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Surface Laptop 4 15” vs. Surface Laptop 7 15” - Detailed Specs Comparison

Here's what you need to know what's different between Surface Laptop 4 15” and Surface Laptop 7 15” specs including CPU, RAM, storage, battery, display, and more.

BY Evan Forrest June 02, 2024

Surface Laptop 4 15” vs. Surface Laptop 7 15”

The 2021 Surface Laptop 4 15” features the 15W AMD Zen 2 Architecture 8-core AMD Ryzen 7-4980U Microsoft Surface Edition up to quad-core Intel Core i7-1185G7 with the boost speed up to 4.80 GHz. While the 2024 Surface Laptop 7 15” features the Snapdragon X-Series 10-core Snapdragon X Plus up to 12-core Snapdragon X Elite with the boost speed up to 3.80 GHz.

If you are in the market looking for a laptop and don't know what's the difference between the 15″ Surface Laptop 4 15” (2021) and the 15″ Surface Laptop 7 15” (2024), we have a detailed tech specs comparison between both devices for you to check out here.

Surface Laptop 4 15” vs. Surface Laptop 7 15”: Specs Comparison

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Key Features
What's new	Better performance - It’s now 70% faster than Surface Laptop 3. 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 17.5 hours on AMD Ryzen™ R7 models and 16.5 hours on Intel® Core™ i7 models. Dolby Atmos® Audio - Deliver rich, full-range, and accurate spatial sound from its stereo Omnisonic speakers.

Availability	Surface Laptop 4 15”	Surface Laptop 7 15”
Released	2021	2024
Release Info	Introduced: April 13, 2021 Released: April 13, 2021	Introduced: May 20, 2024 Pre-ordered: May 20, 2024 Released: June 18, 2024
Pricing	$1,299.99 AMD Ryzen 7 8GB 256GB Platium Only $1,499.99 AMD Ryzen 7 8GB 512GB $1,699.99 AMD Ryzen 7 16GB 512GB $1,799.99 Intel Core i7 16GB 512GB Matte Black Only $2,399.99 Intel Core i7 32GB 1TB Matte Black Only	Windows 11 Home Snapdragon® X Elite $1,299.99 16GB 512GB $1,499.99 16GB 512GB $1,699.99 16GB 1TB $2,099.99 32GB 1TB $2,499.99 64GB 1TB

Surface Laptop 4 15” Price
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 15” Touch-Screen – AMD Ryzen 7 Surface Edition - 8GB - 512GB Solid State Drive - Platinum By Microsoft $699.99	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 15-inch Touchscreen 256GB SSD AMD Ryzen 7 (8GB RAM, Windows 10 Home, Latest Model) - Platinum, 5UI-00001 By Microsoft $729.00	See at Amazon
	MICROSOFT Surface Laptop 4 (LI1-00008) 15-inch Touchscreen Pixelsense (2496 x 1664) i7-1185G7 16GB RAM 256GB SSD Windows 11 Professional Platinum Renewed By Microsoft $748.80	See at Amazon
Surface Laptop 7 15” Price
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 6 15" Touchscreen Notebook - Intel Core Ultra 7 165H - 16 GB - 512 GB SSD - Black By Microsoft $1,664.96 $1,999.99 17% OFF	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 15-inch Touchscreen 256GB SSD AMD Ryzen 7 (8GB RAM, Windows 10 Home, Latest Model) - Platinum, 5UI-00001 By Microsoft $729.00	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 6 15" Touchscreen Notebook - Intel Core Ultra 7-16 GB - 256 GB SSD - English Keyboard - Black By Microsoft $1,699.99 $1,899.99 11% OFF	See at Amazon

Display	Surface Laptop 4 15”	Surface Laptop 7 15”
Size	15 Inches
Info	Resolution: 2496 x 1664 (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	15” PixelSense Flow™ Display Resolution: 2496 x 1664 Density: 201 PPI Color profile: sRGB and Vivid Individually color-calibrated display Refresh rate: 120Hz [new] Aspect ratio: 3:2 Contrast ratio: 1400:1 [new] Touch: 10-point multi-touch Dolby Vision IQ™ support Corning® Gorilla® Glass 5 Adaptive color Adaptive contrast Auto color management

