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Surface Laptop 4 13.5” vs. Surface Pro 4 - Detailed Specs Comparison

Here's what you need to know what's different between Surface Laptop 4 13.5” and Surface Pro 4 specs including CPU, RAM, storage, battery, display, and more.

BY Evan Forrest February 21, 2026

Surface Laptop 4 13.5” vs. Surface Pro 4

The 2021 Surface Laptop 4 13.5” features the 15W AMD Zen 2 Architecture 6-core AMD Ryzen 5-4680U Microsoft Surface Edition up to quad-core Intel Core i7-1185G7 with the boost speed up to 4.80 GHz. While the 2015 Surface Pro 4 features the 4.5W 6th Generation Intel Skylake dual-core Intel Core m3-6Y30 up to dual-core Intel Core i7-6650U with the boost speed up to 3.40 GHz.

If you are in the market looking for a laptop and don't know what's the difference between the 13.5″ Surface Laptop 4 13.5” (2021) and the 12.3″ Surface Pro 4 (2015), we have a detailed tech specs comparison between both devices for you to check out here.

Surface Laptop 4 13.5” vs. Surface Pro 4: Specs Comparison

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Key Features
What's new	Better performance - It’s now 70% faster than Surface Laptop 3. New color - Now available in Matte Black, Platinum, Sandstone, and a new Ice Blue. 11th Gen Intel or AMD 4000 processors - The 13.5-inch model now available in both AMD and Intel processors. Longer Battery Life - Up to 19 hours on AMD Ryzen™ R5 models and 17 hours on Intel® Core™ i5 models. Dolby Atmos® Audio - Deliver rich, full-range, and accurate spatial sound from its stereo Omnisonic speakers.	New Design It’s now thinner (8.4mm), lighter (766g), the smaller bezel on the same footprint. Better display New bigger and better 12.3” PixelSense display with Microsoft G5 chipset. Better performance It’s now 30% faster than Surface Pro 3 with the range of 6th Gen Intel processors. Better Inking It now supports Surface Pen with 1,024 pressure sensitivity, magnet attached to the side of Surface Pro 4. Windows Hello It's all comes with Windows Hello facial recognition as standard. More Better 8.0MP rear-facing autofocus camera, new 1866 MHz LPDDR3 RAM.

Availability	Surface Laptop 4 13.5”	Surface Pro 4
Released	2021	2015
Release Info	Introduced: April 13, 2021 Released: April 13, 2021	Introduced: October 7, 2015 Pre-ordered: October 7, 2015 Released: October 26, 2015
Pricing	$999.99 AMD Ryzen 5 8GB 256GB Platinum Only $1,199.99 AMD Ryzen 5 16GB 256GB Platinum Only $1,299.99 Intel Core i5 8GB 512GB $1,499.99 Intel Core i5 16GB 512GB $1,699.99 Intel Core i7 16GB 512GB $2,299.99 Intel Core i7 32GB 1TB Matte Black Only	Starting at 899$
Amazon Deals	$344.99 Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13.5” Touch-Screen – Intel Core i7-16GB - 256GB SSD Windows 11 PRO (Latest Model) - Matte Black (Renewed) $377.99 Microsoft Surface Laptop 4, 13.5-Inch Touchscreen, Intel i5-1135G7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Platinum, (Renewed) $405.00 Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13.5” Touch-Screen – Intel Core i7-16GB - 512GB SSD Windows 11 PRO (Latest Model) - Matte Black (Renewed)	$173.00 Microsoft Surface Pro 4 12.3" Laptop i5-6300U 4GB 128GB SSD W10P Touch (Renewed) $177.00 Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Tablet PC, 12.3" (2736 X 1824) Touchscreen Notebook, Core i5-6300U, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, CAM, Windows 11 Pro (Renewed) $167.86 Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Tablet PC, 12.3" (2736 X 1824) Touchscreen Notebook, Core i5-6300U, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD, CAM, Windows 11 Pro (Renewed)

Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13.5-inch Intel Core Price
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13.5” Touch-Screen – Intel Core i7-16GB - 256GB SSD Windows 11 PRO (Latest Model) - Matte Black (Renewed) By Microsoft $344.99	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 4, 13.5-Inch Touchscreen, Intel i5-1135G7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Platinum, (Renewed) By Microsoft $377.99 $398.00 5% OFF	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13.5” Touch-Screen – Intel Core i7-16GB - 512GB SSD Windows 11 PRO (Latest Model) - Matte Black (Renewed) By Microsoft $405.00	See at Amazon
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 12.3-inch Price
	Microsoft Surface Pro 4 12.3" Laptop i5-6300U 4GB 128GB SSD W10P Touch (Renewed) By Microsoft $173.00	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Tablet PC, 12.3" (2736 X 1824) Touchscreen Notebook, Core i5-6300U, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, CAM, Windows 11 Pro (Renewed) By Microsoft $177.00	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Tablet PC, 12.3" (2736 X 1824) Touchscreen Notebook, Core i5-6300U, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD, CAM, Windows 11 Pro (Renewed) By Microsoft $167.86 $179.00 6% OFF	See at Amazon

Display	Surface Laptop 4 13.5”	Surface Pro 4
Size	13.5 Inches	12.3 Inches
Info	Resolution: 2256 x 1504 (201 PPI) 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	Resolution: 2736 x 1824 (5M Pixels) Density: 267 PPI PixelSense™ Display Contrast ratio: 1300:1 Aspect ratio: 3:2 Inking: designed together with Surface Pen Touch: 10 points multi-touch with GPU-based processing 100 percent sRGB color, individually calibrated

Exterior	Surface Laptop 4 13.5”	Surface Pro 4
Size Comparison
Dimensions	12.1” x 8.8” x 0.57” (308 mm x 223 mm x 14.5 mm)	11.50” x 7.93” x 0.33” (292 mm x 201.42 mm x 8.4 mm) Width: 11.50” (292 mm) Height: 7.93” (201.42 mm) Thickness: 0.33” (8.4 mm)
Weight	2.84 lb (1,288 g) Sandstone and Matte Black 2.79 lb (1,265 g) Cobalt Blue and Platinum	Intel Core m3: 1.69 lbs (766 g) Intel Core i5 and i7: 1.73 lbs (786 g)
Colors	Metal Matte Black Sandstone Alcantara Ice Blue Platinum	Silver
Keyboard and Trackpad	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 gesture.	Surface Type Cover Not included Weight: 0.68 lb (310 g) Dimension: 11.61 x 8.54 x 0.19 inches (295 mm x 216 mm x 5mm) Keyboard: Activation: Moving (mechanical) keys Layout: QWERTY, full row of function keys (F1-F12) 4 directional keys; Windows, Brightness and Media Controls Keys; LED backlighting Trackpad: Precision glass trackpad. Trackpad size: 4 x 2 inches (101.6 mm x 50.8 mm) Supports a five-finger multitouch gesture.
Ports	1 x Full-size USB 3.2 Gen 2 1 x USB Type-C 3.2 Gen 2 Supports Power Delivery and DisplayPort. 1 x Surface Connect™ + Supports charging and docking station. 1 x Headset jack	1 x Full-size USB 3.0 1 x Mini DisplayPort 1 x Surface Connect™ Supports charging and docking station. 1 x Headset jack 1 x microSD™ card reader 1 x Type Cover port

