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Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-A71M)
Acer's Aspire 16 AI (A16-A71M) is a 16-inch Copilot+ laptop on AMD's Ryzen AI 400 series with a 65Wh battery and an aluminum body. This record covers the Ryzen AI 9 465 touchscreen model with 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD, listed at $1,399.99 at Best Buy; Acer's range also goes up to 32GB of RAM, 1TB of storage and OLED panel options.
Pros
- Ryzen AI 9 465 with Radeon 880M graphics and up to 50 TOPS of NPU performance
- Two USB4 Type-C ports, two USB-A ports, HDMI 2.1 and a microSD reader
- 120Hz 16:10 1920x1200 touchscreen in a 1.55kg aluminum chassis with a 180-degree lie-flat hinge
- Camera privacy shutter on a 1080p IR webcam
Cons
- Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 rather than Wi-Fi 7
- LPDDR5X memory is onboard, so the 16GB in this configuration cannot be expanded
- No independent benchmark or battery-life results available yet
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Performance uses the published results of the AMD Ryzen AI 9 465, because we have no benchmark result for this device itself yet.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-A71M)
Display
- Screen size
- 16 ″
- Panel type
- IPS touchscreen
- Resolution
- 1920x1200
- Refresh rate
- 120 Hz
- Peak brightness
- 350 nits
Performance
- Processor
- AMD Ryzen AI 9 465
- Graphics
- AMD Radeon 880M
- RAM
- 16 GB
- RAM type
- LPDDR5X
- Storage
- 512 GB
- Storage type
- PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD
Battery
- Capacity
- 65 Wh
Design
- Weight
- 1.55 kg
- Thickness
- 15.9 mm
- Material
- Aluminum
Connectivity
- Ports
- 2x USB4 Type-C, 2x USB Type-A, HDMI 2.1, microSD card reader, 3.5mm audio jack
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6E
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- Webcam
- 1080p FHD IR with privacy shutter
- Biometrics
- Windows Hello face recognition (IR camera)
Software
- Operating system
- Windows 11 Home
Quick answers
Is the Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-A71M) good in 2026?
The Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-A71M) earns an Inno Score of 50/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Acer's Aspire 16 AI (A16-A71M) is a 16-inch Copilot+ laptop on AMD's Ryzen AI 400 series with a 65Wh battery and an aluminum body. This record covers the Ryzen AI 9 465 touchscreen model with 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD, listed at $1,399.99 at Best Buy; Acer's range also goes up to 32GB of RAM, 1TB of storage and OLED panel options.
What are the key specs of the Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-A71M)?
Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 · RAM: 16 GB · Screen size: 16 ″ · Weight: 1.55 kg
What are the closest alternatives to the Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-A71M)?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are ASUS TUF Gaming F16 (2024) FX607, Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition (15", 9), Lenovo IdeaPad 5i 2-in-1 Gen 11 (14-inch) — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
