Razer equips Blade 14 with AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS CPU and up to RTX 4070 video card

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Razer is updating its 14″ gaming laptop Blade 14 with AMD Zen 4 processors and RTX 4000 video cards from Nvidia. In addition to new hardware, Razer is installing a new battery, with a slightly larger capacity.

The Blade 14 is Razer’s smallest gaming laptop and hardly differs from its predecessor in this latest generation. Razer will supply different versions of the Blade 14, but in all cases the processor is a Ryzen 9 7940HS. AMD already announced that processor in January. The processor has eight cores, a maximum clock speed of 5.2GHz and a TDP that can be configured between 35 and 54W. It is not known at what maximum power Razer has set the laptop.

Razer will deliver the cheapest version of the Blade 14 with an RTX 4060 video card, which is tuned for a maximum power of 140W. That is the maximum that Nvidia allows for that video card. The more expensive models have an RTX 4070 on board, which will also be set to the maximum 140W.

To cool that hardware, Razer uses a vapor chamber, as is usual with its laptops. There are two DDR5 memory slots next to the vapor chamber. That is a change compared to the previous generation, because at that time the memory was still soldered in place.

The Blade 14 also has a new battery, with a capacity of 68.1Wh. The previous model had a 61.6Wh battery. However, the battery life would have been shorter. For the new model, Razer claims a battery life of ten hours, while the predecessor would still reach eleven hours, according to Razer.

Finally, the display has also undergone a change. The resolution has been increased from 2560×1440 to 2560×1600 pixels and the refresh rate goes from 165 to 240Hz. The system weighs 1.83kg, which is slightly heavier than the 1.78kg that the previous generation weighed. The cheapest model will cost 2800 euros

Colour Black Black Gray
Processor Ryzen 9 7940HS Ryzen 9 7940HS Ryzen 9 7940HS
Random access memory 16GB DDR5-5600 16GB DDR5-5600 32GB DDR5-5600
SSD 1TB 1TB 1TB
Video card RTX 4060 RTX 4070 RTX 4070
Price $2400 / €2800 $2700 / €3200 $2800 / €3300

Update: June 15, 1:13 PM: Euro prices added

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