Razer Blade battery life 2060 vs 1070

[kriegalex]

It seems that the performance of a RTX 2060 mobile chip is in the same ballpark as the previous gen 1070s found in Razer laptops. Technically, a 1060/2060 is 80W and a 1070/2070 is 120W. So the new Razer Blade 2060 offers the performance of a 1070 with the power savings of the 1060, right ? I don't really take in account the RTX part.

 

If you would buy the older gen 1070 for whatever reason: price, availability, disregard for RTX stuff, etc, would this 40W difference reflect in the battery life outside the gaming use case ? Basically, does Windows and the drivers make a good job of only using the iGPU ? Because outside the dGPU, these laptops are almost identical. And if the battery life is similar outside gaming on the go, it would make sense to buy a cheaper 1070 (or the only available Razer Blade with US keyboard in a country...).

 

I also plan to use Ubuntu, but in this case I will be forcing to use the Intel iGPU all the time for battery savings.

[genexis_x]

17 minutes ago, kriegalex said:

Technically, a 1060/2060 is 80W and a 1070/2070 is 120W

This can vary

17 minutes ago, kriegalex said:

So the new Razer Blade 2060 offers the performance of a 1070 with the power savings of the 1060, right ?

In some games the 2060N is still slower than 1070N

18 minutes ago, kriegalex said:

would this 40W difference reflect in the battery life outside the gaming use case ?

Let me explain. The 1070 used in previous Blade 15 is Max-Q variant, meaning that the max power consumption is around the same between 2060N and 1070MQ. More powerful GPUs usually mean less battery life, however the new 20 series GPUs are efficient

 

And if you plan to buy a Razer laptop, I would suggest not to due to bad QC and warranty

[kriegalex]

Razer Blades are a pain to buy here, same for Gigabyte Aeros. LG Grams are unavailable in the entire EU officially. Dell and Lenovos are much more easy to buy with local stores for RMA. Those were the 5 brands I was looking at.

 

From your Lenovo Legion Y520 signature link, I've ended up looking at the Lenovo X1 Extreme, which is the competitor of the XPS 15, but seems to have less problems (S3, sleep, idle consumption, heat, ...). Also, the same config as your Legion (8300H + 1050 Ti) is a good compromise between all the options I was looking at with good battery life it would seem. Also, the Lenovo X1E only weights 1.7KG .

 

I'll keep looking, thanks for the comment.