Razer Blade 18 (Early 2024) vs MacBook Air 11 (Early 2014)

Razer Blade 18 (Early 2024) $2,900
MacBook Air 11 (Early 2014) $999
Base Price (MSRP)
$2,900
Base Price (MSRP)
$999
CPU
Core i9-14900HX
CPU
Core i5-4260U
GPU
GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop 115W
GPU
HD 5000 1000MHz
Memory
16GB
Memory
4GB
Storage
1TB
Storage
128GB
Display
18" LCD IPS 2560x1600 -
Display
11.6" LCD TN 1366x768 -
Core i9-14900HX
24 Cores
32 Threads
2.2GHz Clock
Core i5-4260U
2 Cores
4 Threads
1.4GHz Clock
GB6S 2,950
73%
GB6M 18,600
70%
GB6S 750
18%
GB6M 1,440
5%
GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop 115W
4608 Shaders
2175MHz
8GB GDDR6
256GB/s Bandwidth
HD 5000 1000MHz
320 Shaders
1000MHz
Shared Memory
N/A
0%
FP32 20.05 TFLOPS
40%
N/A
0%
FP32 0.64 TFLOPS
1%
16GB
DDR5-5600
4GB
LPDDR3-1600
56 Tabs
11%
8 Tabs
2%
1TB
M.2-2280-M-S2
PCIe 4.0 x4
Up to 6.8GB/s Read
128GB
Proprietary Apple 12+16 Pin
PCIe 2.0 x2
Up to 600MB/s Read
1,978 min 4K Video
49%
186 min 4K Video
5%
No Optical Drive
No Optical Drive
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18"
LCD IPS
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11.6"
LCD TN
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500 Nits
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300 Nits
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240Hz
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60Hz
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2560x1600
4.1 Million Pixels
168 PPI
1366x768
1 Million Pixels
135 PPI
LED Backlight
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1,100:1 Contrast
LED Backlight
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Scissor Switch
RGB Backlight
Per Key Lighting
78 Keys
Scissor Switch
White Backlight
Multi-Touch Clickpad Trackpad
Glass Surface
Multi-Touch Clickpad Trackpad
Glass Surface
Not Included
Not Included
Not Included
Not Included
Facial
No Biometrics
6
2
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2
No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
2 Stream
Up to 5764Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
2 Stream
Up to 867Mbps
Bluetooth 5.4
Bluetooth 4.0
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HM770
8 Series LP+
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1x Thunderbolt 5 (120Gbps)
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1x Thunderbolt 1 (10Gbps)
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Network
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1x Ethernet (2.5Gbps)
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Card
1x SDXC Card UHS-II
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Power
3-hole Oval Shape
Power
MagSafe 2
Security
Kensington Lock
TPM 2.0
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External
External
280W
19.50V
14.36A
45W
14.85V
3.05A
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1.5M (5 ft) Cable
MagSafe 2
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1.8M (6 ft) Cable
91.7Wh
5955mAh
15.40V
Lithium-Ion Polymer
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38.8Wh
5099mAh
7.60V
Lithium-Ion Polymer
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Up to 4 Hours
Up to 8 Hours
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Windows
OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Windows
macOS 11 Big Sur (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
Aluminum
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Cooler
3x Fans
Vapour Chamber
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Cooler
1x Fans
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Display Side Boarder Size
4.7mm
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Height
21.9 mm (0.9 in)
Width
399.9 mm (15.7 in)
Depth
275.4 mm (10.8 in)
Volume
2.41 L
Height
17 mm (0.7 in)
Width
300 mm (11.8 in)
Depth
192 mm (7.6 in)
Volume
0.83 L
Weight
3.1 kg (6.8 lb)
Weight + Charger
3.9 kg (8.6 lb)
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Weight
1.08 kg (2.4 lb)
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CPU
Not Upgradable
CPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Memory
Not Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Upgradable
Power Supply
Upgradable
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2x M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4
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Memory Slots
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2x SO-DIMM
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RZ09-0509
A1465
EMC 2631
MacBookAir6,1
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