Thanks a lot for this great and honest review with all the details I was interested in and none of the marketing fluff of many other "reviews". Great work!
I honestly disagree, I don't think that either the G15 or the M16 scream gamer laptop, they are very elegant looking, and non-gamers wouldn't be able to tell that it was built for gaming.
@@SterbenNL what kind of job do you do? In a corporate office setting, razer goes unnoticed among all of Dells, HPs and Lenovos. Can you say the same thing about ROG machines with shiny lids and massive vents?
Bought the M16 last week, it's the i9 with 3070ti. I think this combination is the sweet spot for my use case. Since I do a lot of 3D modelling and rendering in school and have a desktop at home with similar specs. So if you are looking for a laptop that is both portable and powerful, I would really recommend the M16 for architecture students like me
@@ncsautomotionandtransport6615 Been using it for a year, like most gaming laptops you wouldn't expect much from it maybe around 1 to 3 hours tops with the GPU on. And Up to 2 days with GPU off and low screen time. It really depends on what you use it on. May I know what you'll use it for?
@@ncsautomotionandtransport6615 BTW for its specs, it has comparable battery life to an i7 laptop. I got a Legion pro and it was holding up. I really suggest you look into Legion laptops, the cooling is great! 🙂
Thanks for the amazing video! This is more helpful than every other video I've seen. I love the design of blade 15 but wish it had the 16inch screen in the same chassis and a better battery life.
Thanks for watching! Glad it was helpful! Same here, I think the design is crisp on Blade 15. For the battery, it all depends on your specs. None of the gaming laptops I ever touched had decent battery life. That's why I didn't even mention it in the video. There is no battery strong enough that would be able to give enough power to GPU and last more than 2 hours, at least not in a thin laptop scenario. In 2007, I bought a fully loaded Alienware laptop that was running Crysis on full settings and didn't even lag. It was way too expensive, like arm and leg expensive. The battery would last in gameplay for about 50 minutes. Now, if you compare the power needs of modern components, it didn't get better over the years. So being able to squeeze 2 hours of gameplay is a progress in my books :) This is why I am all for mid specs on gaming laptops, gives you better battery life if you need it and lets you play modern games in relatively good resolution and settings.
@iFrostReaper I doubt it gives more in case of these laptops, 2022 M16 with new chips etc was crushing just as well as 2021 G15 did, if not more often. Hence, 2022 G15 should be on par with M16. Yet, on it's own, 12 Gen Intel chipset is a different beast to work with.
@@RomanDoes Have you ever get sudden frame drops in game ? well it could be bc without MUX switch it runs through CPU and its iGPU first before reaching dGPU and it switches between the two depending on how demanding the task is so if for example you enter more graphically demanding area it takes time to switch between the two and results in FPS drops. Same can happen if you zoom in or increase details in programs for content creation that use GPU. MUX just routes your display directly to dGPU and saves you the trouble bringing the consistency and FPS increase by around 10%. In case you want to dismiss the MUX switch still 2022 G15 is stronger performer then G15 of 2021 as its dGPU runs higher TGP and it is also Ti version and has newer generation of CPU which still makes the comparing the laptops a little unfair. Also M16 and G15 and G14 of 2022 all have MUX switch which is active if you switch to Ultimate mode in Armory Crate just so you know.
@iFrostReaper cannot disagree on any point. However, in my specific setup of CPUs and GPUs in this video, there is plenty of power across all machines, neglected problem with all of them is a limited airflow. Specifically M16 where it shuts down whole system not because it has trouble switching MUX, it has trouble to stay alive because of the heat it produces. And airflow is not limited due to the bad design, I think it's maxed out to its potential, instead it's limited by the form factor.
Both use 240w of power to run when plugged in, these laptops are not made for mobility. You will be lucky to get 2 hours of gameplay or resource heavy tasks like video editing on any of these.
@@Whiplashxyz depending on your display resolution, around 5 hours in power saving mode. Razer says on the website it can last up to 8 hours. In theory it can, if you just open it and don't use it 😃
That is a tough question. I like razer 15 a lot for the size, but speaker sound and the fact that it comes with clocked down 3080Ti GPU, kinda pushes me away towards M16. On M16 I liked the performance and the display, but downside of the power is the heat and noise. Plastic body looks cheap on it as well, keyboard feels cheaper too. So if I had to make choice today between these 3 laptops, I would go with razer, but with QHD display, 3060Ti and i7, and ignore the poor sound quality. Oh, and if I had to get 3080ti on razer, the only option in 2022 is the 17 inch model as it comes with fully power 165w version.
