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Surface Book 3 15” vs. Surface Laptop 5 15” - Detailed Specs Comparison

Here's what you need to know what's different between Surface Book 3 15” and Surface Laptop 5 15” specs including CPU, RAM, storage, battery, display, and more.

BY Evan Forrest October 30, 2022

Surface Book 3 15” vs. Surface Laptop 5 15”

The 2020 Surface Book 3 15” features the 15W 10th Generation Intel Ice Lake quad-core Intel Core i7-1065G7 with the boost speed up to 3.90 GHz. While the 2022 Surface Laptop 5 15” features the 15W 12th Generation Intel Alder Lake U 10-core Intel Core i7-1255U up to 10-core Intel Core i7-1265U with the boost speed up to 4.80 GHz.

If you are in the market looking for a laptop and don't know what's the difference between the 15″ Surface Book 3 15” (2020) and the 15″ Surface Laptop 5 15” (2022), we have a detailed tech specs comparison between both devices for you to check out here.

Surface Book 3 15” vs. Surface Laptop 5 15”: Specs Comparison

	Compare With Please enter device name or part of it Surface Book 3 15” See at Amazon	Compare With Please enter device name or part of it Surface Laptop 5 15” See at Amazon
Availability
Released	2020	2022
Release Info	Introduced: May 6, 2020 Pre-ordered: May 6, 2020 Released: May 12, 2020	Introduced: October 12, 2022 Pre-ordered: October 12, 2022 Released: October 25, 2022
Pricing	For Consumer $2,299 - i7 \| 16GB \| 256GB \| GTX 1660 Ti $2,799 - i7 \| 32GB \| 512GB \| GTX 1660 Ti $2,999 - i7 \| 32GB \| 1TB \| GTX 1660 Ti $3,399 - i7 \| 32GB \| 2TB \| GTX 1660 Ti For Commercial $2,399 - i7 \| 16GB \| 256GB \| GTX 1660 Ti $2,899 - i7 \| 32GB \| 512GB \| GTX 1660 Ti $3,099 - i7 \| 32GB \| 1TB \| GTX 1660 Ti $3,499 - i7 \| 32GB \| 2TB \| GTX 1660 Ti $3,499 - i7 \| 32GB \| 512GB \| RTX 3000 $3,699 - i7 \| 32GB \| 1TB \| RTX 3000	Consumer models Windows 11 Home Intel Core i7-1255U $1,299.99 8GB 256GB $1,499.99 8GB 512GB $1,799.99 16GB 512GB $2,399.99 32GB 1TB Business models Windows 11 Pro Intel Core i7-1265U vPro $1,399.99 8GB 256GB $1,599.99 8GB 512GB $1,799.99 16GB 256GB $1,899.99 16GB 512GB $2,499.99 32GB 1TB
Amazon Deals	$850.00 Microsoft Surface Book 3 15" i7-1065G7 32GB 512GB SSD GTX-1660 TI - PLATINUM (Renewed) $599.00 Microsoft New Surface Book 3-15" Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i7-16GB Memory - 256GB SSD (Latest Model) - Platinum (Renewed) $483.00 Microsoft Surface Book 3, Touch 2-in-1 Laptop, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 6GB, 15"(‎3240 x 2160) Display, Intel i7-1065G7 1.3GHz, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Windows 11 Pro(Renewed)	$509.00 Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 15" Touchscreen Notebook - 2496 x 1664 - Intel Core i7 12th Gen i7-1265U 1.80 GHz - Intel Evo Platform - 16 GB Total RAM - 256 GB SSD - Matte Black (Renewed) $529.00 Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 15" Touch 16GB 256GB SSD Core™ i7-1265U 2.3GHz WIN11P, Matte Black (Renewed) $499.99 Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 15" Touchscreen Notebook - 2496 x 1664 - Intel Core i7 12th Gen i7-1265U - Intel Evo Platform - 16 GB Total RAM - 256 GB SSD - Platinum (Renewed)

Surface Book 3 15” Price
	Microsoft Surface Book 3 15" i7-1065G7 32GB 512GB SSD GTX-1660 TI - PLATINUM (Renewed) By Microsoft $850.00	See at Amazon
	Microsoft New Surface Book 3-15" Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i7-16GB Memory - 256GB SSD (Latest Model) - Platinum (Renewed) By Microsoft $599.00	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Book 3, Touch 2-in-1 Laptop, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 6GB, 15"(‎3240 x 2160) Display, Intel i7-1065G7 1.3GHz, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Windows 11 Pro(Renewed) By Microsoft $483.00	See at Amazon
Surface Laptop 5 15” Price
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 15" Touchscreen Notebook - 2496 x 1664 - Intel Core i7 12th Gen i7-1265U 1.80 GHz - Intel Evo Platform - 16 GB Total RAM - 256 GB SSD - Matte Black (Renewed) By Microsoft $509.00	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 15" Touch 16GB 256GB SSD Core™ i7-1265U 2.3GHz WIN11P, Matte Black (Renewed) By Microsoft $529.00	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 15" Touchscreen Notebook - 2496 x 1664 - Intel Core i7 12th Gen i7-1265U - Intel Evo Platform - 16 GB Total RAM - 256 GB SSD - Platinum (Renewed) By Microsoft $499.99	See at Amazon

