2026 Razer Blade 16 trades away AMD for Intel with great results

2026 Blade 16 may look identical to the 2025 model inside and out, but the simple processor swap has made for a number of improvements

The newest Blade 16 drops Zen 5 in favor of Panther Lake. The end result is an improved machine even if raw CPU performance is slower this time around.

Allen Ngo, Published 05/30/2026 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 ...

The 2026 Blade 16 is now shipping to succeed last year's 2025 Blade 16. The new model utilizes the same external design but with an Intel Panther Lake Core Ultra 9 386H CPU across the board to replace the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370.

Switching to Intel has some immediate benefits. Primarily, the USB-C ports on the Blade 16 now support Thunderbolt 4 and Thunderbolt 5 whereas the same ports on the AMD-based Blade 16 SKUs are USB4 only. Secondly, onboard memory speeds are faster at 9600 MHz up from 8000 MHz on the 2025 Blade 16.

Other benefits with the Intel-based Blade 16 include longer battery life, a much brighter OLED panel (from DisplayHDR500 to DisplayHDR1000) and a slight bump to the maximum TGP boost from 160 W to 165 W. Both changes improve the gaming experience by small but consistent margins.

Switching to Intel isn't all roses, however. As shown by the benchmark comparisons below, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 can slightly outperform the Core Ultra 9 386H when it comes to traditional multi-threaded workloads. The Intel Blade 16 is nonetheless the faster machine for gaming as our review shows.

Cinebench R15 Multi Loop

Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H: Ø2941 (2806.23-3172.09)

Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370: Ø3489 (3470.41-3505.08)

CPU Performance rating: Percent
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 6.6: Multi-Core | Single-Core
Geekbench 5.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean

CPU Performance rating
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370	81.2 pt
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H	78.2 pt

Cinebench R23 / Multi Core
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370	23805 Points +15%
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H	20750 (18849.5^min - 20749.6^max) Points

Cinebench R23 / Single Core
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H	2087 Points
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370	2039 Points -2%

Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core)
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370	9250 Points +13%
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H	8162 Points

Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core)
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370	800 Points +1%
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H	795 Points

Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370	3505 (3470.41^min - 3505.08^max) Points +10%
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H	3172 (2806.23^min - 3172.09^max) Points

Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H	313 Points
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370	310 Points -1%

Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H	171 Seconds *
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370	140 Seconds * +18%

7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370	83714 MIPS +17%
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H	71655 MIPS

7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H	6367 MIPS
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370	6252 MIPS -2%

Geekbench 6.6 / Multi-Core
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H	16903 Points
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370	15671 Points -7%

Geekbench 6.6 / Single-Core
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370	2942 Points +2%
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H	2886 Points

Geekbench 5.5 / Multi-Core
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H	17017 Points
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370	15407 Points -9%

Geekbench 5.5 / Single-Core
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370	2136 Points +1%
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H	2109 Points

HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370	28.7 fps +17%
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H	24.5 fps

LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370	46.8 s * -22%
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H	38.5 s *

R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H	0.4096 sec *
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370	0.3979 sec * +3%

* ... smaller is better

Assassin's Creed Shadows
1920x1080 Ultra High
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	67 (22^min) fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	64 (27^min, 35^P0.1, 49^P1) fps -4%
2560x1440 Ultra High
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	56 (44^min) fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	50 (31^min, 33^P0.1, 39^P1) fps -11%
3840x2160 Ultra High
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	42 (33^min) fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	35 (16^min, 22^P0.1, 27^P1) fps -17%
2560x1440 Ultra High + DLSS Quality
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	66 (50^min) fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	62 (29^min, 37^P0.1, 46^P1) fps -6%
3840x2160 Ultra High + DLSS Quality
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	53 (37^min) fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	47 (25^min, 29^P0.1, 37^P1) fps -11%
2560x1440 Ultra High + GI + DLSS Quality + FG
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	90 (73^min) fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	87 (66^min, 68^P0.1, 71^P1) fps -3%
3840x2160 Ultra High + GI + DLSS Quality + FG
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	72 (59^min) fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	66 (52^min, 53^P0.1, 56^P1) fps -8%