@@RomanDoes I also like the blade design but I LOVE the screen of m16 so will go for that. How are you thinking of the m16 with i7 and 3060? Unfortunately it only has 1920x1200 resolution but it is small 16" laptop and still 16:10 so it will be nice screen, I think. I'm picking one up today and am excited to try it, if it goes bad I could also go for the XPS 15 i7/3050ti but I'm afraid it will not have the power for my games, and 60hz screen. XPS is my favourite of all designs though
@@RomanDoes I'm having a nice desktop at home so I don't think it will make sense for me to go for i9/anything above 3060 on the laptop. A higher res screen would be nice but I have a 3440x1440 ultrawide at my workplace I could use with it.
@David Ademola you gotta re-watch whole video now, as you clearly missed a lot of things with your premature comment! Only lid is aluminum, body is soft-coated with some cheap feeling plastic paint. Chassis are made of magnesium btw, you have it all in the video. Regardless of what it's made of, it doesn't change the fact that it could do better than what it is. 😀
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Thanks a lot for this great and honest review with all the details I was interested in and none of the marketing fluff of many other "reviews". Great work!
Thank you for watching! Glad it helped!
I honestly disagree, I don't think that either the G15 or the M16 scream gamer laptop, they are very elegant looking, and non-gamers wouldn't be able to tell that it was built for gaming.
I wonder what a gaming laptop looks like in your universe 😀
@@RomanDoes Alienware laptops are clear gaming laptops, rog strix series scream gaming laptop, Acer predator, Nitro, etc.
@@SterbenNL 🤔 funny you mentioned strix... these use nearly identical lids with M16 and G15
@@RomanDoes in fact, I think the razer laptop looks more like a gaming laptop, with its big razer logo on the back.
@@SterbenNL what kind of job do you do? In a corporate office setting, razer goes unnoticed among all of Dells, HPs and Lenovos. Can you say the same thing about ROG machines with shiny lids and massive vents?
Bought the M16 last week, it's the i9 with 3070ti. I think this combination is the sweet spot for my use case. Since I do a lot of 3D modelling and rendering in school and have a desktop at home with similar specs. So if you are looking for a laptop that is both portable and powerful, I would really recommend the M16 for architecture students like me
That infinity display is something, right?
@@RomanDoes yeah, color calibration is insane too!
Hey! Another student speaking here, any insight on battery life please ?
Thanks in advance. :)
@@ncsautomotionandtransport6615 Been using it for a year, like most gaming laptops you wouldn't expect much from it maybe around 1 to 3 hours tops with the GPU on. And Up to 2 days with GPU off and low screen time. It really depends on what you use it on. May I know what you'll use it for?
@@ncsautomotionandtransport6615 BTW for its specs, it has comparable battery life to an i7 laptop. I got a Legion pro and it was holding up. I really suggest you look into Legion laptops, the cooling is great! 🙂
I appreciate you making this video, it was very thorough. THank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the amazing video! This is more helpful than every other video I've seen. I love the design of blade 15 but wish it had the 16inch screen in the same chassis and a better battery life.
Thanks for watching! Glad it was helpful!
Same here, I think the design is crisp on Blade 15. For the battery, it all depends on your specs. None of the gaming laptops I ever touched had decent battery life. That's why I didn't even mention it in the video. There is no battery strong enough that would be able to give enough power to GPU and last more than 2 hours, at least not in a thin laptop scenario. In 2007, I bought a fully loaded Alienware laptop that was running Crysis on full settings and didn't even lag. It was way too expensive, like arm and leg expensive. The battery would last in gameplay for about 50 minutes. Now, if you compare the power needs of modern components, it didn't get better over the years. So being able to squeeze 2 hours of gameplay is a progress in my books :)
This is why I am all for mid specs on gaming laptops, gives you better battery life if you need it and lets you play modern games in relatively good resolution and settings.
Excellent review! Thank you!
Thanks for that great explanation at the conclusion part🤟
Glad it was helpful!
There is one MAJOR difference between G15 2021 and G15 2022 which is MUX Switch as a gaming student of architecture this was welcomed feature
It's more of a processor feature rather than the model of laptop itself, but I get the point
@@RomanDoes its is a change from 2021 to 2022 that does improve the performance tho
@iFrostReaper I doubt it gives more in case of these laptops, 2022 M16 with new chips etc was crushing just as well as 2021 G15 did, if not more often. Hence, 2022 G15 should be on par with M16.
