Razer Blade 16 (2025) review: ultra settings on an ultra-thin laptop for an ultra-high price
The Blade 16 remains one of the most stylish gaming laptops, especially if your style is all-black with a flash of RGB lights.Few gaming laptops stand out like Razeras Blades. Theyave long been the gaming alternative to the MacBook Pro: sleek, powerful, and grown-up looking, without the bulk and garish stylings of most gaming laptops. But cramming powerful graphics cards into slim confines means Blade laptops have a tendency to run hot, get loud, and carry ridiculous price tags.
So youad be excused for feeling anxious that the 2025 Blade 16, which offers Nvidiaas most powerful laptop GPU, is 30 percent thinner and significantly lighter than its predecessor. In my initial testing,it only seemed a little more powerful than the 4090 Blade it replaces.
But now I've used it much more extensively. I've even tested it against cheaper, thicker RTX 5080 laptops with more cooling capacity, which are the better buy if youare focused squarely on gaming performance. However, nothing quite matches the Blade 16as balance of top-end specs, thin chassis with all-black aesthetics, and a lovely OLED screen Iad happily stare at all day.
The 2025 Blade 16 is just 0.69 inches at its thickest (0.59 inches at the front) and weighs 4.6 pounds. That isnat just thinner and lighter than last yearas 0.87-inch / …