In days of yore, you had to decide on between a small, gentle laptop computer and one with energy, together with discrete cell graphics playing cards. That was then, and that is now. 14-inch laptops cut up the distinction between portability and energy, making an excellent premium decide if value is not any downside. Two such examples are the Asus Zenbook Pro 14 and the Razer Blade 14, each of that are filled with 14-inch screens and Nvidia RTX 4070 graphics. Gordon’s placing them each to the take a look at in a head-to-head shootout within the newest PCWorld video on YouTube.

The Zenbook Pro 14 is the sleeker and lighter of the 2, probably as a result of it’s extra normal goal with its 14-core Intel Core i9-13900H, OLED display, and the GPU working at 110 watts. Compare that to Razer’s AMD-powered Ryzen 9 7940HS, a 240Hz LED display, and a boosted 140 watts to the GPU, and you may see the latter is extra geared in direction of gaming. That mentioned, each of them are absolute monsters by way of specs, particularly at this dimension.

The guys run via these machines via their paces with Cinebench, Blender, Crossmark, GeekBench, PugetBench, Time Spy, Speed Way, V-Ray, and OctaneBench, in addition to evaluating each outcomes with energy throttling in thoughts. The two laptops are pretty comparable by way of pure efficiency, particularly watt-for-watt, although the Asus beats out the Razer in mult-core CPU duties because of having that Intel six-core benefit. That’s an enormous increase for multitasking and a few rendering packages, however not such an enormous deal for gaming, the place Razer’s AMD {hardware} will get the sting. For an in depth breakdown, try the total video.

The newest Razer Blade 14 on this configuration costs $2400, whereas the Asus Zenbook Pro 14 (which will get double the reminiscence at 32GB) is $2100. For extra deep dives into the newest and biggest laptops, be sure you subscribe to PCWorld on YouTube!