This is a comparison between the M1 Max 16″ MacBook Pro to the i7 Razer Blade 15 Advanced in terms of everything from design, speakers, microphones, webcams, keyboards, SSD speeds, benchmarks, real-world tests, and MORE to find out which laptop is the better buy!
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Razer Blade Advanced 15 vs 16” Macbook Pro Specification Difference
| Razer Blade Advanced 15 | 16” Macbook Pro |
| 4.8 GHz 14-core i7 CPU | 3.2 GHz 10-core CPU |
| RTX 3080 6GB VRAM | 16-core GPU |
| 16 GB DDR4 RAM | 16 GB Unified Memory |
| 1TB SSD | 512GB SSD |
| $2,499 | $2,499 |
Design Difference
- Both of them are alsmost identical.
- Razer sits little bit higher off of your desk because of the fans on the bottom to maintain the airflow.
- Macbook has vents on the bottom side which don’t get blocked as easily.
Battery Life
- Razer has a 80Wh battery.
- Macbook has 100Wh battery.
- 15″ Razer Blade Advanced has 11 -13 hours battery life
- 16″ Macbook has 4-6 hours battery life.
- Macbook has a magsafe charger 140w / or can use the USB-C to charge.
- Macbook doesn’t use over 80w total peak power.
- Razer has a 230w brick for its CPU and Graphics.
Ports, Keyboard, and Authentication
- Razer has 3 USB-A ports.
- Macbook has 3 thunderbolt ports
- Razer has windows face recognition. Windows Hello!
- Macbook doesn’t have that feature. But it does have touch ID.
- Razer has an improved diving board design track pad. But it is lot harder to press at the top and easy at the bottom.
- Razer has an improved keyboard design also.
- Macbook has force touch pad that can be adjusted. It is even and It is larger.
- Also Macbook has a never design keyboard which is a little bit better than the Razer keyboard.
Speaker Comparison
- Razer has THX audio system.
- Macbook pro has amazing speaker system with sub woofers.
- Razer is louder compared to the Macbook.
- The bass is pretty much non-existent in the Razer.
- Macbook has natural high quality sounds.
- Macbook is better when it comes to sound quality compared to Razer Blade 15 Advanced.
Display Quality Compared
- Razer has a 2560 x 1440 pixel panel.
- Has a 240 Hertz refresh rate.
- Perfect for gaming.
- Macbook has 120 Hertz pro motion, it can be turned down to 60 Hertz to save battery.
- Macbook regular brightness is 500 nits and it can be raise up to 1600 for HDR content.
- Razer does not give that feature but it looks like it is from 350 – 400 nits.
- Macbook display is definitely more color accurate with a lot of different profiles depending on what you want to do.
- Macbook display is definitely nicer and suitable for creative workers.
Webcam and Mic Comparison
- Razer has a 1080p webcam and a dual front facing microphones.
- Macbook also has a 1080p camera and also studio quality microphone.
- But overall Macbook webcam and mic looks and sounds better.
SSD speed test
- Both laptops are increadibly speed in terms of read.
- Razers 1TB SSD beat up the Macbook by about 900 mbps.
- But Macbook when it comes to right is quite a bit faster about a 1300 mbps
- Razer is much quicker than any of the other windows laptops even at its highest performance.
Laptop Snapiness
- Because of the 12 gen CPU Razer Blade 15 advanced is much quicker and snappy.
- when running speedometer 2.0 it gives the highest score in any Windows laptops.
- Macbook got 274 runs per minute. It is way faster than Mac Pro.
- Razer has 257 runs per minute. Little bit behind than Macbook.
- But without battery power Razer limits it to 209 runs per minute.
Geekbench 5 CPU test (Alder Lake CPU vs M1 Pro)
- Razer got a single-core score of 1781.
- Macbook Pro got a single-core score of 1772.
- Razer got a multi-core score of 11,710.
- Macbook pro got a multi-core score of 12,447.
Cinebench R23 3D Rendering Comparison
| Razer Blade Advanced 15 | 16” Macbook Pro |
| 90w of CPU power used | 3.2 GHz unplugged |
| Temperature 90 degrees celsius | Doesn’t thermal throttle |
| Clocks – around 3.2 GHz | Fans did not even go half speed if you max up the CPU and GPU usage at the same time. |
| Dropped to 54w because of thermal | 30w maximum |
| 2.8 – 2.7 GHz |
Fan Noise and Thermal
- No fan noise in Razer.
- 45-46 degree celsius.
- In Macbook 37 degree celsius at the max
- Macbook run silently and quite a bit cooler as well.
- Cinebench R23 CPU (Multi-core) score of 12620 pts for the Razer.
- 12375 pts for the Macbook pro.
CPU Pperformance on battery power
In battery power, the Cinebench R23 CPU score dropped to 7,952 in Razer. And when comparing it to Macbook it’s about 56% less power. A lot of people talking about Alder Lake, Its efficiencies, when you downclock it when you run at lower wattage it still performs very well. But Macbook gives you all that performance on battery power.
Graphic performance – 3D mark wildlife extreme unlimited test
The test is not limited by resolution to keep it fair. in this test, Razer Blade 15 Advanced is fighting back with Nvidia Graphics card scores of 16,248 compared to a nice score but much lower 10,432. So, the Razer when it is plugged in is about 55% more powerful in terms of graphics performance for gaming and other tasks.
on battery power that dropped more than double to 7,747 and it is about 35% slower than the Macbook Pro on battery. So in a situation where you have to run the laptop on battery power Macbook gives you full performance and also the fact that you can charge it with a cheap $40 USB-C bank and can run your laptop and charge at the same time, as you are working on it.
Edition Performance Comparison
When it comes to adobe photo editing MacBook Pro gives better performance than Razer Blade 15 advanced. When it comes to 4k video editing also MacBook pro gives better performance.
Conclusion – Which Laptop should you buy?
Overall, Intel did a great job with this 12th gen CPU. Razer did a great job. It is cooler, it is quieter, and it is a much nicer system than before. If you are gaming of course Razer Blade 15 should be your choice. But if you are somebody doing video editing, photo editing, different productivity, and if you are somebody who cares about performance and battery and battery life. We do have a pretty big display difference, the display is a lot nicer for people who are doing that kind of work. So MacBook well suits your needs if you are searching for the above-mentioned tasks.
Leave a comment down below. What are your thoughts on these laptops? Which one would you buy?