Razer Blade 18 (2025) vs Blade 16 (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 18 (2025)
- Higher screen refresh rate: 300 versus 240 Hz
- Around 2.3x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Can run popular games at about 57-77% higher FPS
- Performs significantly better (up to 74%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Thinner bezels and 4% higher screen-to-body ratio
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)
- Better webcam recording quality
- Provides 25% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 400 nits
Advantages of the Razer Blade 16 (2025)
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 1000 grams less (around 2.21 lbs)
- Much smaller footprint: 18% more compact case (139.6 vs 170.6 square inches)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 3.1 kg (6.84 lbs) | 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 399.96 x 275.4 x 21.99-27.94 mm 15.75 x 10.84 x 0.87-1.1 inches |
359.8 x 250.5 x 14.9-17.4 mm 14.17 x 9.86 x 0.59-0.69 inches |
| Area | 1101 cm2 (170.7 inches2) | 901 cm2 (139.7 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~85.3% | ~82.4% |
| Side bezels | 6.1 mm | 7.6 mm |
| Colors | Black | Black |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | - | 135° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | Yes | Yes |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 3 | 2 |
| Max. fan speed (RPM) | - | 5300 RPM |
| Noise level (max. load) | 66.3 dB | 53.4 dB |
Display
| Size | 18 inches | 16 inches |
| Type | Mini LED | OLED |
| Refresh rate | 300 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | - | No |
| PPI | 168 ppi | 189 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| HDR support | - | Yes, HDR10 |
| Sync technology | G-Sync | Adaptive Sync |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
Screen space comparison
Blade 18 (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 | 1000000:1 |
| sRGB color space | - | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 97.8% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 100% |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | - | 2:55 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes, 100 W | Yes, 100 W |
| Charging port position | Left, Right | Left, Right |
| Charge power | 330 W | 280 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 1230 grams | 795 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.7 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 5.4 GHz | 5 GHz |
| Cores | 24 (8P + 16E) | 8 (4P + 4E) |
| Threads | 24 | 16 |
| L3 Cache | 36 MB | 16 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) | Radeon 860M |
| Fabrication process | 3 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 | 175 W | 115 W |
| Nvidia Optimus | MUX | MUX |
| Type | Dedicated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| FLOPS | 37.4 TFLOPS | 18.4 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR7 | GDDR7 |
| Memory bus | 192 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | ~28 Gbps | ~24 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 5888 | 3328 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 184 | 104 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 80 | 48 |
| GPU performance | 37.4 TFLOPS | 18.4 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 5941 | 3577 |
| Solar Bay | 89297 | 53242 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x16 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 5600 MHz | 8000 MHz |
| Type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 2 | - |
| Max. ram size | 64 GB | - |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x1024 GB | 1x1024 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 2 | 2 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 4.2 (4 tweeters and 2 woofers) | 4.2 (4 tweeters and 2 woofers) |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Loudness | ~82.1 dB | ~82.1 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 | 2560 x 1440 | 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 5 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | Yes | No |
| SD card reader | Yes | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | 1.5 mm |
| Size | - | 15.0 x 9.7 cm |
| Surface | Glass | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
Further details
Notes on Blade 18 (2025):
- The 4K display supports two modes: UHD at 240 Hz and FHD at 440 Hz.
- It has two Thunderbolt ports: one is 5.0, the other 4.0.
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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