Razer Blade 15 GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q Review: Same Laptop, But Faster

The 2020 Razer Blade 15 series is distinguished from earlier models mainly by its GeForce Super Max-Q GPU and 10th gen Intel Comet Lake-H options. Otherwise, the model is almost visually identical to the 2019 model. Check out our review on last year's model to learn more about the chassis and other physical features of the Blade 15.
Our unit here comes with the GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q GPU to contrast the higher-end RTX 2080 Super Max-Q configuration that we had checked out earlier this month. We'll be comparing the two SKUs below to see what differences they may have aside from their graphics potential.
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Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Best Price |
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86.9 % | 08/2020 | Razer Blade 15 RTX 2070 Super Max-Q i7-10875H, GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q | 2.1 kg | 17.8 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 | |
82.8 % | 05/2020 | MSI GS66 Stealth 10SFS i9-10980HK, GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q | 2.2 kg | 20 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 | |
81.3 % | 05/2019 | Asus Zephyrus S GX502GW i7-9750H, GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile | 2.1 kg | 19 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 | |
84 % | 05/2019 | Gigabyte Aero 15 Classic-XA i7-9750H, GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q | 2.1 kg | 19 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 | |
84.8 % | 10/2019 | Lenovo Legion Y740-15ICHg i7-9750H, GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q | 2.3 kg | 25 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 | |
83 % | 08/2020 | HP Envy 15-ep0098nr i7-10750H, GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q | 2 kg | 19 mm | 15.60" | 3840x2160 |
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SD Card Reader
SD Card Reader | |
average JPG Copy Test (av. of 3 runs) | |
Razer Blade 15 RTX 2070 Super Max-Q (Toshiba Exceria Pro SDXC 64 GB UHS-II) | |
Gigabyte Aero 15 Classic-XA (Toshiba Exceria Pro SDXC 64 GB UHS-II) | |
HP Envy 15-ep0098nr (Toshiba Exceria Pro M501 UHS-II) | |
maximum AS SSD Seq Read Test (1GB) | |
Gigabyte Aero 15 Classic-XA (Toshiba Exceria Pro SDXC 64 GB UHS-II) | |
Razer Blade 15 RTX 2070 Super Max-Q (Toshiba Exceria Pro SDXC 64 GB UHS-II) | |
HP Envy 15-ep0098nr (Toshiba Exceria Pro M501 UHS-II) |
Communication
Networking | |
iperf3 transmit AX12 | |
MSI GS66 Stealth 10SFS | |
HP Envy 15-ep0098nr | |
Razer Blade 15 RTX 2070 Super Max-Q | |
iperf3 receive AX12 | |
HP Envy 15-ep0098nr | |
Razer Blade 15 RTX 2070 Super Max-Q | |
MSI GS66 Stealth 10SFS |
Webcam

Display
The AU Optronics B156HAN12.0 1080p 300 Hz panel here can also be found on the Acer Predator Triton 500 and MSI GS66 for a similar visual experience between these three flagship gaming laptops. The fast response times, fast refresh rate, high contrast ratio, and full sRGB coverage contribute to an ultra-smooth high-end panel. Perhaps the most notable drawback is its narrower color space when compared to AMOLED or 4K UHD Sharp IGZO panels which tend to cover all of AdobeRGB or DCI-P3.
