Compare MSI Raider GE78 vs Razer Blade 16
Variants
FHD+
QHD+
QHD+ 240Hz - RTX 4060
QHD+ 240Hz - RTX 4070
Dual UHD+FHD+ Mini-LED - RTX 4070
QHD+ 240Hz - RTX 4080
Dual UHD+FHD+ Mini-LED - RTX 4090
Connectivity
Ports
1x Thunderbolt 4 + 2x USB-C 3.2 Gen2 + 2x USB 3.2 Gen2 + 1x HDMI + 1x RJ45 (Killer 2.5G) + 1x Audio + 1x SD Card reader
3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A Ports + 1 x Thunderbolt 4™ (USB 3.2 Gen 2) Type-C + 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C Port + RJ45 - 2.5Gb ethernet + HDMI 2.1 output + UHS-II SD Card Reader + 3.5mm headphone/microphone combo port
Wireless Connectivity
Killer ax Wi-Fi 6E + Bluetooth v5.3
Wi-Fi 6E, IEEE 802.11a/b/d/e/g/h/i/k/n/r/u/v/w/ac/ax/az, Intel AX211 Bluetooth® 5.3
Construction
Battery | Capacity
4-Cell 99 Wh
95.2WHr
Battery | Type
Lithium-ion polymer battery
Lithium-ion polymer battery
Camera
IR FHD type (30fps@1080p)
Windows® Hello built-in IR 5MP Webcam
Colors
Core Black
Material
T6 CNC Aluminum, Anodized
Microphone
Built-in array microphone
Speakers
2x 2W Speaker + 4x 2W Woofer
4 speaker array (tweeters x2, sub x2)
Dimensions
Bezels
Top 9.6mm, L/R 4.66mm, Bottom 8.08mm
Size | Depth
298 mm
244mm / 9.61"
Size | Height
23 mm
21.99mm / 0.87"
Size | Width
380 mm
355mm / 13.98"
Weight
3.1 kg
2.45kg / 5.4lbs
Display
Aspect Ratio
16:10
16:10
Display Color Depth
10-bit
Display Diagonal
17 inch
16 inch
Display Type
IPS
IPS
Gamut
DCI-P3 100%
Viewing Angle
170 degrees
Function
Audio
THX® Spatial Audio
Chipset
Intel® HM770
Graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4090 Laptop GPU 16GB GDDR6 / 4080 12GB / 4070 8GB
Keyboard Backlight
Per-Key RGB Keyboard by SteelSeries
Per key RGB Powered by Razer Chroma™ N-Key rollover keyboard
Operating System
Windows 11 Home
Windows 11 Home
Processor
Up to 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9 HX Processor
13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-13950HX 5.6 GHz
Thermal Solution
Vapor Chamber Cooling
Touchpad
Precision glass touchpad
Variable Framerate
NVIDIA G-Sync
Performance
Key Travel
1.0mm
Memory | Capacity
2x SO-DIMMs, Max 64GB
Memory | Type
DDR5 5200MHz dual channel
DDR5-5600MHz
Power Supply
330W
Storage
1x M.2 SSD slot (NVMe PCIe Gen4) + 1x M.2 SSD slot (NVMe PCIe Gen5)
Reviews
Neofiliac score
84%
93%
Pros
- Powerful components
- Good speaker setup
- PCIe 5.0 support
- Great port selection
- Serious styling
- Premium build quality
- Highly-equipped
- No numeric keypad
Cons
- Very deep for a 16:10 17-incher
- Not the best displays in its class
- Has numeric keypad
- Reliability concerns
- Very expensive
- Is i9 necessary?
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