Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 Series
Processor: Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 7 255H, Intel Meteor Lake-H Ultra 7 155H, Intel Meteor Lake-H Ultra 9 185HGraphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
Display: 14.50 inch
Weight: 1.9kg, 1.946kg
Price: 2100 euro
Average of 5 scores (from 17 reviews)
Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 PHN14-51
Specifications
Notebook: Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 PHN14-51Processor: Intel Meteor Lake-H Ultra 7 155H
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU 8192 MB
Display: 14.50 inch, 16:10, 3072 x 1920 pixels
Weight: 1.9kg
Links: Acer homepage Acer notebook section
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Average Score:
Reviews
Source: Laptop Mag
The Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 isn’t a love-at-first-sight laptop. But after getting to know it, I could see myself being happy using it every day for gaming and working. I’m not thrilled with its trackpad, but its keyboard is one of the most comfortable I’ve ever used for typing short emails or long pages of text. It’s much cheaper than flashier gaming laptops, cranks out high frame rates even in demanding games, stays cool, and the battery lasts over eight hours. It’s everything you’d expect from a gaming laptop, plus a little extra.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/06/2024
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: USA Today
Yes, it’s a great laptop for on-the-go content developers who can’t compromise on graphics performance. The Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 is a tad chunky for a 14-inch laptop, but it’s still easier to tote around than a 16-inch laptop with similar performance. It doesn’t just push out frames—it runs its Nvidia RTX 4070 graphics card at a higher power than most other gaming laptops, and it does so while still keeping cool enough to avoid throttling. The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 isn’t quite as powerful (its RTX 4070 is power-capped at 90 watts unlike the Helios Neo 14’s), but in return, you get a laptop with one of the best OLED displays on the market, fantastic audio, a 12-hour battery life, and aesthetics that rival Apple’s MacBooks.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/14/2024
Source: Laptop Media
Support, online available, Short, Date: 08/07/2024
Source: Laptop Media
The Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 (PHN14-51) ticks the most important checkmarks when it comes to a gaming laptop. This includes very good CPU and GPU performance, a great display, and goodies such as MUX switch and G-SYNC. So, that’s a 14-incher, but the P and E cores of the Core Ultra 7 155H can boost to 3.70 GHz / 2.65 GHz in long processor stress such as 3D rendering which is a superb result. The GPU runs at ~2514 MHz / 124W during gaming which is enough for a high FPS alongside bumped visuals. Now, in “Turbo” mode, the fans are noisy but not too intrusive. If you apply the “Performance” preset, this will result in much less noise, a bit hindered CPU clocks, and ~100W GPU TGP which is still fine even for more demanding games. In this scenario, the right side of the board feels hot (but not too much) while the thermals of the WASD section are normal.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 08/06/2024
Source: Matthew Moniz
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 04/25/2024
Foreign Reviews
Source: Laptopmedia CN
zh-CN→ENPositive: High gaming performance; beautiful display; powerful hardware; long battery life; fast SSD storage. Negative: Overheats while using; non-expandable RAM.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 08/06/2024
Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 (2024)
Specifications
Notebook: Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 (2024)Processor: Intel Meteor Lake-H Ultra 9 185H
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU 8192 MB
Display: 14.50 inch, 16:10, 3072 x 1920 pixels
Weight: 1.946kg
Price: 2100 euro
Links: Acer homepage Acer notebook section
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Average Score:
Reviews
The compact Predator Helios Neo 14 aims to attract creatives and gamers. The right prerequisites are in place: a Core Ultra 9 185H, GeForce RTX 4070, 32 GB of RAM, a 14.5-inch panel (3k, sRGB, 165 Hz, G-Sync) with a 16:10 aspect ratio, Thunderbolt 4. Good battery life rounds out its total package.
Source: G Style Magazine
The Predator Helios Neo 14 has been a pleasure to use. Gaming laptops are much improved and some stand out more so than others. The Acer Predator series has always been one of the best in gaming with their laptops and that holds true here. There are some drawbacks. The keyboard on the Helios Neo 14 isn’t as tactile as I would have liked it to be for a gaming laptop, the keys are a little too squishy. The brightness on the Helios Neo 14 could be better but my cons about this machine are nitpicky details if I’m being honest. You get everything you want in a gaming machine and you’ll love it even though it’ll cost you but hey? Gaming is a bit of a costly hobby.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/05/2024
Source: G Style Magazine
The Predator Helios Neo 14 has been a pleasure to use. Gaming laptops are much improved and some stand out more so than others. The Acer Predator series has always been one of the best in gaming with their laptops and that holds true here. There are some drawbacks. The keyboard on the Helios Neo 14 isn’t as tactile as I would have liked it to be for a gaming laptop, the keys are a little too squishy. The brightness on the Helios Neo 14 could be better but my cons about this machine are nitpicky details if I’m being honest. You get everything you want in a gaming machine and you’ll love it even though it’ll cost you but hey? Gaming is a bit of a costly hobby.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/05/2024
Foreign Reviews
Source: Gamestar
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/19/2024
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Gamestar
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/19/2024
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Phong Vu
VN→ENPositive: Powerful processor; great GPU; high gaming performance; beautiful display; compact size; light weight; impressive cooling system.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/26/2025
