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Photoshop, which uses the Creative Cloud version 22 of Adobe’s famous image
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On average there isn’t much separating these systems, but there are some
valleys for the new Blade’s CPU performance (and not many peaks). The Razer
tends to blend into the pack rather than lead it in our processor tests, though it
does trend toward the end of the group in a few spots. The gap isn’t big, with
results largely falling in the same ballpark—good for media and content creation
tasks, but not in the tier of specialized pro machines. If this is your main
purpose, a specialized creator laptop or mobile workstation is recommended.
One result that does jump out here is the Advanced Model’s storage speed.