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Surface Pro 11 vs. Surface Book 3 - Detailed Specs Comparison

Here's what you need to know what's different between Surface Pro 11 and Surface Book 3 specs including CPU, RAM, storage, battery, display, and more.

BY Evan Forrest February 21, 2026

Surface Pro 11 vs. Surface Book 3

The 2024 Surface Pro 11 features the Snapdragon X-Series 10-core Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-64-100) up to 12-core Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) with the boost speed up to 3.80 GHz. While the 2020 Surface Book 3 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.

If you are in the market looking for a laptop and don't know what's the difference between the 13″ Surface Pro 11 (2024) and the 13.5″ Surface Book 3 (2020), we have a detailed tech specs comparison between both devices for you to check out here.

Surface Pro 11 vs. Surface Book 3: Specs Comparison

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Key Features
What's new	Better performance—It's 90% faster than Surface Pro 9.

Availability	Surface Pro 11	Surface Book 3
Released	2024	2020
Release Info	Introduced: May 20, 2024 Pre-ordered: May 20, 2024 Released: June 18, 2024	Introduced: May 6, 2020 Pre-ordered: May 6, 2020 Released: May 12, 2020
Pricing	Windows 11 Home Wi-Fi only Snapdragon® X Plus with LCD $999.99 16GB 256GB $1,199.99 16GB 512GB Snapdragon® X Elite with OLED $1,499.99 16GB 512GB $1,699.99 16GB 1TB $2,099.99 32GB 1TB	For Consumer Surface Book 3 13.5” $1,600 - i5 \| 8GB \| 256GB \| Iris Plus $2,000 - i7 \| 16GB \| 256GB \| GTX 1650 $2,500 - i7 \| 32GB \| 512GB \| GTX 1650 $2,700 - i7 \| 32GB \| 1TB \| GTX 1650 Surface Book 3 15” $2,300 - i7 \| 16GB \| 256GB \| GTX 1660 Ti $2,800 - i7 \| 32GB \| 512GB \| GTX 1660 Ti $3,000 - i7 \| 32GB \| 1TB \| GTX 1660 Ti $3,400 - i7 \| 32GB \| 2TB \| GTX 1660 Ti For Commercial Surface Book 3 13.5” $1,700 - i5 \| 8GB \| 256GB \| Iris Plus $2,100 - i7 \| 16GB \| 256GB \| GTX 1650 $2,600 - i7 \| 32GB \| 512GB \| GTX 1650 $2,800 - i7 \| 32GB \| 1TB \| GTX 1650 Surface Book 3 15” $2,400 - i7 \| 16GB \| 256GB \| GTX 1660 Ti $2,900 - i7 \| 32GB \| 512GB \| GTX 1660 Ti $3,100 - i7 \| 32GB \| 1TB \| GTX 1660 Ti $3,500 - i7 \| 32GB \| 2TB \| GTX 1660 Ti $3,500 - i7 \| 32GB \| 512GB \| RTX 3000 $3,700 - i7 \| 32GB \| 1TB \| RTX 3000
Amazon Deals	$1,579.99 Microsoft Surface Pro 11 Bundle, 13" Copilot+ PC with Black Pro Keyboard & Slim Pen, AI Tablet Essential Bundle, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Win 11 Pro $1,599.99 Microsoft Surface Pro (2026), 13-inch 2-in-1 Laptop, Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus Processor, Touchscreen Display, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Storage, Windows 11 Copilot+ PC Built for AI, Platinum $1,999.99 Microsoft Surface Pro (2026), 13-inch 2-in-1 Laptop, Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Processor, Touchscreen OLED Display, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD Storage, Windows 11 Copilot+ PC Built for AI, Black	$799.00 NEW Microsoft Surface Book 3 - 13.5" Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i7 - 32GB Memory - 1TB SSD (Latest Model) - Platinum $520.99 Microsoft NEW Surface Book 3 - 13.5 Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 256GB SSD (Latest Model) - Platinum (Renewed) $2,199.98 NEW Microsoft Surface Book 3 - 15" Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i7 - 32GB Memory - 1TB SSD (Latest Model) - Platinum