Internal Specs	Surface Laptop 4 13.5”	Surface Pro 4
Processor	AMD Ryzen™ 5 4680U Microsoft Surface® Edition 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.10 → 4.00 GHz, 3MB L2 Cache, 8MB L3 Cache, 15W AMD Ryzen™ 7 4980U Microsoft Surface® Edition 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.00 → 4.40 GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 8MB L3 Cache, 15W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.40 → 4.20 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 28W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1145G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.60 → 4.40 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 28W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1185G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 3.00 → 4.80 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 28W	6th Gen Intel® Core™ m3-6Y30 2 cores, 4 threads, 0.90 → 2.20 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 4.5W 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-6300U 2 cores, 4 threads, 2.40 → 3.00 GHz, 3MB SmartCache, 15W 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-6650U 2 cores, 4 threads, 2.20 → 3.40 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 15W
Integrated Graphics	AMD Ryzen™ 5 4680U Microsoft Surface® Edition AMD Radeon™ Graphics 7 Graphics Cores, AMD Ryzen™ 7 4980U Microsoft Surface® Edition AMD Radeon™ Graphics 8 Graphics Cores, 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 80 Execution Units, 400 → 1300 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1145G7 Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 80 Execution Units, 400 → 1300 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1185G7 Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 96 Execution Units, 400 → 1350 MHz	6th Gen Intel® Core™ m3-6Y30 Intel® HD Graphics 515 24 Execution Units, 300 → 850 MHz 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-6300U Intel® HD Graphics 520 24 Execution Units, 300 → 1000 MHz 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-6650U Intel® Iris® Graphics 540 48 Execution Units with 64 MB eDRAM side cache, 300 → 1050 MHz
Memory	8GB 16GB 32GB 4266 MHz LPDDR4X RAM	4GB 8GB 16GB 1866 MHz LPDDR3 RAM
Storage	256 GB 512 GB 1 TB Removable M.2 NVMe SSD	128 GB 256 GB 512 GB 1 TB PCIe NVMe SSD

Connectivity	Surface Laptop 4 13.5”	Surface Pro 4
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 6: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible.	Wi-Fi 5: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac compatible.
Bluetooth	Bluetooth Wireless 5.0 technology	Bluetooth Wireless 4.0 technology

Battery	Surface Laptop 4 13.5”	Surface Pro 4
Size	45.8 Wh	38.2 Wh
Battery Life	Up to 19 hours of typical device usage AMD™ Ryzen™ 5 models. Up to 17 hours of typical device usage Intel® Core™ i5 models.	Up to 9 hours of video playback
Power Supply	60W power supply with USB-A (5W) (65W total) Supports Fast Charge (0-80% in about one hour)	36W proprietary power supply USB-A output: 5W Surface Connect: 31W

Software	Surface Laptop 4 13.5”	Surface Pro 4
OS	For Consumer: Windows 10 Home For Commercial: Windows 10 Pro Free upgrade to Windows 11	Windows 10 Pro
Built-in Apps	Microsoft Office 365 30-days trial	Microsoft Office 30-days trial

Camera & Audio	Surface Laptop 4 13.5”	Surface Pro 4
Camera	Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing) 720p HD front-facing video camera	Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing) 5.0MP front-facing camera with 1080p Skype HD video 8.0MP rear-facing autofocus camera with 1080p full HD video
Audio	Dual far-field Studio Mics OmniSonic stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos®	Dual microphones Front-facing stereo speakers with Dolby® Audio

Misc	Surface Laptop 4 13.5”	Surface Pro 4
Inking	Supports Surface Pen 4096 levels of pressure Tilt sensing Best in class latency	Supports Surface Pen 1024 levels of pressure magnetic storage
Sensors	Ambient light sensor	Ambient light sensor Accelerometer Gyroscope Magnetometer
Security	HW TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in Secured-Core PC For Surface Laptop 4 powered by AMD RyzenTM Microsoft Surface Edition Windows enhanced hardware security For Surface Laptop 4 powered by 11th Gen Intel® Core™ processors	HW TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in
In the box	Surface Laptop 4 13.5” Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents	Surface Pro 4 Surface Pen Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents
Warranty	One-year limited hardware warranty Surface for Business customers: Includes Advanced Exchange, an expedited replacement service, at no additional cost	One-year limited hardware warranty
More	Supports Surface Dial Supports off-screen interaction only	Mechanical features: Signature unibody magnesium design with hidden perimeter venting Kickstand with a full-friction multiposition hinge to 150 degrees Magnetic attach for keyboard fold stability Physical buttons: volumes, power