Yet, on it's own, 12 Gen Intel chipset is a different beast to work with.
@@RomanDoes Have you ever get sudden frame drops in game ? well it could be bc without MUX switch it runs through CPU and its iGPU first before reaching dGPU and it switches between the two depending on how demanding the task is so if for example you enter more graphically demanding area it takes time to switch between the two and results in FPS drops. Same can happen if you zoom in or increase details in programs for content creation that use GPU. MUX just routes your display directly to dGPU and saves you the trouble bringing the consistency and FPS increase by around 10%.
In case you want to dismiss the MUX switch still 2022 G15 is stronger performer then G15 of 2021 as its dGPU runs higher TGP and it is also Ti version and has newer generation of CPU which still makes the comparing the laptops a little unfair.
Also M16 and G15 and G14 of 2022 all have MUX switch which is active if you switch to Ultimate mode in Armory Crate just so you know.
@iFrostReaper cannot disagree on any point. However, in my specific setup of CPUs and GPUs in this video, there is plenty of power across all machines, neglected problem with all of them is a limited airflow. Specifically M16 where it shuts down whole system not because it has trouble switching MUX, it has trouble to stay alive because of the heat it produces. And airflow is not limited due to the bad design, I think it's maxed out to its potential, instead it's limited by the form factor.
Good video man
I'll never understand why people bother about opening a laptop with one finger.
It's a premium thing, like being able to close car door by barely pushing it vs slamming it.
How is the battery life on both
Both use 240w of power to run when plugged in, these laptops are not made for mobility. You will be lucky to get 2 hours of gameplay or resource heavy tasks like video editing on any of these.
@@RomanDoes what about streaming videos
@@Whiplashxyz depending on your display resolution, around 5 hours in power saving mode. Razer says on the website it can last up to 8 hours. In theory it can, if you just open it and don't use it 😃
@@RomanDoes lmao 😂😂😂
Well I used the M16 for playing Apex Legends, and it lasted for about 2hrs
Which is your personal favourite machine out of the 3?
That is a tough question. I like razer 15 a lot for the size, but speaker sound and the fact that it comes with clocked down 3080Ti GPU, kinda pushes me away towards M16. On M16 I liked the performance and the display, but downside of the power is the heat and noise. Plastic body looks cheap on it as well, keyboard feels cheaper too.
So if I had to make choice today between these 3 laptops, I would go with razer, but with QHD display, 3060Ti and i7, and ignore the poor sound quality.
Oh, and if I had to get 3080ti on razer, the only option in 2022 is the 17 inch model as it comes with fully power 165w version.
@@RomanDoes I also like the blade design but I LOVE the screen of m16 so will go for that. How are you thinking of the m16 with i7 and 3060? Unfortunately it only has 1920x1200 resolution but it is small 16" laptop and still 16:10 so it will be nice screen, I think. I'm picking one up today and am excited to try it, if it goes bad I could also go for the XPS 15 i7/3050ti but I'm afraid it will not have
the power for my games, and 60hz screen. XPS is my favourite of all designs though
@@RomanDoes I'm having a nice desktop at home so I don't think it will make sense for me to go for i9/anything above 3060 on the laptop. A higher res screen would be nice but I have a 3440x1440 ultrawide at my workplace I could use with it.
@@RomanDoes Btw thankyou for your video and infos as I have been looking at all of these models at one point and it helped me choose :)
@@rilez2106 glad to hear that! I have one more video coming out today about razer, bit more details and have sound sample in there as well
M16’s rubber deck will look like crap in a year
Agree!
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The M16 and G15 aren't plastic
No way! What are they?
@@RomanDoes They both have a Magnesium, Aluminium alloy, Plastic Chassis, not just plastic
@@davidademola3770 and what did I say?
@David Ademola you gotta re-watch whole video now, as you clearly missed a lot of things with your premature comment! Only lid is aluminum, body is soft-coated with some cheap feeling plastic paint. Chassis are made of magnesium btw, you have it all in the video. Regardless of what it's made of, it doesn't change the fact that it could do better than what it is. 😀
@@RomanDoes Okay, u r right 😅, great Vid btw 👍, and I also think cramping that much power into laptops isn't worth it.
Asus is not plastic
Put it side by side with Razer Blade and convince me otherwise 😉
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