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2020 MacBook Pro 16” vs. 2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in: Full specs comparison

Here is a comparison of the specs between 2020 MacBook Pro 16” and 2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in, including CPU, RAM, storage, battery, display, and more.

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2020 MacBook Pro 16” Pros

Reasons that 2020 MacBook Pro 16” is better than 2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in.

2020 vs. 2018

Intel Core i9-9980HK inside 2020 MacBook Pro 16” has a 5% better multi-core CPU performance score than the AMD Ryzen 7 2700 inside 2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in.

Geekbench 5 multi-core score

2020 MacBook Pro 16” - Intel Core i9-9980HK

6,504

2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in - AMD Ryzen 7 2700

6,142

2020 MacBook Pro 16” - Intel Core i9-9880H

6,100

2020 MacBook Pro 16” - Intel Core i7-9750H

4,880

2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in - Intel Core i9-8950HK

4,806

2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in - Intel Core i7-8750H

4,470

The 2020 MacBook Pro 16” weighed 4.3 pounds, 52% lighter than the 8.82 pounds 2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in.

Weight	2020 MacBook Pro 16”	2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in
Pound	4.3 lbs.	8.82 lbs.
Kilogram	1.95 kg	4.00 kg

2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in Pros

Reasons that 2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in is better than 2020 MacBook Pro 16”.

The 2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in comes with four SODIMM slots that allow you to replace or upgrade when needed. On the flip side, you can't upgrade RAM on the 2020 MacBook Pro 16” since it has onboard memory.

Memory	2020 MacBook Pro 16”	2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in
Slots	Onboard	x4
Type	DDR4	DDR4

The 2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in comes with two M.2 slots that you can easily upgrade and install an additional SSD to expand the storage on the device. On top of that, it also has a single SATA slot that users can use to install a 2.5-inch SATA SSD, SSHD, or a hard disk drive to add even more storage.

Slots	2020 MacBook Pro 16”	2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in
M.2	Onboard	Yes x2

The 2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in has a 17.3-inch screen size 8% larger than the 16-inch 2020 MacBook Pro 16”.

Display size

2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in

17.3-inch

2020 MacBook Pro 16”

16-inch

Key Similars

Similar characteristics share between 2020 MacBook Pro 16” and 2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in.

Both laptops supports up to 64GB of system memory.

Max system memory size

2020 MacBook Pro 16”

64 GB

2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in

64 GB

Both laptops supports the same 2666MHz DDR4 RAM.

Memory type and speed

2020 MacBook Pro 16” - DDR4

2,666 MHz

2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in - DDR4

2,666 MHz

Prices

Here are the latest price updates and offers for both devices.

2020 MacBook Pro 16” Price
	Late 2019 Apple MacBook Pro with 2.6GHz Intel Core i7 (16 inch, 16GB RAM, 512GB) Space Gray (Renewed) By Apple $600.91 $674.64 11% OFF	See at Amazon
	2019 Apple MacBook Pro with 2.3GHz Intel Core i9 (16-inch, 16GB RAM, 1TB Storage) Space Gray (Renewed) By Apple $750.00	See at Amazon
	2020 Apple MacBook Pro with 2.0GHz Intel Core i5 (13-inch, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Storage) - Space Gray (Renewed) By Apple $629.99 $673.00 6% OFF	See at Amazon
2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in Price
	acer Predator Helios 300 Gaming Laptop \| 15.6" QHD IPS 165Hz \| 12th Gen Intel 14-Core i7-12700H \| 16GB DDR5 1TB SSD \| GeForce RTX 3070 8GB \| RGB Backlit Thunderbolt4 Win11Pro Black + HDMI Cable By acer $1,099.00	See at Amazon
	Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-54-760S Gaming Laptop \| Intel i7-11800H \| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU \| 15.6" FHD 144Hz 3ms IPS Display \| 16GB DDR4 \| 512GB SSD \| Killer WiFi 6 \| RGB Keyboard By acer $1,099.99 $1,299.99 15% OFF	See at Amazon
	acer Predator Helios Neo 16" i7-13700HX GeForce RTX 4060 16GB 1TB SSD W11H (Renewed) By acer $999.99	See at Amazon

