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Surface Book 3 13.5” vs. Surface Laptop 3 15” - Detailed Specs Comparison

Here's what you need to know what's different between Surface Book 3 13.5” and Surface Laptop 3 15” specs including CPU, RAM, storage, battery, display, and more.

BY Evan Forrest September 28, 2020

The 2020 Surface Book 3 13.5” features the 15W 10th Generation Intel Ice Lake quad-core Intel Core i5-1035G7 up to quad-core Intel Core i7-1065G7 with the boost speed up to 3.90 GHz. While the 2019 Surface Laptop 3 15” features the 15W 10th Generation Intel Ice Lake quad-core Intel Core i5-1035G7 up to quad-core AMD Ryzen 7-3780U Microsoft Surface Edition with the boost speed up to 4.00 GHz.

If you are in the market looking for a laptop and don't know what's the difference between the 13.5″ Surface Book 3 13.5” (2020) and the 15″ Surface Laptop 3 15” (2019), we have a detailed tech specs comparison between both devices for you to check out here.

Surface Book 3 13.5” vs. Surface Laptop 3 15”: Specs Comparison

	Compare With Please enter device name or part of it Surface Book 3 13.5” See at Amazon	Compare With Please enter device name or part of it Surface Laptop 3 15” See at Amazon
Key Features
What's new		New Size Now available in 15-inch with the same beautiful PixelSense display. Great performance It’s 2.5x times faster than Surface Laptop 2. USB-C It allows you to charge, transfer data, and output up to two [email protected] displays. Two colors It's available in Platinum and Matte Black. More Bluetooth 5.0, Improved Windows Hello infrared (IR) camera, Fast Charging, Dual far-field studio mics, 20% larger trackpad, Improved keyboard, Removable hard drive.
What's missing		AMD models No WiFi-6 Using slower 2400 MHz DDR4 RAM

Availability	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Surface Laptop 3 15”
Released	2020	2019
Release Info	Introduced: May 6, 2020 Pre-ordered: May 6, 2020 Released: May 12, 2020	Introduced: October 2, 2019 (Microsoft October Event) Pre-ordered: October 2, 2019 Released: October 22, 2019
Pricing	For Consumer $1,599 - i5 \| 8GB \| 256GB \| Iris Plus $1,999 - i7 \| 16GB \| 256GB \| GTX 1650 $2,499 - i7 \| 32GB \| 512GB \| GTX 1650 $2,699 - i7 \| 32GB \| 1TB \| GTX 1650 For Commercial $1,699 - i5 \| 8GB \| 256GB \| Iris Plus $2,099 - i7 \| 16GB \| 256GB \| GTX 1650 $2,599 - i7 \| 32GB \| 512GB \| GTX 1650 $2,799 - i7 \| 32GB \| 1TB \| GTX 1650	Starting at 1,199$

Surface Book 3 13.5” Price
	NEW Microsoft Surface Book 3 - 13.5" Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i7 - 32GB Memory - 1TB SSD (Latest Model) - Platinum By Microsoft $2,679.98	See at Amazon
	NEW Microsoft Surface Book 3 - 13.5" Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 256GB SSD (Latest Model) - Platinum (Renewed) By Microsoft $1,829.00	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 – 13.5" Touch-Screen – Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive – Platinum with Alcantara By Microsoft $1,049.99 Was: $1,299.00	See at Amazon
Surface Laptop 3 15” Price
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 – 15" Touch-Screen – AMD Ryzen 5 Surface Edition - 16GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive – Matte Black By Microsoft $1,399.99 Was: $1,699.00	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 15in Touchscreen AMD Ryzen 5 8GB RAM 128GB Windows 10 (Renewed) By Microsoft $799.99	See at Amazon
	New Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 15" Touch-Screen AMD Ryzen 5 Microsoft Surface Edition - 8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive Matte Black (Renewed) By Microsoft $939.00	See at Amazon

Display	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Surface Laptop 3 15”
Size	13.5 Inches	15 Inches
Info	Display Resolution: 3000 x 2000 (6M Pixels) Display Density: 267 PPI PixelSense™ Display Aspect ratio: 3:2 Contrast ratio: 1600:1 Inking: designed together with Surface Pen Touch: 10 points multi-touch	PixelSense™ Display Aspect ratio: 3:2 Inking: designed together with Surface Pen Touch: 10 points multi-touch Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 10nm Oleophobic Coating 100% sRGB color, individually calibrated

Exterior	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Surface Laptop 3 15”
Size Comparison
Dimensions	Surface Book 2 13.5” (Core i5) 12.3” x 9.14” x 0.51”-0.90” (312 mm x 232 mm x 13 mm-23 mm) Surface Book 2 13.5” (Core i7) 12.3” x 9.14” x 0.59”-0.90” (312 mm x 232 mm x 15 mm-23 mm)	13.4” x 9.6” x 0.57” (339.5 mm x 244 mm x 14.69 mm) Width: 13.4” (339.5 mm) Depth: 9.6” (244 mm) Height: 0.57” (14.69 mm)
Weight	Surface Book 3 13.5” (Core i5) Total: 3.38 lbs (1,534 g) Tablet: 1.59 lbs (719 g) Surface Book 3 13.5” (Core i7) Total: 3.62 lbs (1,642 g) Tablet: 1.59 lbs (719 g)	3.40 lb (1,542 g)
Colors	Platinum	Metal Matte BlackPlatinum
Keyboard and Trackpad	Keyboard: Full-size mechanical backlit keyset with 1.55mm travel. Mechanical friction attaches the Clipboard to the keyboard. Trackpad: Larger size 105 mm x 70 mm, glass. Supports up to Five-finger multitouch gesture.	Keyboard: Full-size backlit keyboard with the soft-touch feel and full 1.3mm travel. Large palm rest with premium Alcantara® material for maximized typing comfort. Trackpad: Larger size 115 mm x 76.66 mm, glass. Supports up to Five-finger multitouch gesture.
Ports	2 x Full-size USB 3.1 Gen 2 1 x USB Type-C 3.1 Gen 2 Supports Power Delivery and DisplayPort. 2 x Surface Connect™ 1 in tablet, 1 in keyboard base, both supports charging and docking. 1 x Headset jack 1 x Full-size SDXC card reader UHS-II Performance	1 x Full-size USB 3.0 1 x USB Type-C 3.1 Gen 2 Supports Power Delivery and DisplayPort. 1 x Surface Connect™ Supports charging and docking station. 1 x Headset jack