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Brightness Distribution: 90 %
Center on Battery: 345.4 cd/m²
Contrast: 1016:1 (Black: 0.34 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 3.18 | 0.55-29.43 Ø5.2, calibrated: 1.77
ΔE Greyscale 3.8 | 0.57-98 Ø5.4
99% sRGB (Argyll 1.6.3 3D)
64.3% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 1.6.3 3D)
70.5% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
98.8% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
69.4% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.15
Razer Blade 15 RTX 2070 Super Max-Q AU Optronics B156HAN12.0, IPS, 15.60, 1920x1080 | MSI GS66 Stealth 10SFS AUO B156HAN12.0 (AUO328E), IPS, 15.60, 1920x1080 | Asus Zephyrus S GX502GW AU Optronics B156HAN08.2 (AUO82ED), IPS, 15.60, 1920x1080 | Gigabyte Aero 15 Classic-XA Sharp LQ156M1JW03 (SHP14C5), IGZO, 15.60, 1920x1080 | Lenovo Legion Y740-15ICHg BOE NV156FHM-N4J, IPS, 15.60, 1920x1080 | HP Envy 15-ep0098nr Samsung SDC4145, AMOLED, 15.60, 3840x2160 | |
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Display | 0% | -7% | -5% | -5% | 24% | |
Display P3 Coverage | 69.4 | 69.5 0% | 64.9 -6% | 65.3 -6% | 67.7 -2% | 88.5 28% |
sRGB Coverage | 98.8 | 99.6 1% | 91 -8% | 95.5 -3% | 91.6 -7% | 100 1% |
AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 70.5 | 70.8 0% | 65.9 -7% | 66.5 -6% | 67.1 -5% | 99.9 42% |
Response Times | -179% | -68% | -208% | -260% | 71% | |
Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 3.2 ? | 14 ? -338% | 7.2 ? -125% | 15.2 ? -375% | 19 ? -494% | 0.8 ? 75% |
Response Time Black / White * | 8 ? | 9.6 ? -20% | 8.8 ? -10% | 11.2 ? -40% | 10 ? -25% | 2.7 ? 66% |
PWM Frequency | 23580 ? | 242.7 ? | ||||
Screen | 9% | -1% | 1% | 17% | -18% | |
Brightness middle | 345.4 | 316 -9% | 286 -17% | 266 -23% | 477 38% | 374.3 8% |
Brightness | 342 | 311 -9% | 275 -20% | 248 -27% | 431 26% | 379 11% |
Brightness Distribution | 90 | 92 2% | 90 0% | 89 -1% | 84 -7% | 91 1% |
Black Level * | 0.34 | 0.21 38% | 0.37 -9% | 0.31 9% | 0.175 49% | |
Contrast | 1016 | 1505 48% | 773 -24% | 858 -16% | 2726 168% | |
Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 3.18 | 3.03 5% | 2.19 31% | 2.78 13% | 4.17 -31% | 5.47 -72% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 6.57 | 7.32 -11% | 4.4 33% | 5.96 9% | 6.97 -6% | 8.22 -25% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 1.77 | 1.1 38% | 2.27 -28% | 0.91 49% | 2.51 -42% | 4.61 -160% |
Greyscale dE 2000 * | 3.8 | 3.9 -3% | 2.2 42% | 3.58 6% | 3.49 8% | 2.3 39% |
Gamma | 2.15 102% | 2.42 91% | 2.41 91% | 2.46 89% | 2.5 88% | 2.09 105% |
CCT | 7109 91% | 7439 87% | 6405 101% | 7186 90% | 7076 92% | 6340 103% |
Color Space (Percent of AdobeRGB 1998) | 64.3 | 65 1% | 59 -8% | 62 -4% | 60 -7% | 87.8 37% |
Color Space (Percent of sRGB) | 99 | 100 1% | 91 -8% | 96 -3% | 91 -8% | 100 1% |
Total Average (Program / Settings) | -57% /
-16% | -25% /
-10% | -71% /
-26% | -83% /
-22% | 26% /
4% |
* ... smaller is better
The display is well calibrated out of the box with an average grayscale DeltaE value of 3.8. Calibrating it even further with our X-Rite colorimeter would improve both grayscale and colors just marginally.
Display Response Times
↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
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8 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 4 ms rise | |
↘ 4 ms fall | ||
The screen shows fast response rates in our tests and should be suited for gaming. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 14 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (22.3 ms). | ||
↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
3.2 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 1.4 ms rise | |
↘ 1.8 ms fall | ||
The screen shows very fast response rates in our tests and should be very well suited for fast-paced gaming. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.25 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 6 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (35.1 ms). |
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
Screen flickering / PWM not detected | |||
In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 19046 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured. |
Performance
Processor
The CPU performs very well so long as users set the system to its highest performance level via Synapse. For example, raw multi-thread performance is about 30 percent faster than the same CPU in the Blade 15 RTX 2080 Super Max-Q running on the Balanced power profile. Nonetheless, some laptops are able to run the processor even faster like the Gigabyte Aorus 15G as shown by our CineBench R15 xT loop test results below.