Availability	2020 MacBook Pro 16”	2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in
Released	2020	2018
Release Date	Announced in June 2020. Available in June 2020.	-
Pricing	$2,399 - Intel Core i7 \| 16GB RAM \| 512GB SSD \| Radeon 5300M 4GB $2,799 - Intel Core i7 \| 16GB RAM \| 1TB SSD \| Radeon 5500M 4GB	-
Generations	2023 M2 MacBook Pro 16” 2021 M1 MacBook Pro 16” 2020 MacBook Pro 16” 2019 MacBook Pro 16”	-

Exterior	2020 MacBook Pro 16”	2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in
Dimensions	Height: 0.64 inch (1.62 cm) Width: 14.09 inches (35.79 cm) Depth: 9.68 inches (24.59 cm)	16.9” x 11.7” x 1.5” (429.26 x 297.18 x 38.1 mm)
Weight	Starting at 4.3 pounds (2.0 kg)	8.82 lbs (4.0 kg)
Colors	Space Gray Silver	Shale Black
Keyboard and Trackpad	Backlit Magic Keyboard with: 65 (U.S.) or 66 (ISO) keys including 4 arrow keys in an inverted‑T arrangement Touch Bar Touch ID sensor Ambient light sensor Force Touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressure‑sensing capabilities; enables Force clicks, accelerators, pressure‑sensitive drawing, and Multi-Touch gestures	Full-size backlit keyboard with full Numpad. Four zones RGB keyboards. Anti-ghosting keystrokes. Large trackpad with Windows precision drivers.

Display	2020 MacBook Pro 16”	2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in
Size	16 Inches	17.3 Inches
Info	Retina display 16‑inch (diagonal) LED‑backlit display with IPS technology; 3072‑by‑1920 native resolution at 226 pixels per inch with support for millions of colors Supported scaled resolutions: 2048 by 1280 1792 by 1120 1344 by 840 1152 by 720 500 nits brightness Wide color (P3) True Tone technology Refresh rates: 47.95Hz, 48.00Hz, 50.00Hz, 59.94Hz, 60.00Hz	17.3" FHD (1920 x 1080), IPS, 144Hz, NVIDIA G-SYNC™. 17.3" FHD (1920 x 1080), IPS, 144Hz, AMD Radeon FreeSync™.

Ports	2020 MacBook Pro 16”	2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in
Four Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C) ports with support for: Charging DisplayPort Thunderbolt (up to 40Gb/s) USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s)	1 x USB Type-A 3.1 Gen 2 2 x USB Type-A 3.1 Gen 1 1 x RJ45 1 x HDMI 2.0 1 x DisplayPort 1.4 1 x Mic-in 1 x Headphone-out 1 x DC-in Intel Models 2 x Thunderbolt™ 3 Supports up to 40 Gbps, DisplayPort, docking, and PD charging AMD Models 2 x USB Type-C 3.1 Gen 2

Internal Specs	2020 MacBook Pro 16”	2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in
Processor	9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.60 → 4.50 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 45W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9880H 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.30 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9980HK 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.40 → 5.00 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W	8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8750H 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.20 → 4.10 GHz, 9MB SmartCache, 45W 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-8950HK 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.90 → 4.80 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 45W AMD Ryzen™ 7 2700 4 cores, 16 threads, 3.20 → 4.10 GHz, 16MB L3 Cache, 65W
Integrated Graphics	9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9880H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9980HK Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1250 MHz	8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8750H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-8950HK Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz AMD Ryzen™ 7 2700 Not Available
Memory	16GB 32GB 64GB 2666MHz DDR4 onboard memory	DDR4-2666 Memory 4 Slots Number of SO-DIMM Slot Max 64GB Max Capacity
Discrete Graphics	AMD Radeon Pro 5300M with 4GB of GDDR6 memory (20 CUs) AMD Radeon Pro 5500M with 4GB of GDDR6 memory (24 CUs) AMD Radeon Pro 5500M with 8GB of GDDR6 memory (24 CUs) New AMD Radeon Pro 5600M with 8GB of HBM2 memory (40 CUs)	Nvidia® GeForce® 1070 Video memory: 8GB GDDR5 VRAM. AMD Radeon™ RX Vega 56 Video memory: 8GB HBM2 VRAM.
Storage	512GB 1TB 2TB 4TB 8TB SSD	2 x M.2 SSD Combo slot (NVMe PCIe Gen 3 / SATA) supports RAID 0. 1 x 2.5” SATA HDD

