Razer Blade 15 Advanced Review (i7-10875H/2080 Super Max-Q)

We are examining the Razer Blade 15 Advanced laptop for use as a gaming machine as well as a compute workstation.

Razer Blade 15 Advanced Laptop Test Configuration:

• Processor: Intel Core i7-10875H (8 core, 2.3GHz/5.1GHz)
• Memory: 16GB (2x8GB) 2933MHz C21 DDR4
• Graphics Card: 8GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q (8GB GDDR6 VRAM)
• Display: 15.6” OLED 4K 60Hz Touch Display (100% DCI-P3, Factory Calibrated)
• System Drive: 1TB LiteOn CA5-8D1024 PCIe NVMe SSD
• Cooling: Vapor Chamber
• Battery: 80Whr + 230W Charger
• Keyboard: Per-key RGB Lighting (Razer Chroma)
• Chassis: Black, unibody aluminium chassis with green backlit Razer logo
• Weight: 2.2kg
• Operating System: Windows 10 Home

Comparison Systems:

• Dream Machines RG2070S-17EU31 (Core i7-10750H / RTX 2070 Super)

Tests

• Cinebench R20 – All-core & single-core CPU benchmark (CPU Compute), Stress test (Temperatures & Power Consumption)
• Blender 2.90 – All-core rendering of the Classroom scene (CPU Compute), Stress test (Temperatures & Power Consumption)
• V-Ray – CUDA GPU rendering (GPU Compute)
• SiSoft Sandra – Memory bandwidth (Memory)
• AIDA64 – Memory bandwidth, memory latency (Memory)
• PCMark 10 – Battery Life Test (Battery Life)
• 3DMark – Fire Strike (1080p) test, Time Spy (1440p) test (Gaming)
• F1 2020 – 2560×1440 & 4K Ultra High quality preset, DX12 (Gaming)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 – 2560×1440 & 4K High settings manually applied, DX12 (Gaming)
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider – 2560×1440 & 4K Highest quality preset, no AA, DX12 version (Gaming)
• The Division 2 – 2560×1440 & 4K Ultra quality preset, no AA, DX12 version (Gaming)

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