Razer Blade 16 (2025) vs Blade 14 (2024)

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2560 x 1600
CPU
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RAM
Storage
1024GB

Review

Evaluation of Razer Blade 16 (2025) and Blade 14 (2024) 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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20.2
(Mediocre)
Value Index
24.4
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the Razer Blade 16 (2025)
  • Includes an old-school USB-A port
  • Performs better (up to 28%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Features a much bigger (~32%) battery – 90 against 68.1 watt-hours
  • Thinner bezels and 2% higher screen-to-body ratio
  • Can run popular games at about 8-11% higher FPS
Advantages of the Razer Blade 14 (2024)
  • Easier to carry: weighs 320 grams less (around 0.71 lbs)
  • User-upgradable RAM (up to 96GB)
  • Much smaller footprint: 22% more compact case (109 vs 139.6 square inches)
  • Provides 25% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 400 nits

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs

Case

Weight 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs) 1.78 kg (3.92 lbs)
Dimensions 359.8 x 250.5 x 14.9-17.4 mm
14.17 x 9.86 x 0.59-0.69 inches
319.7 x 220 x 16.8 mm
12.59 x 8.66 x 0.66 inches
Area 901 cm2 (139.7 inches2) 703 cm2 (109 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~82.4% ~80.8%
Side bezels 7.6 mm 9.1 mm
Colors Black White, Black
Material Aluminum Aluminum
Transformer No No
Opening angle 135° -
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber Yes Yes
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 2 2
Max. fan speed (RPM) 5300 RPM -
Noise level (max. load) 53.4 dB 51.9 dB

Display

Size 16 inches 14 inches
Type OLED IPS LCD
Refresh rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No -
PPI 189 ppi 216 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels 2560 x 1600 pixels
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, HDR10
Sync technology Adaptive Sync FreeSync
Touchscreen No No
Coating Matte Matte
Ambient light sensor - No
Screen space comparison
Blade 16 (2025)
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
Blade 14 (2024)
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
~30% more screen space
Display tests
Contrast 1000000:1 1274:1
sRGB color space 100% 99.8%
Adobe RGB profile 97.8% 85%
DCI-P3 color gamut 100% 100%
Response time 1 ms 3 ms
Max. brightness
400 nits
500 nits

Battery

Capacity
Full charging time 2:55 hr 1:30 hr
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes, 100 W Yes
Charging port position Left, Right Left, Right
Charge power 280 W 230 W
Weight of AC adapter 795 grams 790 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 140 W
Nvidia Optimus MUX MUX
Type Dedicated Dedicated
Fabrication process 4 nm 5 nm
GPU base clock - 2295 MHz
GPU boost clock - 2370 MHz
FLOPS 18.4 TFLOPS 16 TFLOPS
Memory size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory bus 128 bit 128 bit
Memory speed ~24 Gbps ~16 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 3328 3072
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 104 96
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48 48
GPU performance 18.4 TFLOPS 16 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Blender GPU 3595 3109
Solar Bay 51855 44092
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 - 96 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 1x1024 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 2 1
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers 4.2 (4 tweeters and 2 woofers) 2.0
Dolby Atmos No No
Loudness ~82.1 dB ~79.2 dB
Microphones 2 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v7 v7
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 3x USB 3.2 2x 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 No
SD card reader Yes No
Proprietary charging port Yes Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad No No
Backlight Yes Yes
Key travel 1.5 mm 1 mm
Touchpad
Size 15.0 x 9.7 cm 15.0 x 8.5 cm
Surface Glass Glass
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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