2023-06-12 00:22:00
The Razer Blade Pro 17 2017 (Intel Core i7-7820HK, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Laptop32 For RAM, 512 For SSD) et le Razer Blade 17 2022 (Intel Core i7-12800H, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop32 GB of RAM, 1 TB) have a lot in common. They both launched as very capable gaming laptops, costing around $4,000 to test each; they were both original enough to turn heads and steal hearts. However, a difference of about 5 years separates the two, which gives us a unique chance to see how far the IT industry has come in this time frame by directly comparing the two.
If you’re wondering why we’re pitting a “Pro” model against a non-Pro model, know that Razer no longer makes Blade Pros. The last one came out in 2021; ¨regular¨ models have since started to receive higher-end components that were previously exclusive to Pros, making the higher-end Blades of 2023 and 2022 direct descendants of Blade Pros released in 2021, 2020 and so on. .
The 7th generation Intel Core i7-7820HK pales in comparison to the 12th generation of Core i7-12800H. The former scored around 770 points in the Cinebench R15 Multi benchmark in 2017; this unimpressive result represents just over a third of the 2150 points obtained by the 12800H.
This is easily explained: the 12th generation Core processors are distinguished by a considerable increase in the number of cores compared to anything offered by Team Blue before. Users upgrading to the latest Blade in 2022 will experience multithreaded performance per watt and per dollar far beyond what they could have dreamed of a year or two ago.
Although the 2022 Blade has small screen bezels, it’s the screen itself that really pleased us. Our test configuration used BOE’s NE173QHM-NZ1 panel for a fairly low GtG response rate of 17.6ms and a decent average brightness of 294 nits – compared to the Sharp LQ173D1JW33’s 60.8ms and 207 nits, the panel used by the Blade Pro 2022, and at an average brightness of 294 nits blade Pro 2017 from 2017, managed to hit in 2017. Both panels delivered high AdobeRGB coverage, but the Sharp was oddly unqualified for gaming, with ghosting aplenty and frame tearing aplenty. The BOE panel was much better, helping players stay alive longer.
| Razer Blade Pro 2017 Sharp LQ173D1JW33 (SHP145A), IGZO, 3840×2160, 17.30 |
Razer Blade 17 RTX 3080 Ti BOE NE173QHM-NZ1, IPS, 2560×1440, 17.30 |
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|---|---|---|
| Display P3 Coverage |
88.9 |
98.7 |
| sRGB Coverage |
100 |
99.9 |
| AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage |
99.7 |
86.2 |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | ||
| Response Time Black / White * | ||
| PWM Frequency | ||
| Brightness middle |
230 |
335.9 |
| Brightness |
207 |
294 |
| Brightness Distribution |
83 |
75 |
| Black Level * |
0.2 |
0.38 |
| Contrast |
1150 |
884 |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * |
5.62 |
2.82 |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * |
10.24 |
5.04 |
| Greyscale dE 2000 * |
4.54 |
1.7 |
| Gamma |
2.36 93% |
2.14 103% |
| CCT |
6625 98% |
6382 102% |
| Color Space (Percent of AdobeRGB 1998) |
88 |
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| Color Space (Percent of sRGB) |
100 |
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* … The lower the value, the better the performance
Just as the 2017 Razer was compatible with almost all known games at the time at 1440p, with the High/Highest quality preset, the 2022 model can play most games released on that date at the same resolution and with the same quality parameters. Either way, 4K UHD slows down considerably, forcing the gamer to sacrifice some quality for a few extra frames per second.
This does not mean that the RTX 3080 Ti (Laptop) did not take a big step forward compared to the GTX 1080 (laptop). By playing The Witcher 3 at 1080p with Ultra quality on the 2017 Blade Pro, we averaged 65 fps; this figure increases to 125 fps with the 2022 model, an improvement of almost 100%. The icing on the cake, the owner of the 2022 model will benefit from all the updated Nvidia technologies, including ray tracing.
As for the external differences between the 2022 model and the 2017 model, the latter’s large screen bezels have been removed (as has the dedicated power button), the touchpad has been relocated, and the mechanical keyboard has been replaced with a more conventional option to allow for a slimmer profile. As a result, the 2022 model has become much more portable and easier to handle than the old one. 22 x 424 x 281 millimeters of the blade Pro 2017 have been transformed into 19.9 x 395 x 260 millimeters; the initial weight of 3.6 kg was reduced to 2.7 kg.
There are many internal design differences. On the one hand, the new speakers offer a much wider and more linear sound spectrum. On the other hand, the new model would be significantly quieter under high load conditions, as it is equipped with three internal fans, while the 2017 model had to make do with two fans. Battery capacity was reduced from 99 Wh to 82 Wh, leading to slightly shorter life when gaming; counterintuitively, it was now possible to browse the web over Wi-Fi for more than 5 hours instead of 3+ hours previously, thanks to more efficient hardware.
The internal layout of the Blade 2022 looks much cleaner than the 2017 model, while offering the option to upgrade RAM and not just the SSD.
The model 2017 featured a Gigabit Ethernet port and a Wi-Fi 5 wireless network adapter that offered actual data transfer rates of no more than 670 Mbps. For the Blade 2022, it was 2.5 Gigabits and Wi-Fi 6E for speeds of up to 1470 Mbit/s, respectively.
The built-in SD card reader is three times faster, with a throughput of 169 MB/s; that of 2017 did not exceed 52 MB/s.
The blade 2017 2017 was equipped with two Samsung PM951 PCIe 3 hard drives for sequential read and write rates of 2.5 GB/s and 0.6 GB/s, respectively. The 2022 Blade 17 we tested only featured a PCIe 4 SSD, a Samsung PM9A1; the SSD in question allowed a sequential read rate of 4 GB/s, and it was equally competent at writing data.
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