Razer Blade 16 (2025): AMD Ryzen meets GeForce RTX 5000 in a thinner chassis 28 comments
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With the new Razer Blade 16 (2025), the American manufacturer is replacing Intel’s mobile processors in this class with AMD variants at CES in Las Vegas: in the future, the even more compact chassis will house a maximum of one Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (test), like The new Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 laptop GPUs are used for dedicated graphics cards.
Table of Contents AMD Ryzen meets GeForce RTX 5000 in a thinner chassis CPU: AMD Strix Point instead of Fire Range GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 laptop GPU Chassis: The thinnest Razer Blade ever Ports and keyboard Display and battery
To date, Razer relies almost entirely on Intel processors for its own laptops; only the Blade 14 (test) has been available with AMD processors since 2021. Now the Blade 16 also switches to processors from Austin.
The new Razer Blade 16 (2025) with AMD Ryzen AI 300 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 laptop GPUs (Image: Razer)
CPU: AMD Strix Point with Fire Range
The choice of the Strix Point type APU (Ryzen AI 300) is quite surprising at first glance, since AMD presented CPUs with the Fire Range (Ryzen 9000HX(3D)) at CES, supposedly better suited to a graphics card. dedicated mobile. However, they don’t have a powerful enough NPU for Windows 11 24H2’s Copilot+ features, whereas the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 does just that – and hence Razer is also announcing Copilot+. Additionally, the APU is significantly more economical in everyday scenarios, which will benefit battery life beyond gaming sessions.
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 Laptop GPU
As a dedicated graphics card, Razer uses the new Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 laptop GPUs up to the high-end model GeForce RTX 5090 laptop GPU with 24 GB GDDR7. However, the manufacturer has not yet revealed under NDA which configuration options are available to customers, at what TDP and at what prices, and the product page is currently putting off interested parties. The time will probably come in March, when the new generation of Nvidia will also appear.
Chassis: Razer’s thinnest blade ever
The new Razer Blade 16 – Thinner. Smarter. Sharper.
Razer on the new Blade 16
For Razer, the real flagship of the new Blade 16 is the considerably revised chassis, much flatter. While its predecessor was 22 millimeters thick, the new Blade 16 2024 is just 17.4 millimeters thick. This is the rear part, where the notebook is slightly thicker than at the palm rest. It measures 15.0 millimeters, thinner than any Razer Blade before.
The new Blade 16 is a bit deeper than the old one, although it retains the 16:10 display. But between 251 and 244 millimeters, it is “longer” by almost a centimeter and the bar under the screen is correspondingly wider.
The new Razer Blade 16 (2025) is significantly thinner than its predecessor (Image: Razer)
The width remaining unchanged, the new blade would have lost a total of 30 percent in volume. There was no information on weight before the embargo was lifted.
Model Case Dimensions Razer Blade 16 (2025) 17.4 – 15.0 mm x 244 mm x 355 mm Razer Blade 16 (2024) 22.0 mm x 251 mm x 355 mm
Ports and keyboard
There are three USB-A ports, two USB-C ports, and one HDMI port in the chassis. An SD card reader and a 3.5mm jack are also available. According to the internal vision provided by Razer, the DDR5 memory is not soldered (two SO-DIMM slots).
Razer also wants to review the keyboard which, with a travel of 1.5mm, is 50% deeper than its predecessor. A new “Thermal Interface Gel” is intended to ensure better heat dissipation in the flatter chassis.
Display and display
As for the display, Razer once again uses the 240 Hertz QHD+ OLED in 16:10 aspect ratio with a 0.2ms response time, originally introduced exclusively last year. It has a resolution of 2560 × 1600 pixels, is certified to Vesa Clear Motion Ratio 11000 (ClearMR 11000) and Vesa DisplayHDR True Black 500 and comes from Samsung Display.
The new Razer Blade 16 (2025) with AMD Ryzen AI 300 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 laptop GPUs (Image: Razer)
Razer could not maintain the extremely high battery capacity of 95 watt hours: in the new Razer Blade 16 it is only 90 watt hours, which can be charged to 80% in just under 45 minutes. Charging takes place via external power via Razer’s well-known proprietary connection.
The Razer Blade 16 – like other laptops equipped with Nvidia’s new graphics cards – will be released in March. Prices have not yet been released by Razer at this time.
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Updated January 10, 2025 at 8:19 a.m.
As Razer confirmed when asked, the LPDDR5X memory in this generation of the Blade 16 is actually soldered again and does not rely on the new screw-in CAMM system, as other manufacturers already use in some case.
Topics: AMD AMD Strix Point CES 2025 GeForce RTX 50 Graphics Cards Nvidia Blackwell Razer Ryzen Laptops
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