Acer Predator Helios 18 (PH18-71) review – the RTX 4080 is absolutely mad
Performance: CPU, GPU, Gaming Tests
CPU options
Our configuration is equipped with the Intel Core i9-13900HX. It has 8 P-cores and 16 E-cores.
Results are from the Cinebench R23 CPU test (the higher the score, the better)
GPU options
Graphics-wise, it has an RTX 4080 with 175W TGP, and 12GB of GDDR6 RAM.
The results are from 3DMark Time Spy (Graphics). Higher is better.
Results are from 3DMark Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)
The results are from 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited. Higher is better.
Results are from the Unigine Superposition benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Gaming tests
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
NORMAL |
HIGH |
VERY HIGH |
MAX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (Laptop, 175W) | 186 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 185 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 147 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 120 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
MIN |
MAX |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (Laptop, 175W) | 3514 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 225 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
VERY LOW |
MED |
MAX |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (Laptop, 175W) | 860 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 747 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 666 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
MIN |
MED |
HIGH |
ULTRA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (Laptop, 175W) | 165 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 148 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 100 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 55 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
LOW |
MED |
HIGH |
EPIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (Laptop, 175W) | 272 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 237 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 199 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 122 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
LOW |
MED |
HIGH |
ULTRA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (Laptop, 175W) | 178 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 153 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 141 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 140 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
MIN |
MED |
ULTRA |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (Laptop, 175W) | 755 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 563 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 388 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
LOW |
MED |
MAX |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (Laptop, 175W) | 769 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 732 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 660 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
LOW |
NORMAL |
HIGH |
MAX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (Laptop, 175W) | 281 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 247 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 237 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 219 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) |
LOW |
original |
HIGH |
ULTRA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (Laptop, 175W) | 257 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 235 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 205 FPS PLAY VIDEO | 157 FPS PLAY VIDEO |
Author: Alex Iliev
Author: eng. Kroum NikolovHead of Engineering at LaptopMedia.com, inventor and innovator with 40+ years of experience in electronics and high technology.
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Where’s temperatures/clocks/power in stress test for CPU and GPU?
They said they’ll update it. They can’t at the moment as it’s an engineering sample
I was so suprised that i found a review for Acer Helios 18 but disappointed after that there is no MiniLED version 🙁
well, it’s March when is it coming out? April worldwide?
It’s in the stock in Germany now. 3200 Euro for 4080 and normal IPS display.
Why are you posting benchmarks of the 2023 helios against the 2022 of everyone else. Based on everyone of those benchmarks the acer loses to every other 2023 offering with the same equipment…
Warum die Tests in HD? Das ist Total unrealistisch, zumal das Notebook einen QHD Bildschirm hat 🤷♂️
Does it have 175W TGP? On the acer page and everywhere else I read that it only got 165W!? It would be much more interesting to compare this with other RTX 40XX cards and also other 4080s with the full 175W TGP..
And yes I also agree to others that it does not make any sense to have benchmarks in FHD while the laptop itself come in 1600p…
Would be nice if this could be updated otherwise this test is quite useless..
Hey, laptopgamer 🙂 Check this out:
https://laptopmedia.com/news/acer-claims-its-new-predator-has-a-165w-rtx-4080-its-actually-even-faster/
The tests are in FHD for comparison purposes, we didn’t have the chance to test with more resolutions
how far will the lid go back…. is it maxed in that photo?
How long is the battery life on this laptop?