Internal Specs	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Surface Laptop 3 15”
Processor	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 1.20 → 3.70 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 15W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 1.30 → 3.90 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 15W	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 1.20 → 3.70 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 15W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 1.30 → 3.90 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 15W AMD Ryzen™ 5 3580U Microsoft Surface® Edition 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.10 → 3.70 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 4MB L3 Cache, 15W AMD Ryzen™ 7 3780U Microsoft Surface® Edition 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.30 → 4.00 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 4MB L3 Cache, 15W
Integrated Graphics	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G7 Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 64 Execution Units, 300 → 1050 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 64 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G7 Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 64 Execution Units, 300 → 1050 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 64 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz AMD Ryzen™ 5 3580U Microsoft Surface® Edition Radeon™ Vega 9 Graphics 9 Graphics Cores, 1300 MHz AMD Ryzen™ 7 3780U Microsoft Surface® Edition Radeon™ RX Vega 11 Graphics 11 Graphics Cores, 1400 MHz
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 with Max-Q Turning Architecture, 4GB GDDR5 128-bit, 1020 → 1245 MHz, 1024 CUDA Cores.
Memory	8GB 16GB 32GB 3733 MHz LPDDR4x	8GB 16GB 32 GB 2400 MHz DDR4 RAM
Storage	256 GB512 GB1 TB PCIe SSD	128 GB256 GB512 GB Removable M.2 NVMe SSD

Connectivity	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Surface Laptop 3 15”
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 6: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible.	Wi-Fi 5: 2x2 MIMO IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac compatible
Bluetooth	Bluetooth Wireless 5.0 technology	Bluetooth Wireless 5.0 technology

Battery	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Surface Laptop 3 15”
Size	Surface Book 3 13.5” (Core i5) Total: 69Wh Clipboard: 18Wh Base: 51Wh Surface Book 3 13.5” (Core i7) Total: 75.3Wh Clipboard: 18Wh Base: 57.3Wh	45.8 Wh
Battery Life	Surface Book 3 13.5” Up to 15.5 hours of typical device usage	Up to 11.5 hours of typical device usage
Power Supply	Surface Book 3 13.5” (Core i5) 65W Surface Power Supply with USB-A (5W) charging port. Surface Book 3 13.5” (Core i7) 102W Surface Power Supply with USB-A (7W) charging port.	60W power supply with USB-A (5W) (65W total) Supports Fast Charge (0-80% in about one hour)

Software	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Surface Laptop 3 15”
OS	For Consumer: Windows 10 Home 64-bit For Commercial: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Free upgrade to Windows 11	For Consumer: Windows 10 Home For Commercial: Windows 10 Pro Free upgrade to Windows 11
Built-in Apps	Microsoft Office 365 30-days trial	Microsoft Office 365 30-days trial

Camera & Audio	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Surface Laptop 3 15”
Camera	Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing) 5.0MP front-facing camera with 1080p HD video 8.0MP rear-facing autofocus camera with 1080p HD video	Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing) 720p HD front-facing video camera
Audio	Dual far-field Studio Mics Front-facing stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos® Support for Windows Sonic for Headphones Support for Dolby® Atmos for Headphones	Dual far-field Studio Mics OmniSonic stereo speakers with Dolby® Audio™ Premium

Misc	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Surface Laptop 3 15”
Inking	Supports Surface Pen 4096 levels of pressure Tilt sensing Best in class latency Paper feel 0.1mm precision	Supports Surface Pen 4096 levels of pressure Tilt sensing Best in class latency
Sensors	Ambient light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Gyroscope Magnetometer	Ambient light sensor
Security	HW TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in	HW TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in
In the box	Surface Book 3 13.5” Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents	Surface Laptop 3 15” Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents
Warranty	One-year limited hardware warranty	One-year limited hardware warranty Commercial: Advanced Exchange warranty service with expedited device replacement
More	Supports Surface Dial Supports both on-screen and off-screen interaction.	Supports Surface Dial Supports off-screen interaction only

Surface Book 3 13.5” Price
	NEW Microsoft Surface Book 3 - 13.5" Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i7 - 32GB Memory - 1TB SSD (Latest Model) - Platinum By Microsoft $2,679.98	See at Amazon
	NEW Microsoft Surface Book 3 - 13.5" Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 256GB SSD (Latest Model) - Platinum (Renewed) By Microsoft $1,829.00	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 – 13.5" Touch-Screen – Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive – Platinum with Alcantara By Microsoft $1,049.99 Was: $1,299.00	See at Amazon
Surface Laptop 3 15” Price
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 – 15" Touch-Screen – AMD Ryzen 5 Surface Edition - 16GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive – Matte Black By Microsoft $1,399.99 Was: $1,699.00	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 15in Touchscreen AMD Ryzen 5 8GB RAM 128GB Windows 10 (Renewed) By Microsoft $799.99	See at Amazon
	New Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 15" Touch-Screen AMD Ryzen 5 Microsoft Surface Edition - 8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive Matte Black (Renewed) By Microsoft $939.00	See at Amazon

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