Exterior	Surface Laptop 4 15”	Surface Laptop 7 15”
Size Comparison
Dimensions	13.4” x 9.6” x 0.57” (339.5 mm x 244 mm x 14.69 mm)	12.96” x 9.41” x 0.72” (329mm x 239m x 18.29mm)
Weight	3.40 lb (1,542 g)	3.67 lbs (1.66 kg)
Colors	Metal Matte Black Platinum	Black Platinum
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.	Keyboard: Full-size backlit keyboard with a soft-touch feel and full 1.3mm travel. Windows key and dedicated buttons for media controls, screen brightness Keyboard backlight Copilot key Trackpad: Precision Haptic touchpad [new] Supports up to Five-finger multitouch gestures.
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	2 x USB-C Supports USB 4 It supports fast charging with a 65W or higher power supply. DisplayPort 2.1 with supports up to 1 x 8K monitor, 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 1 x MicroSDXC card slot

Internal Specs	Surface Laptop 4 15”	Surface Laptop 7 15”
Processor	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™ i7-1185G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 3.00 → 4.80 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 28W	Snapdragon X Plus 10 cores, 10 threads, → 3.40 GHz, 42MB Cache, Snapdragon X Elite 12 cores, 12 threads, → 3.80 GHz, 42MB Cache,
Integrated Graphics	AMD Ryzen™ 7 4980U Microsoft Surface® Edition AMD Radeon™ Graphics 8 Graphics Cores, 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1185G7 Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 96 Execution Units, 400 → 1350 MHz	Snapdragon X Plus Adreno™ GPU 3.8 TFLOPS, Snapdragon X Elite Adreno™ GPU 3.8 TFLOPS,
Memory	8GB 16GB 32GB 4266 MHz LPDDR4X RAM	16GB 32GB 64GB 8448 MT/s LPDDR5x RAM
Storage	256 GB 512 GB 1 TB Removable M.2 NVMe SSD	256GB 512GB 1TB Removable PCIe Gen 4 SSD.

Connectivity	Surface Laptop 4 15”	Surface Laptop 7 15”
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 6: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible.	Wi-Fi 7: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be compatible. [new]
Bluetooth	Bluetooth Wireless 5.0 technology	Bluetooth Wireless 5.4 technology [new]

Battery	Surface Laptop 4 15”	Surface Laptop 7 15”
Size	45.8 Wh	66 Wh Nominal battery capacity. 64 Wh Minimum battery capacity.
Battery Life	Up to 17.5 hours of typical device usage AMD™ Ryzen™ 7 models. Up to 16.5 hours of typical device usage Intel® Core™ i7 models.	Up to 22 hours of local video playback Up to 15 hours of active web usage
Power Supply	60W power supply with USB-A (5W) (65W total) Supports Fast Charge (0-80% in about one hour)	65W power supply

Software	Surface Laptop 4 15”	Surface Laptop 7 15”
OS	For Consumer: Windows 10 Home For Commercial: Windows 10 Pro Free upgrade to Windows 11	Windows 11 Home
Built-in Apps	Microsoft Office 365 30-days trial	Preloaded Microsoft 365 Apps Microsoft 365 Family 30-day trial Microsoft Defender App Preloaded Xbox app Xbox Game Pass Ultimate 30-day trial accessible through Xbox Cloud Gaming

Camera & Audio	Surface Laptop 4 15”	Surface Laptop 7 15”
Camera	Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing) 720p HD front-facing video camera	Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing) 1080p Full HD front-facing Surface Studio camera Windows Studio Effects with automatic framing, creative filters (illustrated, animated, watercolor), eye contact, eye contact: teleprompter, portrait blur, and portrait light [new]
Audio	Dual far-field Studio Mics OmniSonic stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos®	Dual Studio Mics with voice focus OmniSonic stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos® Support for Bluetooth^® LE Audio

Misc	Surface Laptop 4 15”	Surface Laptop 7 15”
Inking	Supports Surface Pen 4096 levels of pressure Tilt sensing Best in class latency	Supports Microsoft Pen Protocol (MPP) 4096 levels of pressure Tilt sensing Best in class latency Paper feel 0.1mm precision
Sensors	Ambient light sensor
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	Enhanced security with Microsoft Pluton TPM 2.0 Windows 11 Secured-core PC Windows Hello face authentication with Enhanced Sign-in security Microsoft Defender – for enhanced identity and privacy protection
In the box	Surface Laptop 4 15” Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents	Surface Laptop 7 15” 65W 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