Razer Blade 14 (2025) vs Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401

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CPU AMD Ryzen AI 9 365
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RAM
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Review

Evaluation of Razer Blade 14 (2025) and Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401 important characteristics
Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Value for money (Beta)

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31.8
(Mediocre)
Value Index
38.2
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the Razer Blade 14 (2025)
  • Can run popular games at about 68-93% higher FPS
  • Performs significantly better (up to 2.1x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Around 24% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
  • Provides 13% higher max. screen brightness: 450 vs 400 nits
Advantages of the Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401
  • Higher screen refresh rate: 165 versus 120 Hz
  • Slightly easier to carry: weighs 170 grams less (around 0.37 lbs)

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs

Case

Weight 1.63 kg (3.59 lbs) 1.46 kg (3.22 lbs)
Dimensions 310.7 x 224.3 x 15.8-16.2 mm
12.23 x 8.83 x 0.62-0.64 inches
311 x 227 x 16.9-19.9 mm
12.24 x 8.94 x 0.67-0.78 inches
Area 697 cm2 (108 inches2) 706 cm2 (109.4 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~81.6% ~80.5%
Side bezels 4.6 mm 4.8 mm
Colors Black, Gray Gray
Material Aluminum Top: Aluminum
Middle: Plastic
Bottom: Plastic
Transformer No No
Opening angle 135° -
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber Yes No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 2 2
Noise level (max. load) 54.6 dB -

Display

Size 14 inches 14 inches
Type OLED IPS LCD
Refresh rate 120 Hz 165 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes No
PPI 243 ppi 216 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Resolution 2880 x 1800 pixels 2560 x 1600 pixels
HDR support Yes, HDR10 No
Sync technology Adaptive Sync G-Sync
Touchscreen No No
Coating Matte Matte
Ambient light sensor Yes No
Display tests
Contrast 1000000:1 -
sRGB color space 100% 100%
Adobe RGB profile 89.2% -
DCI-P3 color gamut 100% -
Response time 1 ms 3 ms
Max. brightness
450 nits

Battery

Capacity
Full charging time 1:50 hr -
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes, 100 W Yes, 100 W
Charging port position Left, Right Left
Charge power 200 W 100 / 200 W
Weight of AC adapter 624 grams -

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 2.0 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo frequency 5 GHz 5.1 GHz
Cores 10 (4P + 6E) 8
Threads 20 16
L3 Cache 24 MB 16 MB
Integrated GPU AMD Radeon 880M Radeon 780M
Fabrication process 4 nm 4 nm

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

Graphics Card

GPU name
TGP 115 W -
Nvidia Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus MUX
Type Dedicated Dedicated
Fabrication process 4 nm 5 nm
FLOPS 18.4 TFLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS
Memory size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory bus 128 bit 96 bit
Memory speed ~24 Gbps ~16 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 3328 2560
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 104 80
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48 32
GPU performance 18.4 TFLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Blender GPU 3440 1827
Solar Bay 50605 26490
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details

RAM

RAM size
Channels 2x8 GB 2x4 GB
Clock 8000 MHz 8533 MHz
Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Upgradable No No

Storage

Storage size
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)
Channels 1x1024 GB 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 2 2
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers 4.2 (4 tweeters and 2 woofers) 2.0
Power - 2x2W
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Loudness ~79.6 dB -
Microphones 2 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v7 v6E
Bluetooth v5.4 v5.4
Fingerprint No No
Infrared sensor Yes Yes
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1080
Ports
USB-A 2x USB 3.2 2x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0 2x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt No No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort No No
VGA No No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) No No
SD card reader Yes Yes
Proprietary charging port Yes Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad No No
Backlight Yes Yes
Key travel - 1.7 mm
Touchpad
Size 14.9 x 8.5 cm -
Surface Glass Glass
Windows Precision Yes Yes
Further details
Notes on TUF Gaming A14 FA401:
    - The second SSD slot is limited to PCIe Gen 4x2.
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.

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