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Surface Laptop 3 15” vs. Surface Studio 2+ - Detailed Specs Comparison

Here's what you need to know what's different between Surface Laptop 3 15” and Surface Studio 2+ specs including CPU, RAM, storage, battery, display, and more.

BY Evan Forrest November 18, 2023

Surface Laptop 3 15” vs. Surface Studio 2+

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. While the 2022 Surface Studio 2+ features the 35W 11th Generation Intel Tiger Lake quad-core Intel Core i7-11370H 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 Laptop 3 15” (2019) and the 28″ Surface Studio 2+ (2022), we have a detailed tech specs comparison between both devices for you to check out here.

Surface Laptop 3 15” vs. Surface Studio 2+: Specs Comparison

	Compare With Please enter device name or part of it Surface Laptop 3 15” See at Amazon	Compare With Please enter device name or part of it Surface Studio 2+ 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 4K@60Hz 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 Laptop 3 15”	Surface Studio 2+
Released	2019	2022
Release Info	Introduced: October 2, 2019 (Microsoft October Event) Pre-ordered: October 2, 2019 Released: October 22, 2019	Introduced: October 12, 2022 Pre-ordered: October 12, 2022 Released: October 25, 2022
Pricing	Starting at 1,199$	Intel® Core™ i7 $4,499.99 - 32GB/1TB/RTX 3060

Surface Laptop 3 15” Price
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 15", Intel Core i5-1035G7 256GB SSD 16GB RAM 2K+ Multi-Touch (2496X1664) Display Windows 11 PRO (Renewed) By Microsoft $429.99	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 15.0" 2k+ WQHD Touchscreen (AMD 4-Core Ryzen 5 3580U, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Radeon Vega 9 Graphics), Thin & Light Business, Webcam, (Reed) Win 10/11 Home (Renewed) By Microsoft $499.99	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 – 15" Touch-Screen – AMD Ryzen 5 Surface Edition - 8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive – Platinum By Microsoft $699.00	See at Amazon
Surface Studio 2+ Price
	Microsoft Surface Studio 2+ 28-inch Touchscreen All-In-One Desktop Computer, Intel Core i7-11370H 3.3GHz, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 6GB, Windows 11 Pro By Microsoft $4,582.99	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 (2023) - 14.4" Touchscreen - Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050, Windows 11, Platinum Color Copilot By Microsoft $1,974.99 $2,399.99 18% OFF	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Studio 2 (Intel Core i7, 32GB RAM, 1TB) - Newest Version, 0 GB, Windows 10 Pro By Microsoft $2,799.99	See at Amazon

Display	Surface Laptop 3 15”	Surface Studio 2+
Size	15 Inches	28 Inches
Info	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	Screen: 28” PixelSense™ Display Resolution: 4500 x 3000 (13.5M Pixels) Density: 192 PPI Brightness: 515 nits Color profile: sRGB and Vivid Touch: 10-point multitouch Individually color-calibrated display Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 Dolby Vision^® support 1 billion colors and better gradients with Auto Color Management

Exterior	Surface Laptop 3 15”	Surface Studio 2+
Size Comparison
Dimensions	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)	Display 25.1” x 17.3” x 0.5” (637.35 mm x 438.90 mm x 12.50 mm) Base 9.8” x 8.7” x 1.3” (250.00 mm x 220.00 mm x 32.20 mm)
Weight	3.40 lb (1,542 g)	up to 21 lbs (9.56) kg
Colors	Metal Matte Black Platinum	Platinum
Keyboard and Trackpad	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.	Included Surface Keyboard Included Surface Mouse
Ports	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	3 x Thunderbolt™ 4 USB-C interface supports USB 4.0, Native external display support: Up to three 4K UHD @60Hz. 2 x USB-A 3.1 Gen 2 Data transfer up to 10Gbps. 3.5mm stereo headphones/microphone jack 1 x Gigabit Ethernet

Internal Specs	Surface Laptop 3 15”	Surface Studio 2+
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 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	11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11370H 4 cores, 8 threads, 3.30 → 4.80 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 35W
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 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	11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11370H Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 96 Execution Units, 400 → 1350 MHz
Discrete Graphics		NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3060 Laptop GPU Ampere Architecture, 6GB GDDR6 192-bit, 1283 → 1703 MHz, 3840 CUDA Cores.
Memory	8GB 16GB 32 GB 2400 MHz DDR4 RAM	32GB 3200 MHz DDR4 RAM
Storage	128 GB 256 GB 512 GB Removable M.2 NVMe SSD	1 TB BGA PCIe NVMe SSD

Connectivity	Surface Laptop 3 15”	Surface Studio 2+
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 5: 2x2 MIMO IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac 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
Ethernet		Ethernet: 10/100/1000Mb (Gigabit)

Battery	Surface Laptop 3 15”	Surface Studio 2+
Size	45.8 Wh
Battery Life	Up to 11.5 hours of typical device usage
Power Supply	60W power supply with USB-A (5W) (65W total) Supports Fast Charge (0-80% in about one hour)	Internal power supply with AC inlet Grip-release cable (AC power cable)

Software	Surface Laptop 3 15”	Surface Studio 2+
OS	For Consumer: Windows 10 Home For Commercial: Windows 10 Pro Free upgrade to Windows 11	Windows 11 Pro
Built-in Apps	Microsoft Office 365 30-days trial	Preloaded Microsoft 365 Apps Microsoft 365 Business Standard, Microsoft 365 Business Premium, or Microsoft 365 Apps 30-day trial

Camera & Audio	Surface Laptop 3 15”	Surface Studio 2+
Camera	Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing) 720p HD front-facing video camera	Windows Hello face sign-in camera, enterprise-class authentication 5.0MP front-facing camera with 1080p video support
Audio	Dual far-field Studio Mics OmniSonic stereo speakers with Dolby® Audio™ Premium	Dual far-field studio microphones Stereo 2.1 speakers with Dolby® Atmos™

Misc	Surface Laptop 3 15”	Surface Studio 2+
Inking	Supports Surface Pen 4096 levels of pressure Tilt sensing Best in class latency	Designed for Surface Pen Integrated magnetic storage with Surface Pen Supports Microsoft Pen Protocol (MPP) 4096 levels of pressure Tilt sensing Best in class latency Paper feel 0.1mm precision Compatible with Surface Dial on-screen interaction. In-box accessories come pre-paired.
Sensors	Ambient light sensor
Security	HW TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in	TPM 2.0 chip is a security processor that is designed to give you peace of mind. Windows Hello face sign-in.
In the box	Surface Laptop 3 15” Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents	Surface Studio 2+ Surface Pen Surface Keyboard Surface Mouse AC power cord with grip-release cable Quick start guide Safety and warranty guide
Warranty	One-year limited hardware warranty Commercial: Advanced Exchange warranty service with expedited device replacement	One-year limited hardware warranty
More	Supports Surface Dial Supports off-screen interaction only	Physical buttons: Volume, Power.