Razer Book 13 (2020) vs Blade 14 (2022)
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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
Case
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the Razer Book 13 (2020)
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 380 grams less (around 0.84 lbs)
- Thinner bezels and 16% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Much smaller footprint: 17% more compact case (90.8 vs 109 square inches)
Advantages of the Razer Blade 14 (2022)
- Can run popular games at about 425-579% higher FPS
- Higher screen refresh rate: 144 versus 60 Hz
- Around 2.8x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Features a bigger (~12%) battery – 61.6 against 55 watt-hours
- Better webcam recording quality
- High-speed PCI Express Gen 4 interface
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.4 kg (3.09 lbs) | 1.78 kg (3.92 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 295 x 198.5 x 15.1 mm 11.61 x 7.81 x 0.59 inches |
319.7 x 220 x 16.8 mm 12.59 x 8.66 x 0.66 inches |
| Area | 586 cm2 (90.7 inches2) | 703 cm2 (109 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~88.9% | ~76.8% |
| Side bezels | 3.2 mm | 4.9 mm |
| Colors | Silver | Black |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 140° | 135° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | Yes | Yes |
| Number of fans | 2 | 2 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 44.8 dB | 42.1 dB |
Display
| Size | 13.4 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 144 Hz |
| PPI | 169 ppi | 157 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:9 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| HDR support | No | - |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Contrast | 1759:1 | - |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 65.9% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 80% | - |
| Response time | 47 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 1:30 hr | 1:30 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| USB Power Delivery | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left, Right | Left |
| Charge power | 65 W | 230 W |
| Weigh of AC adapter | 285 grams | 654 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 0.9-2.4 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.2 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| Cores | 4 | 8 |
| Threads | 8 | 16 |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU | AMD Radeon 680M |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 6 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 15 W | 100 W |
| Nvidia Optimus | - | MUX |
| Type | Integrated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 8 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 1267 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1100 MHz | 1605 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.41 TFLOPS | 12.3 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | - | 192 bit |
| Memory speed | 4.27 Gbps | 14 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 640 | 3840 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 40 | 120 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 20 | 48 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x4 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 4267 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR4X | DDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | No |
| Total slots | 2 | - |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x1024 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | 78.7 dB | 78.8 dB |
| Microphones | 4 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.1 | v5.2 |
| Fingerprint | No | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 1x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 3.1 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | No |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.0 | 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 | No | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Size | 11.1 x 7.0 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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