Razer Blade 16 (2023) Review w/ i9-13950HX

CPU Package Power averaged 110 watts during a 10 minute Cinebench R23 Multicore test with a custom profile active in Razer's Synapse software, with that figure dropping to 57 watts during a Cyberpunk 2077 gaming test and sitting at 15 watts when idle. Switching to the balanced profile saw those figures drop to 50 watts in Cinebench and 49 watts when playing Cyberpunk 2077. Idle CPU package power usage remained at 15 watts in both profiles.

CPU Package Temperature reflected the power consumption results with idle temperatures recorded at 55 degrees, rising to 90 degrees when gaming and 94 degrees when stressed with Cinebench and using the custom profile. Balanced mode saw the CPU temperature drop significantly to 68 degrees in Cinebench. Thermal throttling was observed on both the custom and balanced profiles during testing, which hindered the performance of the Intel Core i9-13950HX across most CPU intensive tasks and benchmarks. More details regarding this are available in our video review on YouTube.

With the custom profile active, system noise reached its peak during gaming, reaching 55dB due to the cooling of both the CPU and GPU being pushed to higher RPMs. The noise output during a 10 minute Cinebench Multicore test was 52dB, with the idle recording sitting at 34dB.

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