ASUS ROG Flow Z13 (2025) vs Razer Blade 14 (2025)

Will you ever pull the keyboard off? Answer that first. Everything else on this page matters less.

I'd buy the Razer Blade 14 for a machine that sits on a desk and plays new releases. I'd buy the ASUS ROG Flow Z13 if you'd use it as a tablet some of the time, or if your work wants more than 64GB of memory. I haven't used either one. The measurements below come from Notebookcheck for the Z13 and Gizmodo for the Blade 14, and I name the outlet each time. The picks and the 8.0 are mine.

What they cost

The Flow Z13 is $2,099.99Not verifiedNot verified (checked November 1, 2026). The Blade 14 is $2,299.99Not verifiedNot verified (checked November 1, 2026).

Both prices come with a catch. ASUS's spec page lists 8 configurations. They run from a Ryzen AI Max 390 with Radeon 8050S graphics and 32GB up to the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with 128GB. The page doesn't say which one the starting price buys. Check the chip name in the cart before you pay.

The Blade's starting configuration has an RTX 5060, and both reviews here tested the RTX 5070 version. Razer's page has shown a notify-me button instead of a cart, so check stock before you get attached.

Weight: closer than it looks

On paper the Z13 wins easily. ASUS lists the tablet at 1.20 kg, and Notebookcheck weighed its unit at 1.23 kg. Then Notebookcheck clipped on the keyboard cover and got 1.62 kg.

Razer lists the Blade 14 at 1.63 kg. Notebookcheck's spec sheet says 1.615 kg.

That's a tie. If you'd carry the Z13 with its keyboard every day, weight is no reason to pick it. The Blade's charger adds another 624 g on Notebookcheck's sheet.

Thickness goes the other way. ASUS lists the Z13 tablet at 1.30 to 1.49 cm. The Blade is 15.80 to 16.20 mm closed.

Gaming

The Blade 14 has an Nvidia RTX 5060 in the base model and up to an RTX 5070 at 115 W. In Gizmodo's test the 5070 unit ran Cyberpunk 2077 at around 65 fps in benchmarks with ray tracing on low and DLSS on auto, and a little less in actual play. Without DLSS it managed slightly more than 40 fps.

The Z13 uses AMD's Radeon 8060S on the Max+ 395 configs. Notebookcheck got 46 fps in Cyberpunk 2077 at QHD Ultra and 10,224 in Time Spy Graphics. The headline of Notebookcheck's review puts the chip neck and neck with a laptop RTX 4070.

Those two Cyberpunk runs used different settings, so don't read them as a head-to-head. What I take from Gizmodo's numbers is that DLSS turned about 40 fps into about 65 on the Blade. The Z13 has nothing from Nvidia to lean on. For a library of new games, that's the gap I'd pay for.

Screens

The Z13 has a 13.4-inch, 2560 x 1600, IPS-level panel at 180Hz. Notebookcheck measured 518 nits at peak and 489.2 on average. It also got 99.6% sRGB, 95.1% Display P3 and a 1727:1 contrast ratio. Those are good numbers for photo work.

The Blade 14 has a 2880 x 1800 OLED at 120Hz. More pixels, OLED contrast, lower refresh rate. Nobody here measured its brightness or colour, so the Z13's numbers have nothing to beat.

Battery and charging

This is where the Blade annoys me. It has a 72 Wh battery, and Gizmodo got a little more than 4 hours off the plug on the default balanced setting. For a 14-inch laptop at this price, that's short. The upside: its 200 W adapter took it from near 20% to almost full in under 40 minutes.

The Z13 has a 70 Wh battery. ASUS's spec page gives no battery-life claim, and I'd want a measured runtime before buying the Z13 as a travel machine.

Heat and noise

Notebookcheck measured the Z13's fans at a maximum of 45.4 dB(A) in Turbo mode.

The Blade has no decibel figure, and the two opinions on it disagree. Gizmodo called the fan noise very minimal. Hardware Zone, quoted on Notebookcheck's roundup page, says the fans get pretty loud under load. Gizmodo's laser thermometer read around 103°F (39°C) near the screen and 85°F (29°C) on the palm rest. A warm palm rest is what you'd feel. 85°F won't bother anyone.

Processor, memory and scores

The Z13's Ryzen AI Max+ 395 has 16 cores and 32 threads. In Turbo, Notebookcheck got 1,648 in Cinebench 2024 multi-core and 21,269 in Geekbench 6.7 multi-core. The Blade runs a Ryzen AI 9 365.

Memory is soldered on both. The Blade goes up to 64GB of LPDDR5X-8000. The Z13 comes with 32, 64 or 128GB of the same speed. If you run local AI models or huge datasets, that 128GB option is the single strongest reason to buy the ASUS.

Notebookcheck rated the Z13 87% after its own lab test. The Blade's 87.25% on Notebookcheck is an average of 17 other outlets' ratings, so it isn't the same kind of score. Read nothing into the quarter point.

Who should buy which

Buy the Blade 14 if it stays on a desk or a hotel table and you play recent games. Get the RTX 5070 version, since that's the one Gizmodo tested, and plan around the 4 hours.

Buy the Flow Z13 if you'll draw, read or watch with the keyboard off, or if you need 128GB of memory. Confirm the chip in the cart first. The cheapest of its 8 configs has the weaker Max 390 and Radeon 8050S.

Gizmodo's headline says the Blade's trackpad drove its reviewer mad. If you use a mouse anyway, it won't matter much.

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