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Surface Studio vs. Surface Laptop Studio 2 - Detailed Specs Comparison

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

BY Evan Forrest February 21, 2026

Surface Studio vs. Surface Laptop Studio 2

The 2016 Surface Studio features the 45W 6th Generation Intel Skylake quad-core Intel Core i5-6440HQ up to quad-core Intel Core i7-6820HQ with the boost speed up to 3.60 GHz. While the 2023 Surface Laptop Studio 2 features the 45W 13th Generation Intel Raptor Lake H 14-core Intel Core i7-13700H with the boost speed up to 5.00 GHz.

If you are in the market looking for a laptop and don't know what's the difference between the 28″ Surface Studio (2016) and the 14.4″ Surface Laptop Studio 2 (2023), we have a detailed tech specs comparison between both devices for you to check out here.

Surface Studio vs. Surface Laptop Studio 2: Specs Comparison

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Key Features
What's new		13th Gen Intel® Raptor Lake H45 Processors - First for Surface uses a powerful 45W TDP processor with integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics and up to 64GB of 6400 MHz LPDDR5x memory. New Intel® Gen3 Movidius 3700VC VPU AI Accelerator - The Laptop Studio 2 is the first Intel-based Windows laptop with a dedicated AI accelerator chip to supercharge AI-related tasks like the Surface Pro 9 5G. NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4050/4060 or 2000 Ada Generation Graphics - Experience the latest feature set from NVIDIA's 4th gen RTX architecture for the best gaming experience and to accelerate your design, animate, and render tasks. More Ports - The new laptop Studio 2 brings back a full-size USB 3.1 port and a MicroSDXC card slot. Improved Precision Haptic Touchpad - Now with new accessibility features for adjustable click sensitivity, right-click area, and adaptive touch mode. More Improved camera and mics features PCIe Gen 4 SSD Wi-Fi 6E Bluetooth 5.3

Availability	Surface Studio	Surface Laptop Studio 2
Released	2016	2023
Release Info	Introduced: October 26, 2016 Pre-ordered: October 26, 2016 Released: December 15, 2016	Introduced: September 22, 2023 Pre-ordered: September 22, 2023 Released: October 3, 2023
Pricing	Intel® Core™ i5 $2,999 - 8GB \| 1TB (64GB SSD) \| GTX 965M Intel® Core™ i7 $3,499 - 16GB \| 1TB (128GB SSD) \| GTX 965M $4,199 - 32GB \| 2TB (128GB SSD) \| GTX 980M	$1,999.99 i7-13700H 16GB 512GB Intel Iris Xe $2,499.99 i7-13700H 16GB 512GB RTX 4050 $2,799.99 i7-13700H 32GB 1TB RTX 4050 $3,299.99 i7-13700H 64GB 1TB RTX 4060 $3,599.99 i7-13700H 32GB 1TB RTX 2000 Ada $3,699.99 i7-13700H 64GB 2TB RTX 4060
Amazon Deals	$2,899.00 Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 14.4" Touchscreen Convertible (Floating Slider) 2 in 1 Notebook - Intel Core i7 - Intel Evo Platform - 64 GB - 2 TB SSD - English, French Keyboard - Platinum $2,199.00 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 - 16 GB - 512 GB SSD - English Keyboard $4,599.00 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	$2,899.00 Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 14.4" Touchscreen Convertible (Floating Slider) 2 in 1 Notebook - Intel Core i7 - Intel Evo Platform - 64 GB - 2 TB SSD - English, French Keyboard - Platinum $2,199.00 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 - 16 GB - 512 GB SSD - English Keyboard $2,199.00 Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 14.4" Touchscreen Convertible (Floating Slider) 2 in 1 Notebook - Intel Core i7 13th Gen i7-13700H - Intel Evo Platform - 16 GB - 512 GB SSD

