Acer Nitro 16S AI (AN16S-61) vs MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026) (93/100)

MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026) leads overall with a score of 93/100 compared to Acer Nitro 16S AI (AN16S-61) (59/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Acer Nitro 16S AI (AN16S-61)
Acer

Acer Nitro 16S AI (AN16S-61)

59/100
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[ WINNER ]
MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
MSI

MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)

93/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Acer Nitro 16S AI (AN16S-61) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Gaming 49.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 59.0 Below Average 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 65.0 Average 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 16S AI (AN16S-61) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Charge power 135 W 400 W
Charging port position Bottom Right, Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes Yes, 140 W
Fast charging Yes Yes
Replaceable No No
Full charging time — 2:00 hr

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 16S AI (AN16S-61) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Base frequency 2.0 GHz 2.7 GHz
Cores 8 (4P + 4E) 24 (8P + 16E)
Fabrication process 4 nm 3 nm
Integrated GPU Radeon 860M Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
L3 Cache 16 MB 36 MB
Threads 16 24
Turbo frequency 5 GHz 5.5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 16S AI (AN16S-61) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Area 983 cm2(152.4 inches2) 1242 cm2(192.7 inches2)
Colors Black Black
Cooling system Active Active
Dimensions 356.8 x 275.5 x 12.1-20.0 mm14.05 x 10.85 x 0.48-0.79 inches 404 x 307.5 x 24-32.05 mm15.91 x 12.11 x 0.94-1.26 inches
Liquid metal Yes No
Material Plastic Aluminum
Number of fans 2 2
Screen-to-body ratio ~75.5% ~75.6%
Side bezels 6.1 mm 8.2 mm
Transformer No No
Vapor chamber No Yes
Weight 2.18 kg (4.81 lbs) 3.6 kg (7.94 lbs)
Opening angle — 145°

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 16S AI (AN16S-61) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Bluetooth v5.3 v5.4
DisplayPort No No
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes Yes
Fingerprint No No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor No Yes
Optical drive No No
Proprietary charging port Yes Yes
SD card reader Yes Yes
Thunderbolt No Thunderbolt 5
USB Type-C 2x USB 3.2 2x USB 4.0
USB-A 3x USB 3.2 3x USB 3.2
VGA No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard v6E v7

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 16S AI (AN16S-61) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Adaptive refresh rate No —
Ambient light sensor No —
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Coating Matte Matte
HDR support No Yes, HDR10
PPI 189 ppi 252 ppi
Refresh rate 180 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels 3840 x 2400 pixels
Size 16 inches 18 inches
Sync technology G-Sync No
Touchscreen No No
Type IPS LCD Mini LED
sRGB color space 100% —
Contrast — 2000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 16S AI (AN16S-61) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Blender GPU 3475 8408
Solar Bay 58703 119801

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 16S AI (AN16S-61) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
FLOPS 18.4 TFLOPS 42 TFLOPS
GPU performance 18.4 TFLOPS 42 TFLOPS
Memory bus 128 bit 256 bit
Memory size 8 GB 16 GB
Memory speed ~24 Gbps ~28 Gbps
Memory type GDDR7 GDDR7
Nvidia Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48 96
Shading units (cores) 3328 7680
TGP 115 W 175 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 104 240
GPU base clock — 975 MHz

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 16S AI (AN16S-61) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Backlight Yes Yes
Keyboard type Island Mechanical
Numpad Yes Yes
Surface Plastic Glass
Windows Precision Yes Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 16S AI (AN16S-61) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Channels 1x8 GB 2x16 GB
Clock 5600 MHz 7200 MHz
Max. ram size 32 GB 128 GB
Total slots 2 2
Upgradable Yes Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 16S AI (AN16S-61) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Dolby Atmos No No
Microphones 2 2
Speakers 2.0 4.2 (4 tweeters and 2 woofers)
Power — 4x2W, 2x2W

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 16S AI (AN16S-61) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes Yes
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)

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