Razer Blade 16 (2025) vs Asus TUF Gaming A18 (2025)
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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)
Key Differences
Advantages of the Razer Blade 16 (2025)
- Higher screen refresh rate: 240 versus 144 Hz
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 500 grams less (around 1.1 lbs)
- Can run popular games at about 13-17% higher FPS
- Performs slightly better (up to 12%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 50% sharper screen – 189 versus 126 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Much smaller footprint: 20% more compact case (139.6 vs 175 square inches)
Advantages of the Asus TUF Gaming A18 (2025)
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)
- Provides 25% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 400 nits
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs) | 2.6 kg (5.73 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 359.8 x 250.5 x 14.9-17.4 mm 14.17 x 9.86 x 0.59-0.69 inches |
399 x 283 x 18.9-26.7 mm 15.71 x 11.14 x 0.74-1.05 inches |
| Area | 901 cm2 (139.7 inches2) | 1129 cm2 (175 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~82.4% | ~83.2% |
| Side bezels | 7.6 mm | 5.7 mm |
| Colors | Black | Black |
| Material | Aluminum | Top: Aluminum Middle: Plastic Bottom: Plastic |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 135° | 180° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | Yes | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 2 |
| Max. fan speed (RPM) | 5300 RPM | - |
| Noise level (max. load) | 53.4 dB | 32.5 dB |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 18 inches |
| Type | OLED | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 240 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| PPI | 189 ppi | 126 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1600 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | No |
| Sync technology | Adaptive Sync | G-Sync |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | - | No |
Screen space comparison
TUF Gaming A18 (2025)
18″ (16:10 ratio) = 145.6 in2
Blade 16 (2025)
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
~26% more screen space
| Contrast | 1000000:1 | - |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 97.8% | 67.9% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 100% | 69.3% |
| Response time | 1 ms | 3 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 2:55 hr | - |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes, 100 W | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left, Right | Left |
| Charge power | 280 W | 100 / 240 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 795 grams | 700 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.0 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 5 GHz | 5.1 GHz |
| Cores | 8 (4P + 4E) | 8 |
| Threads | 16 | 16 |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 16 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 860M | 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 | 115 W |
| Nvidia Optimus | MUX | MUX |
| Type | Dedicated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| FLOPS | 18.4 TFLOPS | 14.9 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR7 | GDDR7 |
| Memory bus | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | ~24 Gbps | ~24 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 3328 | 2560 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 104 | 80 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 48 | 32 |
| GPU performance | 18.4 TFLOPS | 14.9 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 3595 | 3173 |
| Solar Bay | 51855 | 46380 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 8000 MHz | 5600 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | DDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| Total slots | - | 2 |
| Max. ram size | - | 64 GB |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 5.0 (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
| Audio chip | - | Realtek ALC256 |
| Speakers | 4.2 (4 tweeters and 2 woofers) | 2.0 |
| Power | - | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
| Loudness | ~82.1 dB | ~74.5 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | No | No |
| Infrared sensor | Yes | Optional |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 3x USB 3.2 | 3x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | 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 | Yes |
| SD card reader | Yes | No |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | Yes |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | 1.7 mm |
| Size | 15.0 x 9.7 cm | 15.0 x 9.9 cm |
| Surface | Glass | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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