The Razer Blade 15 Base is $ 500 off today, but this Asus Zephyrus G14 deal is what I would choose

Pop quiz: what’s the best deal, $ 500 off a Razer Blade laptop or $ 150 off an Asus Zephyrus G14? You may need a webcam, because in just about every other way, Asus is the laptop I would buy today.

This is not to say that there is anything particularly wrong with the Razer Blade 15 Base at today’s unprecedented price of $ 1,099 on Amazon (usually $ 1,599): in addition to the insignificant 256 GB of solid-state storage, you are facing a fast 6-core i7 core -10750H processor, GeForce GTX 1660 Ti graphics that should competently tackle last year’s biggest titles, a 144 Hz 1080p display, plus many ports packaged in an attractive black CNC aluminum chassis with RGB zone lighting only. The deal at midnight PT Sunday.

But for just $ 100 more, you can currently purchase the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 at Best Buy for $ 1,199, which happens to be our choice for the best ultraportable gaming laptop you can buy. While your Nvidia RTX 2060 Max-Q video card may be a little slower than the 1660 Ti (depending on the game) and there are no Thunderbolt ports, you are probably looking at almost twice the battery life of your AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS 8-core chip – plus a 1TB SSD that should be able to store a decent selection of games. It weighs a lot less at just over 3.5 pounds; compare £ 4.7 for the Razer.

This is based only on the spec sheet: you can read our entire review for more information, or our review of the Razer Blade Stealth 13 where Asus even managed to blow up a newer, lighter Razer laptop from the water.

Asus ROG Zephyrus G14

Prices measured at time of publication.

The ROG Zephyrus G14 is an incredibly powerful gaming laptop. Its AMD Ryzen 9 processor and RTX 2060 Max-Q can offer smooth and powerful graphics performance in games with its 120 Hz refresh rate screen, while being surprisingly efficient for other tasks.

That said, I could still easily imagine you choosing Razer for the slightly more powerful graphics, the $ 100 cheaper price, the sleek profile, the darkened design or that all-important webcam.

And remember, none of these machines have the latest and greatest graphics: Nvidia’s RTX 30 series laptop GPUs are just starting to roll out. If you don’t need a new machine anytime soon, it may be worth waiting a little longer to see what an RTX 3060 laptop can do for you – like the updated Zephyrus G14, on hold for $ 1,499.