Benchmarking: 2020 Razer Blade Studio and 2020 MacBook Pro
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Overview
As part of my ongoing effort for Infrastructure as Code at Home and my hardware refreshes as my wife and I upgrade from our aging laptops to newer hardware, these are the latest two laptops to join our family for both work and gaming.
Hardware for Foreman Family Home Use in 2020
2020 16″ MACBOOK PRO – SPACE GRAY
- 2.4GHz 8‑core 9th‑generation Intel Core i9 processor, Turbo Boost up to 5.0GHz
- 32GB 2666MHz DDR4 memory
- AMD Radeon Pro 5500M with 8GB of GDDR6 memory
- 2TB NVMe SSD
- 16″ LED‑backlit display with IPS technology; 3072‑by‑1920 native resolution at 226 pixels per inch
2020 15” RAZER BLADE STUDIO – 4K
- 9th-Gen Intel Core i7-9750H 6‑core processor w/ 2.6GHz/4.5GHz (base/max turbo),
- 32GB 2666MHz DDR4 memory
- NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 with 8GB of GDDR6 memory
- 2TB NVMe SSD
- 15.6″ 4K OLED DCI-P3 100% display
PRELIMINARY RESULTS AND THOUGHTS:
Running 3Dmark and Novabench on both laptops, the i9 8-code processor on the MacBook Pro easily smoked the i7-9750H 6‑core on the Razer. For CPU intensive apps, the MacBook is easily a far more capable laptop.
For graphics and gaming, the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M with 8GB of GDDR6 memory on the MacBook Pro was respectable, but about 15-20% lower specs and rendering times than the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 on the Razer. The Razer Blade Studio remains a fantastic gaming laptop despite the slower CPU, but the MacBook Pro is clearly it’s equal or better when it comes to most everything else and especially virtualization.