Microsoft Surface Pro 11 13-inch Price
	Microsoft Surface Pro 11 Bundle, 13" Copilot+ PC with Black Pro Keyboard & Slim Pen, AI Tablet Essential Bundle, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Win 11 Pro By Microsoft $1,579.99	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Pro (2026), 13-inch 2-in-1 Laptop, Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus Processor, Touchscreen Display, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Storage, Windows 11 Copilot+ PC Built for AI, Platinum By Microsoft $1,599.99	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Pro (2026), 13-inch 2-in-1 Laptop, Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Processor, Touchscreen OLED Display, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD Storage, Windows 11 Copilot+ PC Built for AI, Black By Microsoft $1,999.99 $2,099.99 5% OFF	See at Amazon
Surface Book 3 Price
	NEW Microsoft Surface Book 3 - 13.5" Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i7 - 32GB Memory - 1TB SSD (Latest Model) - Platinum By Microsoft $799.00	See at Amazon
	Microsoft NEW Surface Book 3 - 13.5 Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 256GB SSD (Latest Model) - Platinum (Renewed) By Microsoft $520.99	See at Amazon
	NEW Microsoft Surface Book 3 - 15" Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i7 - 32GB Memory - 1TB SSD (Latest Model) - Platinum By Microsoft $2,199.98	See at Amazon

Display

Surface Pro 11

Surface Book 3

Size

13 Inches

13.5 Inches

Info

Surface Pro with LCD

13” PixelSense™ Flow Display
Resolution: 2880 x 1920
5.53M Pixels.
Density: 267 PPI
Color profile: sRGB and Vivid
Dynamic refresh rate: up to 120Hz
Aspect ratio: 3:2
Contrast ratio: 1200:1
Touch: 10-point multi-touch
Gorilla® Glass 5
Adaptive Color
Adaptive contrast
Auto Color Management supported
Dolby Vision IQ™ support

Surface Pro with OLED

13” PixelSense™ Flow Display
Resolution: 2880 x 1920
5.53M Pixels.
Density: 267 PPI
Color profile: sRGB and Vivid
Dynamic refresh rate: up to 120Hz
Aspect ratio: 3:2
Contrast ratio: 1M:1 [new]
Touch: 10-point multi-touch
Gorilla® Glass 5
Adaptive Color
Adaptive contrast
Auto Color Management supported
Dolby Vision IQ™ support

Surface Book 3 13.5”
- Display Resolution: 3000 x 2000 (6M Pixels)
- Display Density: 267 PPI
Surface Book 3 15”
- 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

Exterior	Surface Pro 11	Surface Book 3
Size Comparison
Dimensions	11.3” x 8.2” x 0.37” (287 mm x 209 mm x 9.3 mm)	Surface Book 3 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 3 13.5” (Core i7) 12.3” x 9.14” x 0.59”-0.90” (312 mm x 232 mm x 15 mm-23 mm) Surface Book 3 15” 13.5” x 9.87” x 0.568-0.90” (343 mm x 251 mm x 15 mm-23 mm)
Weight	1.97 lb (895 g)	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) Surface Book 3 15” Total: 4.20 lbs (1,905 g) Tablet: 1.80 lbs (817 g)
Colors	Sapphire Dune Black Platinum	Platinum
Keyboard and Trackpad	Not included. Compatible with: Surface Pro Flex Keyboard Surface Pro Keyboard with pen storage Surface Pro Signature Keyboard Surface Pro Keyboard Surface Pro X Signature Keyboard Surface Pro X Keyboard	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.
Ports	2 x USB-C Supports USB 4.0 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 Surface Connect It supports fast charging with a 65W or higher power supply. Supports Surface Dock and Surface Dock 2. 1 x Surface Pro Type Cover port	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

