Phenquestions
Display
Blade Studio's display is impressively rich in vibrant and vivid colors. Its wide 15.6-inch screen comes standard with a 4K OLED touch display and with its 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, it has a wider color coverage than the normal consumer video standard. In a nutshell, DCI-P3 color gamut is the standard used in film-making, which means it does not only have more colors than the other standards, the colors are also more accurate. With all these display specs, Blade Studio apparently outshines the display quality of an ordinary laptop. To top it all, the display is factory calibrated ensuring the best quality for its target audience.
Performance
Blade Studio has an ultra-fast processing speed. With the power of 10th gen 8-core Intel i7 10875H, 5.1 GHz processor, and 32GB DDR4 RAM running in the background, the processing speed is faster than the blink of an eye. Furthermore, the RAM is upgradeable to 64GB and it has a massive storage space of 1TB SSD.
Another component that makes it exceptional is the cutting-edge (and don't forget expensive) GPU - NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Studio Edition. Armed with 16GB GDDR6 VRAM, 3072 Cuda cores, 48 ray-tracing cores, this GPU gives a peak performance of 9TF,[2] making photo and video processing run smoothly without any lag. Combined with NVIDIA's Studio drivers, this is probably the biggest upgrade in the Blade Studio edition. Another great thing worth mentioning about this GPU is, despite its incredibly powerful performance, it does not consume a lot of power. In fact, there is nothing special about Blade Studio's charger which is just the regular 270W.
The battery life is also unexpectedly long for a laptop with premium hardware components. On an actual test done by playing a looped 1080p video, Blade Studio ran for almost 7 hours on battery.[3] This only shows how power-efficient the hardware installed in the Blade Studio is.
Design
Blade Studio's design is simple yet sophisticated. It is considerably compact, lightweight, and portable despite the type of hardware components enclosed in its sturdy, aluminum chassis. Weighing 4.85 lbs, this mobile workstation is easy to carry wherever you go. It has flexible connectivity features with more rooms for different types of ports - a memory card reader, USB-C (Thunderbolt 3), USB 3.2 (USB-A), an HDMI port, two USB-A ports, a USB-C port, and a 3.5mm headphone/microphone combo port. Despite the wide array of ports, it is still incredibly slim. Finally, the Mercury white color enhances the premium laptop's simple but elegant look.
Other Features
Blade Studio has other first-rate features worth noting. It is loaded with Windows Pro OS and has a backlit per-key RGB keyboard powered by Razer Chroma. It also comes with Intel Wireless-AX201 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax), and Bluetooth 5.1. It has a built-in IR HD webcam (1MP/720p) which is compatible with Windows Hello. In addition, it has security features like the fingerprint sensor for added security when logging in, and to thief-proof the rather expensive laptop, it also has a Kensington security slot.
Blade 15 vs Blade Studio
Blade Studio and Blade 15 are targeted at different types of audiences but many are still curious as to what makes the studio edition different from Blade 15. If you are one of the curious ones, check out their tech specs below:
| Razer Blade 15 | Razer Blade 15 Studio | |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GTX 1060 NVIDIA RTX 2060 NVIDIA RTX 2070 NVIDIA RTX 2080 | NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Studio Edition (16GB GDDR6 VRAM) |
| Processor | Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-9750H | Intel Core i7-10875 8 Core |
| RAM | 16GB DDR4 Upgradeable to 64GB | 32GB DDR4 Upgradeable to 64GB |
| Storage | 128GB SSD (SATA-III) + 1TB HDD (5400rpm) 256GB SSD (NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4) + 2TB HDD (5400rpm) 256GB PCIe SSD 512GB PCIe SSD | 1TB PCIe SSD |
| Display | 15.6" Full HD 60Hz/144Hz/240Hz (non-touch) 4K OLED 60Hz (touch) | 15.6" OLED 4K Touch 60Hz 100% DCI-P3 HDR400 Factory calibrated |
| Ports | USB 3.1 or 3.2 Thunderbolt 3 USB-C HDMI miniDP | USB 3.2 Gen 2 (USB-A) x3 Thunderbolt 3 USB-C HDMI |
| Battery | 65 Wh/80Wh | 80Wh |
| Price | $1599.99 to $3299.99 | $4299.99 |
Blade Studio is not a laptop for everyone. For many it is an overkill; both in performance and price. But if you are from the creative industry, this premium laptop is without a doubt, a what-to-aim-for. Its stunning display quality, premium design, superior hardware, and stellar performance make rendering, video editing, or any other complex and hardware-exhaustive task run incessantly. With all the specs presented here, you be the judge whether it's indeed worthy of its hefty price tag.
Note: Price and specs are all sourced from Razer's website: https://www.razer.com/
Sources:
[1] Devine, Richard, “Razer Blade 15 vs. Blade 15 Studio Edition: What's the difference?”, 27 Feb 2020 https://www.windowscentral.com/razer-blade-15-vs-blade-15-studio-edition-whats-difference Accessed 29 Oct 2020
[2] Devine, Richard, “Razer Blade 15 vs. Blade 15 Studio Edition: What's the difference?”, 27 Feb 2020 https://www.windowscentral.com/razer-blade-15-vs-blade-15-studio-edition-whats-difference Accessed 29 Oct 2020
[3] Hanson, Matt, “Razer Blade 15 Studio Edition (2020) review”, 10 Sep 2020, https://www.techradar.com/reviews/razer-blade-15-studio-edition-2020 Accessed 29 Oct 2020
