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Surface Studio 2 vs. Surface Book 3 - Detailed Specs Comparison

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

BY Evan Forrest November 15, 2023

Surface Studio 2 vs. Surface Book 3

The 2018 Surface Studio 2 features the 45W 7th Generation Intel Kaby Lake quad-core Intel Core i7-7820HQ with the boost speed up to 3.90 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 28″ Surface Studio 2 (2018) 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 Studio 2 vs. Surface Book 3: Specs Comparison

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Availability
Released	2018	2020
Release Info	Introduced: October 2, 2018 Pre-ordered: October 2, 2018 Released: November 15, 2018	Introduced: May 6, 2020 Pre-ordered: May 6, 2020 Released: May 12, 2020
Pricing	Intel® Core™ i7 $3,499 - 16GB/1TB/GTX 1060 $4,199 - 32GB/1TB/GTX 1070 $4799 - 32GB/2TB/GTX 1070	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

Surface Studio 2 Price
	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 $1,979.99 $2,399.99 18% OFF	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 14.4" Touchscreen Convertible (Floating Slider) 2 in 1 Notebook - Intel Core i7 13th Gen i7-13800H - Intel Evo Platform - 64 GB - 1 TB SSD - English, French Keyboard By Microsoft $2,399.99 $2,549.99 6% OFF	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 14.4" Touchscreen Convertible (Floating Slider) 2 in 1 Notebook - Intel Core i7 - Intel Evo Platform - 32 GB - 1 TB SSD - English, French Keyboard - Platinum By Microsoft $2,450.01 $2,899.99 16% OFF	See at Amazon
Surface Book 3 Price
	Microsoft Surface Book 3 - 13.5" Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 256GB SSD (Latest Model) - Platinum By Microsoft $919.99	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Book 3 13.5" 2-In-1 Touchscreen Notebook Computer, Intel Core i7-1065G7 1.5GHz, 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q 4GB, Windows 10 Pro, Platinum By Microsoft $849.99	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Book 3 (SMW-00001) \| 15in (3240 x 2160) Touch-Screen \| Intel Core i7 Processor \| 32GB RAM \| 1TB SSD Storage \| Windows 10 Pro \| GeForce GTX 1660 GPU (Renewed) By Microsoft $1,499.98 $1,799.99 17% OFF	See at Amazon

Display	Surface Studio 2	Surface Book 3
Size	28 Inches	13.5 Inches
Info	Resolution: 4500 x 3000 (13.5M Pixels) Density: 192 PPI PixelSense™ Display Brightness: 515 nits Color: DCI-P3 individually color-calibrated Color profiles: sRGB (standard), DCI-P3 (Cinema), Vivid (P3-D65) Individually color-calibrated display Corning® Gorilla® Glass 10nm Oleophobic Coating Touch: 10-point multitouch Inking: designed together with Surface Pen Supports Surface Pen with tilt activation, Surface Dial* on-screen interaction, and Zero Gravity Hinge	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 Studio 2	Surface Book 3
Size Comparison
Dimensions	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)	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	up to 21 lbs (9.56) kg	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	Platinum
Keyboard and Trackpad	Included Surface Keyboard Included Surface Mouse	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	4 x full-size USB 3.0 1 x USB-C 3.1 Full-size SD™ card reader (UHS-II performance) 3.5mm stereo headphones/microphone jack 1 x Gigabit Ethernet	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 Studio 2	Surface Book 3
Processor	7th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-7820HQ 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.90 → 3.90 GHz, 8 MB Cache, 45W	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	7th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-7820HQ Intel® HD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz	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	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 Pascal Architecture, 6GB GDDR5 192-bit, 1404 → 1670 MHz, 1280 CUDA Cores. NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 Pascal Architecture, 8GB GDDR5 256-bit, 1506 → 1683 MHz, 1920 CUDA Cores.	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 2400 MHz DDR4 RAM	Surface Book 3 13.5” 8GB 16GB 32GB 3733 MHz LPDDR4x Surface Book 3 15” 16GB 32GB 3733 MHz LPDDR4x
Storage	1 TB 2 TB BGA PCIe NVMe SSD	256 GB 512 GB 1 TB 2TB PCIe SSD

Connectivity	Surface Studio 2	Surface Book 3
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 5: 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 4.0 technology	Bluetooth Wireless 5.0 technology
Ethernet	Ethernet: 10/100/1000Mb (Gigabit)
	Xbox Wireless built-in	Surface Book 3 15” Only: Xbox Wireless built-in

Battery	Surface Studio 2	Surface Book 3
Size		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		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	Internal power supply with AC inlet Grip-release cable (AC power cable)	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 Studio 2	Surface Book 3
OS	Windows 10 Pro	For Consumer: Windows 10 Home 64-bit For Commercial: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Free upgrade to Windows 11
Built-in Apps	Microsoft Office 365 30-days trial

Camera & Audio	Surface Studio 2	Surface Book 3
Camera	Windows Hello face sign-in camera, enterprise-class authentication 5.0MP front-facing camera with 1080p video support	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	Stereo microphones Stereo 2.1 speakers with Dolby® Audio™ Premium 8 x speakers in the display 2 x speakers in the base	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 Studio 2	Surface Book 3
Inking	Supports Surface Pen 4096 levels of pressure Tilt sensing Best in class latency Paper feel 0.1mm precision Magnetic storage	Supports Surface Pen 4096 levels of pressure Tilt sensing Best in class latency Paper feel 0.1mm precision
Sensors	Ambient light sensor	Ambient light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Gyroscope Magnetometer
Security	Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in TPM chip for enterprise security, biometric security; Interface for Kensington Lock Kit for Surface Studio	HW TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in
In the box	Surface Studio 2 Surface Pen Surface Keyboard Surface Mouse AC power cord with grip-release cable Quick start guide Safety and warranty guide Booklet	Surface Book 3 Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents
Warranty	One-year limited hardware warranty	One-year limited hardware warranty
More	Physical buttons: Volume, Power.	Supports Surface Dial Supports both on-screen and off-screen interaction.