Internal Specs	Surface Pro 11	Surface Book 3
Processor	Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-64-100) 10 cores, 10 threads, → 3.40 GHz, 42MB Cache, Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) 12 cores, 12 threads, → 3.80 GHz, 42MB Cache,	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
Integrated Graphics	Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-64-100) Adreno™ GPU 3.8 TFLOPS, Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) Adreno™ GPU 3.8 TFLOPS,	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
Discrete Graphics		Surface Book 3 13.5” NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 with Max-Q Turning Architecture, 4GB GDDR5, 128-bit, 1020 → 1245 MHz, 1024 CUDA Cores. Surface Book 3 15” 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 8448 MT/s LPDDR5x RAM	Surface Book 3 13.5” 8GB 16GB 32GB 3733 MHz LPDDR4x Surface Book 3 15” 16GB 32GB 3733 MHz LPDDR4x
Storage	256GB 512GB 1TB Removable PCIe Gen 4 SSD.	256 GB 512 GB 1 TB 2TB PCIe SSD

Connectivity	Surface Pro 11	Surface Book 3
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 7: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible. [new]	Wi-Fi 6: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible.
Bluetooth	Bluetooth Wireless 5.4 technology [new]	Bluetooth Wireless 5.0 technology
		Surface Book 3 15” Only: Xbox Wireless built-in

Battery	Surface Pro 11	Surface Book 3
Size	Surface Pro with LCD 48 Wh Nominal battery capacity. 47 Wh Minimum battery capacity. Surface Pro with OLED 53 Wh Nominal battery capacity. 51 Wh Minimum battery capacity.	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 Surface Book 3 15” Total: 90Wh Clipboard: 23Wh Base: 67Wh
Battery Life	Up to 14 hours of local video playback Up to 10 hours of active web usage	Surface Book 3 13.5” Up to 15.5 hours of typical device usage Surface Book 3 15” Up to 17.5 hours of typical device usage
Power Supply	39W 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. Surface Book 3 15” 127W Surface Power Supply with USB-A (7W) charging port.

Software	Surface Pro 11	Surface Book 3
OS	Windows 11 Home	For Consumer: Windows 10 Home 64-bit For Commercial: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Free upgrade to Windows 11
Built-in Apps	Preloaded Microsoft 365 Apps Microsoft 365 Family 30-day trial Microsoft Defender App Preloaded Xbox app Xbox Game Pass Ultimate 30-day trial	Microsoft Office 365 30-days trial

Camera & Audio	Surface Pro 11	Surface Book 3
Camera	Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing) 1440p front-facing camera with an ultrawide field of view [new] Supports Windows Studio Effects with: automatic framing eye contact and background blur 10.5 MP rear-facing autofocus camera with Ultra HD and 4K video [new]	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
Audio	Dual far-field Studio Mics with voice focus 2W stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos® Support for Bluetooth LE 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

Misc	Surface Pro 11	Surface Book 3
Inking	Designed for Surface Slim Pen for Business Integrated storage and wireless charging for Surface Slim Pen 2 with Surface Pro Keyboard with Pen Storage for Business Supports Microsoft Pen Protocol (MPP) 4096 levels of pressure Tilt sensing Best in class latency Paper feel 0.1mm precision magnetic storage Supports Tactile signals with Surface Slim Pen 2 The integrated storage and wireless charging for Surface Slim Pen 2 with Surface Pro Signature Keyboard	Supports Surface Pen 4096 levels of pressure Tilt sensing Best in class latency Paper feel 0.1mm precision
Sensors	Ambient color sensor Accelerometer Gyroscope Magnetometer	Ambient light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Gyroscope Magnetometer
Security	TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise-grade security and BitLocker support Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in Windows 11 Secured-core PC NFC authentication [new]	HW TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in
In the box	Surface Pro 11 39W Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents SIM card access tool	Surface Book 3 Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents
Warranty	1-year limited hardware warranty	One-year limited hardware warranty
More		Supports Surface Dial Supports both on-screen and off-screen interaction.