Display	Surface Book 3 15”	Surface Laptop 5 15”
Size	15 Inches
Info	Display Resolution: 3240 x 2160 (7M Pixels) Display Density: 260 PPI PixelSense™ Display Aspect ratio: 3:2 Contrast ratio: 1600:1 Inking: designed together with Surface Pen Touch: 10 points multi-touch	15” PixelSense™ Display Resolution: 2496 x 1664 Density: 201 PPI Color profile: sRGB and Vivid Individually color-calibrated display Refresh rate: 60Hz Aspect ratio: 3:2 Contrast ratio: 1300:1 Touch: 10-point multi-touch Brightness: 400 nits maximum (typical). 5 nits minimum Dolby Vision IQ™ support Corning® Gorilla® Glass 5

Exterior	Surface Book 3 15”	Surface Laptop 5 15”
Size Comparison
Dimensions	13.5” x 9.87” x 0.568-0.90” (343 mm x 251 mm x 15 mm-23 mm)	13.4” x 9.6” x 0.58” 340 mm x 244 mm x 14.7 mm
Weight	Total: 4.20 lbs (1,905 g) Tablet: 1.80 lbs (817 g)	Metal 3.44 lbs (1.56 kg)
Colors	Platinum	Metal Matte Black Platinum
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 a 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 gestures.
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 Thunderbolt™ 4 USB-C interface supports USB 4.0, Power Delivery, DisplayPort, and data transfer up to 40Gbps. 1 x Full-size USB 3.1 Gen 2 Data transfer up to 10Gbps. 1 x Surface Connect™ Supports charging and docking station. 1 x Headset jack

Internal Specs	Surface Book 3 15”	Surface Laptop 5 15”
Processor	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 1.30 → 3.90 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 15W	12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1255U 10 cores, 12 threads, 1.70 → 4.70 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 15W 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1265U vPro 10 cores, 12 threads, 1.80 → 4.80 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 15W
Integrated Graphics	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 64 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz	12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1255U Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 96 Execution Units, → 1250 MHz 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1265U vPro Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 96 Execution Units, → 1250 MHz
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 Ti with Max-Q Turning Architecture, 6GB GDDR6, 192-bit, 1245 → 1425 MHz, 1536 CUDA Cores. NVIDIA® Quadro® RTX™ 3000 with Max-Q Turning Architecture, 6GB GDDR6, 192-bit, 765 → 1305 MHz, 1920 CUDA Cores, 240 Tensor Cores, 30 RT Cores, Real-time ray tracing, AI hardware acceleration, ODE, QNF,
Memory	16GB 32GB 3733 MHz LPDDR4x	8GB 16GB 32GB 5200 MHz LPDDR5 RAM
Storage	256 GB 512 GB 1 TB 2TB PCIe SSD	256 GB 512 GB 1 TB Removable M.2 NVMe SSD

Connectivity	Surface Book 3 15”	Surface Laptop 5 15”
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 6: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible.	Wi-Fi 6: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible.
Bluetooth	Bluetooth Wireless 5.0 technology	Bluetooth Wireless 5.1 technology
	Xbox Wireless built-in

Battery	Surface Book 3 15”	Surface Laptop 5 15”
Size	Total: 90Wh Clipboard: 23Wh Base: 67Wh	47.4 Wh Nominal battery capacity. 45.8 Wh Minimum battery capacity.
Battery Life	Up to 17.5 hours of typical device usage	Up to 17 hours of typical device usage
Power Supply	127W 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 15”

Surface Laptop 5 15”

For Consumer: Windows 10 Home 64-bit
For Commercial: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

Free upgrade to Windows 11

Consumer models

Windows 11 Home

Business models

Windows 11 Pro

Built-in Apps

Microsoft Office 365 30-days trial

Consumer models

Preloaded Microsoft 365 Apps
Microsoft 365 Family 30-day trial
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate 30-day trial

Business models

Preloaded Microsoft 365 Apps
Microsoft 365 Business Standard, Microsoft 365 Business Premium, or Microsoft 365 Apps 30-day trial

Camera & Audio	Surface Book 3 15”	Surface Laptop 5 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 Atmos®

Misc	Surface Book 3 15”	Surface Laptop 5 15”
Inking	Supports Surface Pen 4096 levels of pressure Tilt sensing Best in class latency Paper feel 0.1mm precision	Designed for Surface Pen Supports Microsoft Pen Protocol (MPP) 4096 levels of pressure Tilt sensing Best in class latency Paper feel 0.1mm precision
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	Firmware TPM 2.0 is a security processor that is designed to give you peace of mind. Windows Hello face sign-in
In the box	Surface Book 3 15” Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents	Surface Laptop 5 15” Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents
Warranty	One-year limited hardware warranty	One-year limited hardware warranty
More	Supports Surface Dial Supports both on-screen and off-screen interaction.