Black Myth: Wukong
1920x1080 cinematic TSR 100
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	57 (15^min, 51^P1) fps 0%
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	57 (47^min) fps
2560x1440 cinematic TSR 100
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	44 (38^min, 40^P1) fps +2%
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	43 (38^min) fps
3840x2160 cinematic TSR 100
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	27 (22^min, 25^P1) fps +4%
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	26 (21^min) fps
2560x1440 cinematic DLSS 68
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	64 (53^min, 57^P1) fps 0%
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	64 (47^min) fps
3840x2160 cinematic DLSS 68
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	46 (41^min, 42^P1) fps +2%
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	45 (38^min) fps
3840x2160 cinematic RT: Very High DLSS 68 FG
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	45 (38^min) fps
2560x1440 cinematic RT: Very High DLSS 68 FG
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	81 (58^min) fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	76 (59^min, 68^P1) fps -6%
3840x2160 cinematic RT: Very High
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	13 (10^min) fps

F1 24
1920x1080 Ultra High Preset AA:T AF:16x
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	133 (55^min, 67^P1) fps +1%
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	132.3 (59^min, 70^P1) fps
2560x1440 Ultra High Preset AA:T AF:16x
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	94.9 (50^min, 66^P1) fps 0%
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	94.7 (57^min, 67^P1) fps
3840x2160 Ultra High Preset AA:T AF:16x
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	48.8 (41^min, 40^P1) fps +1%
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	48.4 (36^min, 39^P1) fps
3840x2160 Ultra High Preset + Quality DLSS AF:16x
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	81 (56^min, 65^P1) fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	80.5 (55^min, 62^P1) fps -1%
2560x1440 Ultra High Preset + Quality DLSS AF:16x
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	132.8 (57^min, 72^P1) fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	130.7 (55^min, 67^P1) fps -2%

Cyberpunk 2077
1920x1080 Ultra Preset (FSR off)
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	139.5 (100.7^min, 89.2^P1) fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	105.3 (74.7^min) fps -25%
3840x2160 Ultra Preset DLSS4 quality no FG
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	60.9 (53.8^min, 52^P1) fps
2560x1440 Ultra Preset DLSS4 quality no FG
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	116.6 (94.5^min, 85.9^P1) fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	104.6 (74.9^min) fps -10%
2560x1440 Ultra Preset (FSR off)
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	105.8 (84.1^min, 74.9^P1) fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	98.6 (74.5^min) fps -7%
3840x2160 Ultra Preset (FSR off)
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	50.9 (42.2^min, 39.9^P1) fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	50.7 (42.1^min) fps 0%
1920x1080 Ray Tracing Ultra Preset (DLSS off)
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	72.5 (61.9^min, 56.4^P1) fps
3840x2160 Ray Tracing Overdrive Preset + DLSS 4 Transformer Quality + Frame Generation MFG 4x
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	89.9 (81.3^min) fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	83.7 (72.7^min) fps -7%
3840x2160 Ray Tracing Overdrive Preset + DLSS 4 Transformer Quality + Frame Generation (M)FG 2x
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	49.1 (44.2^min) fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	46.2 (39.8^min) fps -6%
3840x2160 Ray Tracing Overdrive Preset + DLSS 4 Transformer Quality (no FG)
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	28 (24^min, 22.7^P1) fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	26.1 (22.3^min) fps -7%
3840x2160 Ray Tracing Overdrive Preset (no DLSS, no FG)
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	13.3 (11.3^min, 10.9^P1) fps
3840x2160 Ray Tracing Ultra Preset (DLSS off, no Path Tracing)
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	23.4 (20.5^min) fps +1%
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	23.1 (20.4^min, 19^P1) fps

Baldur's Gate 3
1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:T
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	202 (12.2^min, 112.6^P0.1, 152.7^P1) fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	162 fps -20%
2560x1440 Ultra Preset + Quality DLSS
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	199.8 (14.6^min, 122^P0.1, 150.7^P1) fps
2560x1440 Ultra Preset AA:T
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	157.3 (113.3^min, 121.2^P0.1, 137.3^P1) fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	138.8 fps -12%
3840x2160 Ultra Preset AA:T
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	84.5 (74.5^min, 75.6^P0.1, 76.5^P1) fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	79.1 fps -6%
3840x2160 Ultra Preset + Quality DLSS
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	134.9 (106.5^min, 113^P0.1, 123.8^P1) fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	124.2 fps -8%

Final Fantasy XV Benchmark
1920x1080 High Quality
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	175.5 fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	147.4 fps -16%
2560x1440 High Quality
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	154.1 fps
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	139.5 fps -9%
3840x2160 High Quality
Razer Blade 16 2025 RTX 5090 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	96.8 fps +1%
Razer Blade 16 Core Ultra 9 386H Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop	95.5 fps