ram size 32 GB —
Total slots 2 —
Upgradable Yes —

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dolby Atmos No —
Loudness ~74 dB —
Microphones 2 —
Power 2x2W —
Speakers 2.0 —

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) —
NVMe Yes —
Storage type SSD (M2) —

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Weight 2.3 kg (5.07 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Cpu — Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (16 cores, up to 4.8 GHz, Intel AI Boost)
Gpu — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop (8 GB GDDR6, 60W)
Ram — 32 GB LPDDR5X-7467 MHz
Storage — 1 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

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