Connectivity	2020 MacBook Pro 16”	2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in
Wi-Fi	802.11ac Wi‑Fi wireless networking IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n compatible	IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology	Bluetooth 5.0
Ethernet	-	Gigabit LAN Speed: 10/100/1000 Mbps.

Battery	2020 MacBook Pro 16”	2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in
Size	100 Wh lithium‑polymer battery	4810 mAh (4-cell Lithium-Ion battery)
Battery Life	Up to 11 hours wireless web Up to 11 hours Apple TV app movie playback Up to 30 days of standby time	Up to 3.5 hours of battery life Intel models Up to 1.5 hours of battery life AMD models
Power Supply	96W USB‑C Power Adapter	230W power supply Intel models 330W power supply AMD modesl

Software	2020 MacBook Pro 16”	2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in
OS	Shipped with macOS Catalina	Windows 10 Home
Built-in Apps	Photos iMovie GarageBand Pages Numbers Keynote Siri Safari Mail FaceTime Messages Maps News Stocks Home Voice Memos Notes Calendar Contacts Reminders Photo Booth Preview Music Podcasts TV Books App Store Time Machine Find My QuickTime Player	Acer Predator Sense

Camera & Audio	2020 MacBook Pro 16”	2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in
Camera	720p FaceTime HD camera	Front-facing camera 720p (1280 x 720 HD) top mounted camera.
Audio	High‑fidelity six‑speaker system with force‑cancelling woofers Wide stereo sound Support for Dolby Atmos playback Studio‑quality three-mic array with high signal-to-noise ratio and directional beamforming 3.5 mm headphone jack	2.1 Stereo Speakers 2 x speakers 1 x subwoofer. Waves MaxxAudio®. Built-in microphone

Misc	2020 MacBook Pro 16”	2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in
Sensors	Touch ID sensor	-
Security	Touch ID sensor Apple T2 Security Chip	Kensington lock slot
In the box	16‑inch MacBook Pro 96W USB‑C Power Adapter USB-C Charge Cable (2 m)	Predator Helios 500 Lithium-Ion Battery AC Adapter
Warranty	Your MacBook Pro comes with 90 days of complimentary technical support and a one‑year limited warranty. Purchase AppleCare+ for Mac to extend your coverage to three years from your AppleCare+ purchase date and add up to two incidents of accidental damage coverage, each subject to a service fee of $99 for screen damage or external enclosure damage, or $299 for other repairable damage, plus applicable tax.	-
More	Video Support Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at millions of colors and: Up to two displays with 6016‑by‑3384 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors or Up to four displays with 4096‑by‑2304 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors Thunderbolt 3 digital video output Native DisplayPort output over USB‑C VGA, HDMI, DVI, and Thunderbolt 2 output supported using adapters (sold separately)	-

Key Features	2020 MacBook Pro 16”	2018 Acer Predator Helios 500 17in
At Glance	Released in 2020 16:10 Retina 16” 1920p 60Hz Weight 4.3 lb 1.95 kg Up to Intel Core i9-9980HK 8C/16T, 2.40 → 5.00 GHz Geekbench 5 1,114 Single Core Geekbench 5 6,504 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1250 MHz Configurable up to 64GB 2666 MHz DDR4 AMD Radeon Pro 5600M 8GB HBM2	Released in 2018 16:9 FHD 17.3” 1080p 144Hz Weight 8.82 lb 4.00 kg Up to AMD Ryzen 7 2700 4C/16T, 3.20 → 4.10 GHz Geekbench 5 930 Single Core Geekbench 5 6,142 Multi-Core With integrated Not Available Upgradable up to 64GB 2666 MHz DDR4 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5