Razer Blade 14 with AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

1. Introducing Razer Blade (2023) and AMD Phoenix2. The hardware and features of Razer Blade 14 (2023)3. Performance and Testing (CPU)4. Testing and Performance (System)5. Testing and Performance (Games 1)6. Testing and Performance (Games 2)7. Closing Thoughts8. View All Pages

Our sample of the Razer Blade 14 (2023) was sent to us by AMD, however the CPU part of the equation did not initially strike us as anything particularly exciting. The eight-core Ryzen 9 7940HS CPU hums along at 4.0GHz+ on all cores while sipping a mere 40W-50W at an operating temperature under 80 degrees C with the cooling fans working at inaudible levels.

And yet, when you read those words, that is a pretty remarkable summary. AMD is beating Intel on performance while using half the power, and that is exactly what we have come to expect from Team Red. Goodness how things have turned around in the past three years!

We discussed the XDNA AI engine in our video and the implementation is currently negligible. We are familiar with background blurs on webcams and photos and will need something more dramatic to raise the level of interest. No doubt that will come in the future but right now we can say that AI accelerators have arrived, so the next question will be how they are used within Windows.

The Razer Blade 14 is an impressive laptop that is compact, portable, powerful with a very nice touch pad, a superb screen and superb battery life.

You can buy the Razer Blade 14 for £2,800 HERE.

Pros:

• Excellent battery life.
• CPU is punchy yet efficient.
• Vapour chamber cooler is nice and quiet.
• Memory and SSD can be upgraded.

Cons:

• RTX 4070 graphics seem like overkill – the cheaper RTX 4060 would be fine.
• Graphics only have 8GB memory.
• The advantages of AI are still unclear.
• 16:10 screen aspect ratio confuses some game settings.

KitGuru says: The new AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS helps the Razer Blade 14 perform impressively while maintaining superb battery life.

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