Source: Phong Vu
VN→ENPositive: Powerful processor; great GPU; high gaming performance; beautiful display; compact size; light weight; impressive cooling system.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/26/2025
Source: Zing
VN→ENPositive: Powerful processor; decent GPU; high gaming performance; smart AI functions; compact size; light weight; excellent display; great cooling system; impressive warranty policy.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/24/2024
Source: Zing
VN→ENPositive: Powerful processor; decent GPU; high gaming performance; smart AI functions; compact size; light weight; excellent display; great cooling system; impressive warranty policy.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/24/2024
Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 PHN14-51, RTX 4060
Specifications
Notebook: Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 PHN14-51, RTX 4060Processor: Intel Meteor Lake-H Ultra 9 185H
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU 8192 MB
Display: 14.50 inch, 16:10, 3072 x 1920 pixels
Weight: 1.9kg
Links: Acer homepage Acer notebook section
Price comparison
Foreign Reviews
Source: Phong Vu
VN→ENPositive: Powerful hardware; high gaming performance; great display; good cooling and silent system.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/18/2025
Source: Jagat Review
ID→ENPositive: Slim size; light weight; 32GB RAM; 1TB SSD storage; high performance; big screen; great display.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/20/2024
Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 AI PHN14-71
Specifications
Notebook: Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 AI PHN14-71Processor: Intel Arrow Lake Ultra 7 255H
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 8192 MB
Display: 14.50 inch, 16:10, 2880 x 1800 pixels
Weight: 1.9kg
Links: Acer homepage Acer notebook section
Price comparison
Average Score:
Reviews
Source: T3
Having tested this laptop's bigger sibling a couple of months ago, the smaller package hasn't surfaced any shocks or surprises. Acer's 14-inch Predator Helios Neo is just as solid and reliable as the 16-inch model, while packing in a really great specs list without pushing its price to a silly place. However, it's not as inspiring in design terms, or as useable for general admin, as some others I've used this year – but if you want a great gaming laptop that's not giant then this should last for a good number of years before it starts to show any weakness.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/30/2025
Rating: Total score: 80%
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Acer: In 1976, the company was founded in Taiwan under the name Multitech and was renamed Acer or Acer Group in 1987. The product range includes, for example, laptops, tablets, smartphones, desktops, monitors, TVs and computer peripherals. Since 2007, the group has merged with Gateway Inc. and Packard Bell, which also market their own laptop product lines.
Acer computers are designed for a variety of purposes, including ultrabooks for mobile use, gaming laptops for gamers, affordable options for everyday tasks, and 2-in-1 convertible laptops for versatility. Acer's product portfolio also includes tablets that offer portable computing and multimedia capabilities.
These graphics cards are able to play the latest and most demanding games in high resolutions and full detail settings with enabled Anti-Aliasing.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU: High-end graphics card for laptops based on the Ada Lovelace architecture. Offers 8 GB GDDR6 (128 Bit) and is configurable with a TGP of 35 - 115W (+ Dynamic Boost).
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop: An upcoming graphics card from the Blackwell family for laptops, which Team Green will most likely present at CES 2025. Considering that the 4070 laptop has 4,608 unified shaders (CUDA cores), the 5070 will most likely have well over 5,000 shaders.
With these GPUs you are able to play modern and demanding games fluently at medium detail settings and HD resolution.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU: High-end graphics card for laptops based on the Ada Lovelace architecture. Offers 8 GB GDDR6 (128 Bit) and is configurable with a TGP of 35 - 115W (+ Dynamic Boost).
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Meteor Lake-H:
Ultra 7 155H: A high-end Meteor Lake chip that debuted in December 2023. This 1st Gen Core Ultra processor has come to replace 13th generation Core chips; it has 16 cores (6 + 8 + 2) and 22 threads at its disposal. Its Performance cores, of which there are 6, run at up to 4.8 GHz while its Efficient cores, of which there are 10 (8 main cores plus 2 extra ones found in the Low Power Island) run at up to 3.8 GHz. The integrated AI Boost NPU offers two Gen 3 engines for hardware AI workload acceleration. This laptop processor's Base power consumption is 28 W while its Turbo power consumption is supposed to stay within 115 W.
Ultra 9 185H: The top-of-the-line Meteor Lake chip that debuted in December 2023. This 1st Gen Core Ultra processor has come to replace 13th generation Core chips; it has 16 cores (6 + 8 + 2) and 22 threads at its disposal. Its Performance cores, of which there are 6, run at up to 5.1 GHz while its Efficient cores, of which there are 10 (8 main cores plus 2 extra ones found in the Low Power Island) run at up to 3.8 GHz. The 8-core Arc GPU, just out of the oven, serves as the integrated graphics adapter - this runs at up to 2.35 GHz - and there is a bevy of other brand-new technologies on offer as well such as the integrated AI Boost NPU with two Gen 3 engines for hardware AI workload acceleration. vPro Enterprise and business-centric features such as the Remote Platform Erase are onboard as well. This laptop processors's "base" power consumption is 45 W, while its Turbo power consumption is not supposed to go over 115 W.
Intel Arrow Lake:
Ultra 7 255H: High-end mobile processor based on the Arrow Lake architecture with 16 cores divided into 3 clusters. The fast 6 P-cores clock at up to 5.1 GHz. There are also 8 smaller E-cores with up to 4.4 GHz and 2 small low power cores (same architecture) with up to 2.5 GHz. It integrates a small NPU with 13 TOPS peak performance and supports vPro Essentials.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
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70.1%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
