Acer Predator Triton 14 (PT14-52) vs Nitro 16S AI (AN16S-61)

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CPU Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
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RAM
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Review

Evaluation of Acer Predator Triton 14 (PT14-52) and Nitro 16S AI (AN16S-61) important characteristics
Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Value for money (Beta)

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23.7
(Mediocre)
Value Index
29.2
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the Acer Predator Triton 14 (PT14-52)
  • Significantly easier to carry: weighs 580 grams less (around 1.28 lbs)
  • Thinner bezels and 6% higher screen-to-body ratio
  • Better webcam recording quality
  • Display has support for touch input
  • Much smaller footprint: 28% more compact case (110.2 vs 152.4 square inches)
  • 29% sharper screen – 243 versus 189 pixels per inch (PPI)
Advantages of the Acer Nitro 16S AI (AN16S-61)
  • Higher screen refresh rate: 180 versus 120 Hz
  • Includes an old-school USB-A port
  • Around 45% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
  • Can run popular games at about 11-15% higher FPS
  • Performs slightly better (up to 13%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • User-upgradable RAM (up to 32GB)
  • Provides 25% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 400 nits

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs

Case

Weight 1.6 kg (3.53 lbs) 2.18 kg (4.81 lbs)
Dimensions 321.8 x 221 x 17.31 mm
12.67 x 8.7 x 0.68 inches
356.8 x 275.5 x 12.1-20.0 mm
14.05 x 10.85 x 0.48-0.79 inches
Area 711 cm2 (110.2 inches2) 983 cm2 (152.4 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~79.9% ~75.5%
Side bezels 10.2 mm 6.1 mm
Colors Black Black
Material Aluminum Plastic
Transformer No No
Opening angle 140° -
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber Yes No
Liquid metal No Yes
Number of fans 2 2
Noise level (max. load) 67 dB -

Display

Size 14 inches 16 inches
Type OLED IPS LCD
Refresh rate 120 Hz 180 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate - No
PPI 243 ppi 189 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Resolution 2880 x 1800 pixels 2560 x 1600 pixels
HDR support No No
Sync technology G-Sync G-Sync
Touchscreen Yes No
Coating Glossy Matte
Ambient light sensor No No
Screen space comparison
Nitro 16S AI (AN16S-61)
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
Predator Triton 14 (PT14-52)
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
~30% more screen space
Display tests
Contrast 1000000:1 -
sRGB color space 100% 100%
Adobe RGB profile 97% -
DCI-P3 color gamut 100% -
Response time 1 ms -
Max. brightness

Battery

Capacity
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes Yes
Charging port position Left, Right Bottom
Charge power 140 W 135 W
Weight of AC adapter 459 grams -

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 3.3 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo frequency 5.1 GHz 5 GHz
Cores 8 (4P + 4E) 8 (4P + 4E)
Threads 8 16
L3 Cache 12 MB 16 MB
Integrated GPU Intel Arc Graphics 140V Radeon 860M
Fabrication process 3 nm 4 nm

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

Graphics Card

GPU name
TGP 90 W 115 W
Nvidia Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus
Type Dedicated Dedicated
Fabrication process 4 nm 4 nm
FLOPS 15.3 TFLOPS 18.4 TFLOPS
Memory size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type GDDR7 GDDR7
Memory bus 128 bit 128 bit
Memory speed ~24 Gbps ~24 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 3328 3328
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 104 104
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48 48
GPU performance 15.3 TFLOPS 18.4 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Blender GPU 3150 3522
Solar Bay 50231 58177
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details

RAM

RAM size
Channels 2x8 GB 1x8 GB
Clock 8533 MHz 5600 MHz
Type LPDDR5X DDR5
Upgradable No Yes
Total slots - 2
Max. ram size - 32 GB

Storage

Storage size
Bus PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)
Channels 1x512 GB 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 1 2
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.0 2.0
Dolby Atmos No No
Loudness ~81.3 dB -
Microphones 2 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v7 v6E
Bluetooth v5.4 v5.3
Fingerprint Yes No
Infrared sensor No No
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080 1280 x 720
Ports
USB-A 2x USB 3.2 3x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 2x USB 3.2 2x USB 3.2
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4 No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort No No
VGA No No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) No Yes
SD card reader Yes Yes
Proprietary charging port No Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad No Yes
Backlight Yes Yes
Touchpad
Surface Glass Plastic
Windows Precision Yes Yes
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