See our dedicated page on the Core i7-10875H for more technical information and benchmarks.
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 -mmt1 | 7z b 4
Geekbench 5.4: Single-Core | Multi-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1 | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G532LWS | |
Eurocom Nightsky RX15 | |
Average Intel Core i7-10875H (5071 - 5780, n=31) | |
Razer Blade 15 RTX 2070 Super Max-Q | |
Lenovo Legion 5 15IMH05H | |
MSI Bravo 15 A4DCR | |
Alienware m15 R3 P87F |
Geekbench 5.4 / Single-Core | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G532LWS | |
Average Intel Core i7-10875H (1233 - 1371, n=29) | |
Razer Blade 15 RTX 2070 Super Max-Q | |
Alienware m15 R3 P87F | |
Lenovo Legion 5 15IMH05H | |
MSI Bravo 15 A4DCR |
Geekbench 5.4 / Multi-Core | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G532LWS | |
Average Intel Core i7-10875H (5715 - 8620, n=29) | |
MSI Bravo 15 A4DCR | |
Razer Blade 15 RTX 2070 Super Max-Q | |
Alienware m15 R3 P87F | |
Lenovo Legion 5 15IMH05H |
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G532LWS | |
Eurocom Nightsky RX15 | |
MSI Bravo 15 A4DCR | |
Average Intel Core i7-10875H (7.27 - 14.1, n=27) | |
Alienware m15 R3 P87F | |
Razer Blade 15 RTX 2070 Super Max-Q | |
Lenovo Legion 5 15IMH05H |
LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF | |
MSI Bravo 15 A4DCR | |
Alienware m15 R3 P87F | |
Lenovo Legion 5 15IMH05H | |
Average Intel Core i7-10875H (30.2 - 84.3, n=30) | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G532LWS | |
Razer Blade 15 RTX 2070 Super Max-Q |
R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean | |
Alienware m15 R3 P87F | |
Lenovo Legion 5 15IMH05H | |
MSI Bravo 15 A4DCR | |
Razer Blade 15 RTX 2070 Super Max-Q | |
Average Intel Core i7-10875H (0.546 - 0.662, n=29) | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G532LWS |
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PCMark 8 | |
Home Score Accelerated v2 | |
Razer Blade 15 RTX 2070 Super Max-Q | |
Lenovo Legion Y740-15ICHg | |
Average Intel Core i7-10875H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q (4719 - 5840, n=2) | |
Gigabyte Aero 15 Classic-XA | |
HP Envy 15-ep0098nr | |
Work Score Accelerated v2 | |
Razer Blade 15 RTX 2070 Super Max-Q | |
Average Intel Core i7-10875H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q (6081 - 6825, n=2) | |
Gigabyte Aero 15 Classic-XA | |
Lenovo Legion Y740-15ICHg | |
HP Envy 15-ep0098nr |
PCMark 8 Home Score Accelerated v2 | 5840 points | |
PCMark 8 Work Score Accelerated v2 | 6825 points | |
PCMark 10 Score | 6739 points | |
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DPC Latency
DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
Aorus 15G XB | |
MSI GS66 Stealth 10SFS | |
Razer Blade 15 RTX 2070 Super Max-Q | |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G532LWS | |
Alienware m15 R3 P87F | |
Razer Blade 15 RTX 2080 Super Max-Q | |
Lenovo Legion 5 15IMH05H | |
Eluktronics RP-15 |
* ... smaller is better
Razer Blade 15 RTX 2070 Super Max-Q Samsung SSD PM981a MZVLB512HBJQ | MSI GS66 Stealth 10SFS Samsung SSD PM981 MZVLB1T0HALR | Asus Zephyrus S GX502GW 2x Intel SSD 660p SSDPEKNW512G8 (RAID 0) | Gigabyte Aero 15 Classic-XA Intel SSD 760p SSDPEKKW512G8 | Lenovo Legion Y740-15ICHg WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-128G | |
