New Razer Blade 16 Brings AMD Ryzen 9 and NVIDIA 5090

The Razer Blade line has long been one of my personal favorites in the gaming laptop space. It’s a series that consistently combines top-tier performance with a sleek, minimalist design, while still retaining a little gamer flair through Razer's Chroma RGB lighting. 

The new Razer Blade 16 just got even more interesting -- this latest 16-inch model is thinner, smarter, and now powered by AMD for the first time ever, along with NVIDIA's new 50-series GPUs. 

AMD joins the party

The new Blade 16 is equipped with up to an AMD Ryzen 9 HX 370 processor, which is one of AMD's AI-enabled CPUs, with its own NPU. That's interesting, because the Ryzen 9 is not only good for gaming, but also in handling AI-driven tasks like real-time video upscaling or running LLM software. 

This also counts as a Copilot+ PC because of those specs, and includes a Windows Copilot key on the keyboard. 

The NVIDIA connection

Pairing the AMD Ryzen 9 with NVIDIA’s latest GPUs -- up to the GeForce RTX 5090 -- makes this an undeniably powerful combo. The just-announced 50-series GPUs from NVIDIA includes both desktop and laptop versions, and I've seen several PC makers rushing to use these new mobile parts in gaming laptops as soon as they're available, possibly as soon as March, 2025 (desktop 50-series GPUs will be available even sooner). 

A slimmer shape

During my hands-on time with a pre-production unit at Razer's CES suite, the build quality felt as premium as ever, despite the significantly thinner profile. At 0.59 inches thick, this is about 30 percent smaller in total volume than the previous 2024 version (which I reviewed here). 

While the new model features the same QHD+ 240Hz OLED display as last year's, there's also increased 1.5mm key travel for a better typing and gaming experience.

The Razer Blade 16 is set to release early in 2025, and based on what I've heard from PC makers so far at CES, that should mean sometime in March.

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Micro Center Editor-in-Chief Dan Ackerman is a veteran tech reporter and has served as Editor-in-Chief of Gizmodo and Editorial Director at CNET. He's been testing and reviewing laptops and other consumer tech for almost 20 years and is the author of The Tetris Effect, a Cold War history of the world's most influential video game. Contact Dan at dackerman@microcenter.com.