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The Razer Blade is one of those laptops you can always expect to be, at the very least, reasonably good quality, though all too expensive. Last year’s new Razer Blade 16 fit that mold, though it was similar to 2023’s model size, weight, and dreaded $3,000 starting cost. The design is identical in many ways, but now it’s 30% thinner and weighs less. That doesn’t sound like a lot, but holding it aloft, the changes feel far more significant.

The ergonomics have also improved with easier key travel and a slightly smaller trackpad. Razer will pack it with the latest Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs. The other end of the equation is also interesting: the new Blade 16 has an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX series CPU. There’s no option for an Intel CPU. We don’t know the pricing or release date, but at least we know just because the RTX 5090 desktop GPU is ginormous, it doesn’t mean our gaming laptops need to be. —Kyle Barr