I tested the Razer Blade 14 (2025) — and it may be the perfect on-the-go gaming laptop

Unlike its larger brethren, the Razer Blade 14 (2025) is a small, refined workhorse of a gaming laptop that attempts to justify its high price with sleek design and high-end performance. Coupled with the latest hardware from AMD and Nvidia, the Razer Blade 14 does not disappoint when gaming. It's also great for productivity with a slim, lightweight profile and MacBook Pro-esque design made to move about the cabin.

The 2025 edition sports some upgrades that can be felt and seen, including a slimmed-down chassis and a new fan layout that makes it run cooler. All of that makes the Razer Blade 14 a contender for our list of the best gaming laptops of the year.

It’s a stiff competitor to our current favorite, Asus' ROG Zephyrus G14. Did Razer do enough to compete with the G14? Read my review of the Razer Blade 14 (2025) to find out.

Razer Blade 14 (2025) gaming laptop review: Cheat sheet

• What is it? The Razer Blade 14 (2025) is a premium 14-inch gaming laptop featuring AMD and Nvidia components.
• Who is it for? Razer's latest thin gaming notebook is for those seeking powerful gaming in a smaller footprint.
• What does it cost? The Razer Blade 14 (2025) starts at $2,299 when ordered direct from Razer. As configured, our review unit costs $2,649. The top-tier package goes up to $2,999.
• What do we like? We like the lightweight chassis, powerful performance and sharp 14-inch display.
• What don’t we like? We don’t like the high asking price, especially compared to rival laptops.

Razer Blade 14 (2025) gaming laptop review: Specs

Razer Blade 14 (2025) gaming laptop review: The ups

For the last couple of years I've been chained to a desktop gaming PC, and the Razer Blade 14 made me miss gaming laptops with its stellar design, incredible display and smooth performance.

Great gaming experience

I have not yet tested out an RTX 50-series PC, but thanks to rave reviews from my colleagues I had high expectations.

The RTX 5070 GPU in our Razer Blade 14 review unit, coupled with AMD's Ryzen AI 9 365 and 16GB of RAM, provided a smooth experience during my testing. For most games, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

I'm an FPS fan at heart, so my personal play put Valorant and Counter-Strike 2 to the test with various settings at both the highest and lowest levels. I've found Valorant to be pretty optimized, so even with the settings cranked up it was running pretty smoothly.

In our lab tests, we run a number of games through their respective built-in benchmark tools. As you can see in the table above, the Razer Blade 14 runs games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Black Myth: Wukong around 35 frames per second at 1080p resolution with max graphical settings.

It's comparable to the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14, which we reviewed with a slightly more powerful RTX 5080. Stacking up with the better GPU bodes well for Blade 14.

I can't OLED you go

Beyond gameplay running smoothly, games and media look great on the Blade’s 14-inch OLED display. As they say, once you go OLED, you don't go back to any other screen.

The display is a 3K OLED 120Hz screen with a 2ms response time. It won't hit the high refresh rates that wannabe esports gamers want, but games still look excellent.

With Calman verified color profiles I was able to use the Razer Blade 14 for creative work as well, including some photo editing. I felt the colors were represented well. With Razer positioning the Blade 14 as both a gaming PC and a work laptop, you should be able to transition seamlessly between work and play.

Lighter, thinner and cooler

It's impressive that Razer has managed to cut some millimeters and weight off the Blade 14 while still maintaining pretty good battery life and cooling.

The 2024 model weighed just over four pounds, and the 2023 edition was just under at 3.92 pounds. This year's edition comes in at a fluffy 3.59 pounds by comparison. Plus, Razer shaved off about 0.8 inches of thickness and width.

I like the way our review unit looks with its Mercury (silver) color scheme, and the overall smaller design gives it a sleeker MacBook-esque feel.

With a completely redesigned interior which moves the hottest components underneath the vapor cooling chamber and a refined dual-fan system, Razer claims the Blade 14 runs cooler than its predecessor—and our testing proves that’s true.

In our testing lab the underside of the laptop hit 96 degrees Fahrenheit while gaming and 94.9 degrees during non-gaming tests. Last year's mode ran a lot hotter in the same trials, climbing up to a balmy 133 degrees while gaming. That said, we consider anything over 95 degrees to be uncomfortable for most people.

Still, if you're like me and use a cooling pad out of habit, the heat shouldn't bother you.

Razer Blade 14 (2025) gaming laptop review: The downs

The Razer Blade 14 is unquestionably a great gaming laptop. However, it does have some obvious flaws.

Price

This isn't a new complaint about Razer's laptops; I'm certain you could read every review we've ever written, and one of the cons would always be the price. And this despite Razer's talk about "aggressive pricing" for this year's model.

This year's iteration of the Blade 14 is no exception, with a starting price of $2,300; our review unit maxes out at $2,700. Which is slightly more than the 2024 iteration, costing between $2,199 and $2,699. To be fair, the 2023 model started at $2,400, so it is cheaper than that.

Additionally, both numbers are higher than laptops like the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14, which costs $200 less with a similar build to the Blade 14 version I tested. Even bumping up to the Asus ROG Zephyrus 16 will get you boosted specs and a larger display for around the same price.

And if price is a sticking point, remember you have other alternatives, including the budget MSI Cyborg 15 (one of the best gaming laptops of 2025) which comes in around $1,000.

Which leads into the next flaw.

Volatile battery life

I am in the midst of a move and was really able to put the Razer Blade 14 to the battery test outside of my usual desk setup. For a normal workday, I found the Razer Blade 14 battery just about enough to get through nearly eight hours without needing to plug in until the late afternoon.

Our battery tests would disagree with me, though. With the display set at 150 nits of brightness and continually surfing the web, the Blade 14 averaged about 5 hours of battery life. That's worse than both the 2023 and 2024 versions, which managed 8.5 hours and 6.5 hours respectively. Razer promises up to 11 hours of life, but even on my best days our Blade 14 review unit never made it through an 8-hour workday.

When gaming it died even faster, lasting roughly 2 hours and 14 minutes on average. That’s better than the 2023 and 2024 models, which each lasted around 90 minutes while gaming on battery. My personal testing lined up with those numbers, and I kept the laptop plugged in or the power cord close by while gaming.

Weaker Specs

For the price you're paying, there are laptops at a similar or even lower price that offer more for your money.

Razer does cap the Blade 14 GPU at a 5070, which I think is to its benefit as it's not chugging along trying to make a 5080 or 5090 work without overheating the small chassis.

I'm harping on the comparison to Asus' G14 but it's the best comparison we have at this size with similar specs. And the comparison does not favor Razer's laptop on specs or price.

Razer Blade 14 (2025) gaming laptop review: Verdict

Razer has made one of the best 14-inch gaming laptops this year, though you have to pay for the privilege of owning one. Still, despite the price and comparisons to some of the best gaming laptops, the sleek design and great OLED display make the Razer worth considering.

And it's not just the specs that Razer got correct here. The redesigned cooling system makes it a cooler laptop than its predecessors. The RGB keyboard is fun, and I can't deny that the Blade 14 just looks good.

If you want a gaming laptop with comparable performance, the Legion Go 7i Pro and HP Omen Max 16 are great options, as well as the aforementioned Asus G14.