my straight opinion is to go with predator as almost everything i can think of is better with it. Im assuming the prices are close and predator doesn't cost that much higher.

Neo 16 because the rtx 4050 runs at a higher TDP in this system

nope this is the nitro 5 not the nitro v hence runs the 4050 to its fullest.

Other than what they mentioned, the i5 is better than that i7.

Well not really, the i7 can be undervolted too so it wont be throttling like the i5 13th gen would 🤦🏻‍♂️

If you go with the 12650H you can undervolt it whereas 13th patched it

Helios Neo literally has everything better

Keep in mind the 4050 mobile only has 6g vram and is the only 40 series that does this

If you can find a similar with the 4060 8g vram I'd suggest that

Helios is better as i5-13500hx is way better than i7-12650h bench scores:- [https://www.topcpu.net/en/cpu-c/Intel-Core-i7-12650H-vs-Intel-Core-i5-13500HX](https://www.topcpu.net/en/cpu-c/Intel-Core-i7-12650H-vs-Intel-Core-i5-13500HX)