Razer this morning is announcing the 2025 model of its Blade 16 gaming laptop, and it’s showcasing it at CES this year, just as it tends to do with several new products every year. Some of which end up being concepts before eventually making it to production. For example, last year at CES Razer showed off its concept Sensa HD haptics seat cushion, which later turned into the Razer Freyja.
Razer has always been known for making some of the thinnest gaming laptops around. It’s a trait that really puts into perspective just how strong its engineering team is. Because somehow, every year, they manage to squeeze all this power and performance into a super thin chassis, while also making sure the laptops stay at optimal temperatures. All thanks to top-notch cooling systems. This year, Razer seems to have outdone itself, as it confirms the 2025 Blade 16 is the thinnest ever.
The 2025 Razer Blade 16 is 32% thinner than the previous model
Razer has always had thin laptops, but it’s going above and beyond with its latest. The company says the Razer Blade 16 is now 32% thinner than the previous model. The previous model is 0.87 inches thin for comparison. The new Razer Blade 16 is now 0.59 inches thin, which seems impossibly thin for a machine with specs like this one.
In addition to the thinness, Razer has also mentioned a few other details. The keyboard is new and has a new travel of 1.5mm. Razer says this is 50% more travel than before and it makes the typing experience more enjoyable. It has also confirmed the CPU coming in this model. It can come with up to an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU. That means you’ll have options for CPUs below that, which could help decrease the price a bit. Whatever it ends up being at the top-end.
Razer says this comes with a QHD+ OLED display with a 240Hz refresh rate. There’s no word yet on whether or not Razer will offer other display options. It usually does though, so that could happen here too.
NVIDIA’s latest, most powerful GPUs have come to play
When it comes to the meat and potatoes of the specs, it always comes down to the GPU. Razer has never been one to skimp in this area, and it’s partly why its systems cost a lot of money. The new Blade 16 can come with up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 laptop GPU, in addition to a whopping 24GB of GDDR7 VRAM. The card pushes out 155W of graphics power.
NVIDIA announced its RTX 50-Series GPUs earlier this evening, showing off some impressive performance with some of the new tech. That is to say, the Razer Blade 16 is going to be one powerful laptop.
Launching Q1 2025
Razer doesn’t mention an exact date, but it does say the new Blade 16 will be available sometime in Q1 of 2025. We don’t know how much it will cost yet, but it will be costly. That’s a certainty. For one, it’s a Razer gaming laptop. They always cost a lot. It also uses the latest AMD CPUs, and likely the most powerful GPUs from NVIDIA’s new RTX 50-series. So, all of that will add up. When the new laptop launches, you will be able to get it directly from Razer’s website, as well as authorized retail partners.
