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middle model. The entry-level machine ($1,499) is the only one that comes in
the Mercury White color, which looks pretty slick. Previously, this white had
been a color option on other SKUs and came with a premium charge.
That base model nets you a 10th-gen “Ice Lake” Intel Core i7-1065G7 processor
(running at 25W), 16GB of memory, a 256GB SSD, the full HD non-touch
display, and integrated Iris Plus Graphics. The integrated graphics in Ice Lake
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Stealth models, but it still falls short of the power you’ll get from a discrete
GPU. The midrange model, $1,799, has an Intel Core i7-1065G7 processor,
16GB of memory, a 512GB SSD, the full HD non-touch display, and an Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1650.
Finally, the top model ($1,999) has the same components as the midrange
option, with the addition of a 4K touch display. Including true discrete graphics
(the previous Stealth had an option for the MX150, which was a half measure)
in this laptop is a big step for it and rare for a 13-inch gaming notebook. This is
part of the appeal of this model, and I was mostly curious how it would perform
in gaming. Read on for those results.
PERFORMANCE TESTING: GAMING ABOVE ITS SIZE
For performance testing comparisons, I gathered a group of similar laptops to
pit against the new Razer Blade Stealth. Some of these are pure gaming laptops,
while some are strictly ultraportables, since the Stealth is something of a hybrid
of the two.