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AS SSD | 0% | -17% | -12% | -51% | |
Seq Read | 1957 | 1065 -46% | 2506 28% | 2517 29% | 1372 -30% |
Seq Write | 2092 | 2360 13% | 1712 -18% | 924 -56% | 746 -64% |
4K Read | 50.2 | 48.09 -4% | 48.32 -4% | 59.1 18% | 35.42 -29% |
4K Write | 96.5 | 110.7 15% | 103.6 7% | 126.5 31% | 99.9 4% |
4K-64 Read | 1594 | 1635 3% | 624 -61% | 876 -45% | 302.1 -81% |
4K-64 Write | 2005 | 1829 -9% | 1253 -38% | 922 -54% | 191.4 -90% |
Access Time Read * | 0.057 | 0.071 -25% | 0.08 -40% | 0.042 26% | 0.132 -132% |
Access Time Write * | 0.112 | 0.034 70% | 0.04 64% | 0.065 42% | 0.037 67% |
Score Read | 1840 | 1790 -3% | 923 -50% | 1186 -36% | 475 -74% |
Score Write | 2310 | 2176 -6% | 1528 -34% | 1141 -51% | 366 -84% |
Score Total | 5103 | 4950 -3% | 2896 -43% | 2870 -44% | 1065 -79% |
Copy ISO MB/s | 1793 | 2086 16% | 1062 -41% | ||
Copy Program MB/s | 573 | 454.2 -21% | 426 -26% | ||
Copy Game MB/s | 1418 | 1141 -20% | 650 -54% | ||
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 | -7% | -19% | -14% | -47% | |
Write 4K | 139.8 | 131.3 -6% | 97 -31% | 115.5 -17% | 134.2 -4% |
Read 4K | 48.62 | 45.84 -6% | 49.58 2% | 58 19% | 37.72 -22% |
Write Seq | 2260 | 2370 5% | 1838 -19% | 1555 -31% | 389.2 -83% |
Read Seq | 2135 | 1509 -29% | 2421 13% | 2590 21% | 1030 -52% |
Write 4K Q32T1 | 499.3 | 481.5 -4% | 326.9 -35% | 369.3 -26% | 238.9 -52% |
Read 4K Q32T1 | 552 | 560 1% | 372.9 -32% | 441.7 -20% | 343.9 -38% |
Write Seq Q32T1 | 2960 | 2392 -19% | 1894 -36% | 1547 -48% | 789 -73% |
Read Seq Q32T1 | 3269 | 3232 -1% | 2828 -13% | 2969 -9% | 1502 -54% |
Write 4K Q8T8 | 293.4 | ||||
Read 4K Q8T8 | 405.8 | ||||
Total Average (Program / Settings) | -4% /
-3% | -18% /
-18% | -13% /
-13% | -49% /
-50% |
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Disk Throttling: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8
GPU Performance
The GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q is just 5 to 10 percent slower than the regular mobile GeForce RTX 2070 Super or about 10 to 15 percent slower than a desktop GeForce RTX 2070. Be sure to run on the highest performance setting possible or else the GPU will be slightly slower than usual much like what we observed on the Blade 15 RTX 2080 Super Max-Q configuration.
Note that Nvidia Optimus is included but only as a manual switch option via Synapse.
3DMark 11 Performance | 23678 points | |
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score | 48815 points | |
3DMark Fire Strike Score | 17915 points | |
3DMark Time Spy Score | 8052 points | |
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Final Fantasy XV Benchmark - 1920x1080 High Quality | |
Asus Strix Scar 17 G732LXS | |
Asus ROG Strix RTX 2070 OC | |
Razer Blade 15 RTX 2070 Super Max-Q | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q (80 - 83.7, n=2) | |
MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6G | |
Asus Zephyrus S17 GX701LXS | |
Gigabyte Aero 15 Classic-XA | |
HP Envy 15-ep0098nr | |
Dell G5 15 5590 | |
MSI Bravo 15 A4DCR |