Acer Predator Helios 300 (PH317-56, 2022) 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 300 (PH317-56, 2022) (52/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 52)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 69)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 39)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Acer Predator Helios 300 (PH317-56, 2022) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
DeviceBenchmark Score 52.0 Below Average 88.0 Very Good WINNER
Gaming 39.0 Poor 84.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 69.0 Average 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 300 (PH317-56, 2022) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Battery type Li-Ion —
Charge power 280 / 330 W —
Charging port position Bottom —
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes —
Fast charging Yes —
Replaceable No —
Weight of AC adapter 1034 grams —
Battery Wh — 99.5 Wh

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios 300 (PH317-56, 2022) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Base frequency 2.3 GHz —
Cores 14 (6P + 8E) —
Fabrication process 10 nm —
Integrated GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) —
L3 Cache 24 MB —
Threads 20 —
Turbo frequency 4.7 GHz —

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios 300 (PH317-56, 2022) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Area 1180 cm2(182.8 inches2) —
Colors Black —
Cooling system Active —
Dimensions 399.3 x 295.5 x 26.9 mm15.72 x 11.63 x 1.06 inches —
Material Top: AluminumMiddle: AluminumBottom: Plastic —
Noise level (max. load) 62.6 dB —
Number of fans 2 —
Screen-to-body ratio ~69.9% —
Side bezels 8.2 mm —
Transformer No —
Vapor chamber No —
Weight 3 kg (6.62 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios 300 (PH317-56, 2022) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes —
Bluetooth v5.2 —
DisplayPort 1x v1.4 —
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes —
Fingerprint No —
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 —
Infrared sensor No —
Optical drive No —
Proprietary charging port Yes —
SD card reader No —
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4 —
USB Type-C 1x USB 3.2 —
USB-A 3x USB 3.2 —
VGA No —
Webcam Above the display —
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720 —
Wi-Fi standard v6E —

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios 300 (PH317-56, 2022) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Ambient light sensor No —
Aspect ratio 16:9 —
Coating Matte —
PPI 127 ppi —
Refresh rate 144 Hz —
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels —
Size 17.3 inches —
Touchscreen No —
Type IPS LCD —
Screen Size — 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios 300 (PH317-56, 2022) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Blender GPU 2739 —
Solar Bay 40203 —

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios 300 (PH317-56, 2022) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
FLOPS 14.2 TFLOPS —
GPU base clock 1387 MHz —
GPU boost clock 1703 MHz —
GPU performance 14.2 TFLOPS —
Memory bus 192 bit —
Memory size 6 GB —
Memory speed 14 Gbps —
Memory type GDDR6 —
Nvidia Optimus MUX —
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48 —
Shading units (cores) 3840 —
TGP 140 W —
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 120 —

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios 300 (PH317-56, 2022) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Backlight Yes —
Keyboard type Island —
Numpad Yes —
Windows Precision Yes —

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios 300 (PH317-56, 2022) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Channels 2x8 GB —
Clock 4800 MHz —
Max. ram size 32 GB —
Total slots 2 —
Upgradable Yes —

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios 300 (PH317-56, 2022) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Loudness ~73.8 dB —
Microphones 2 —
Speakers 2.0 —

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios 300 (PH317-56, 2022) 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 300 (PH317-56, 2022) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Weight 3 kg (6.62 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Acer Predator Helios 300 (PH317-56, 2022) 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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