Acer Predator Helios 18 AI (PH18-I71-94ZL): which AI models can it run?

Estimated from the specifications below. Choose the memory size you have or plan to buy, then read the table for that size.

Specifications

Brand

Acer

Chip

Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus

Processor

Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus (24 cores)

Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU

Memory type

DDR5 SDRAM

Memory options

32 GB, 192 GB

Graphics memory

16 GB

Memory bandwidth

896 GB/s

Sources: https://www.acer.com/us-en/predator/laptops/helios/helios-18-ai/pdp/NH.U83AA.001, https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/laptops/50-series/

Acer lists 32GB standard and 192GB maximum for this part number; sizes in between are not itemised. RTX 5080 with 16GB GDDR7. GPU bandwidth from NVIDIA RTX 50 laptop page.

With 32 GB of memory

About 16 GB of it can hold a model.

Models marked "thinks first" can write out their reasoning before they answer, so a job takes longer than the speed alone suggests.

With 192 GB of memory

About 16 GB of it can hold a model.

Models marked "thinks first" can write out their reasoning before they answer, so a job takes longer than the speed alone suggests.

Published chip scores

Blender Open Data publishes the median render score of its Cycles test for each chip, and PassMark publishes average CPU and 3D scores, both from results people submitted. Higher is faster. These are not Findra scores. Scores from different tests, and from different Blender versions, are not comparable with each other.

Editing, gaming, CAD and other work

Each app below publishes a minimum and a recommended system requirement. We compare them with this laptop's memory and graphics memory. We do not judge the graphics chip's class, the processor generation or the operating system, because the makers describe those in words: check the source link for the exact card, processor and system they name. Many apps and games run only on Windows or only on macOS. Integrated graphics count as below any requirement for a dedicated card. Not known means the maker does not state this laptop's graphics memory.

Labels follow the makers' published lists. All use cases.

Speed is the speed of writing an answer, shown as a range. Reading speed is not estimated. How the estimates work · How close they are · Back to the finder