Surface Studio AIO Price
	Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 14.4" Touchscreen Convertible (Floating Slider) 2 in 1 Notebook - Intel Core i7 - Intel Evo Platform - 64 GB - 2 TB SSD - English, French Keyboard - Platinum By Microsoft $2,899.00	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 - 16 GB - 512 GB SSD - English Keyboard By Microsoft $2,199.00	See at Amazon
	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 $4,599.00	See at Amazon
Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 Price
	Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 14.4" Touchscreen Convertible (Floating Slider) 2 in 1 Notebook - Intel Core i7 - Intel Evo Platform - 64 GB - 2 TB SSD - English, French Keyboard - Platinum By Microsoft $2,899.00	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 - 16 GB - 512 GB SSD - English Keyboard By Microsoft $2,199.00	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 14.4" Touchscreen Convertible (Floating Slider) 2 in 1 Notebook - Intel Core i7 13th Gen i7-13700H - Intel Evo Platform - 16 GB - 512 GB SSD By Microsoft $2,199.00	See at Amazon

Display	Surface Studio	Surface Laptop Studio 2
Size	28 Inches	14.4 Inches
Info	Resolution: 4500 x 3000 (13.5M Pixels) Density: 192 PPI PixelSense™ Display Contrast ratio typical: 1100:1 Aspect ratio: 3:2 Inking: designed together with Surface Pen Touch: 10 points multi-touch Color: DCI-P3 individually color-calibrated Color profiles: sRGB (standard), DCI-P3 (Cinema), Vivid (P3-D65)	14.4-inch PixelSense™ Flow HDR Touchscreen Display Resolution: 2400 x 1600 (200 PPI) Refresh rate: up to 120Hz Aspect ratio: 3:2 Contrast ratio 1500:1 Color profile: sRGB and Vivid Individually color-calibrated display VESA DisplayHDR 400 certified Dolby Vision IQ® support Touch: 10-point multi-touch Corning® Gorilla® Glass 5 display SDR: 500 nits maximum (typical) HDR: 650 nits peak luminance

Exterior	Surface Studio	Surface Laptop Studio 2
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)	12.72” x 9.06” x 0.86” (323.28 mm x 230 mm x 22 mm)
Weight	up to 21 lbs (9.56) kg	4.18 lb (1.89 kilograms) Intel® Iris® Xe graphics model 4.37 lb (1.98 kilograms) NVIDIA® graphics models
Colors	Silver	Platinum Casing: Anodized Aluminum
Keyboard and Trackpad	Included Surface Keyboard Included Surface Mouse	Keyboard: Activation: Moving (mechanical) keys Layout: QWERTY, full row of function keys (F1-F12) Windows key and dedicated buttons for media controls, screen brightness Backlight. Precision Haptic touchpad: Largest surface touchpad to date. Supports up to Five-finger multitouch gestures. New touchpad features to improve accessibility.
Ports	4 x full-size USB 3.0 1 x Mini DisplayPort 1 x Full-size SD™ card reader (UHS-II performance) 1 x 3.5mm stereo headphones/microphone jack 1 x Gigabit Ethernet	2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 USB-C interface supports USB 4.0, Power Delivery, DisplayPort, and data transfers up to 40Gbps. 1 x USB-A Supports USB 3.1 Gen 2 supports data transfers up to 10Gbps. 1 x MicroSDXC card slot 1 x Surface Connect+ Supports charging and docking. 1 x Headset jack

Internal Specs	Surface Studio	Surface Laptop Studio 2
Processor	6th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-6440HQ 4 cores, 4 threads, 2.60 → 3.50 GHz, 6 MB Smart Cache, 45W 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-6820HQ 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.70 → 3.60 GHz, 8 MB Smart Cache, 45W	13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-13700H 14 cores, 20 threads, 2.40 → 5.00 GHz, 24MB SmartCache, 45W
Integrated Graphics	6th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-6440HQ Intel® HD Graphics 530 24 Execution Units, 350 → 950 MHz 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-6820HQ Intel® HD Graphics 530 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1050 MHz	13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-13700H Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 96 Execution Units, 400 → 1500 MHz
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 965m Maxwell Architecture, 2GB GDDR5 128-bit, 944 MHz + Boost, 1024 CUDA Cores. NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980m Maxwell Architecture, 4GB GDDR5 128-bit, 1038 MHz + Boost, 1536 CUDA Cores.	Optional NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4050 Laptop GPU with 6GB GDDR6 vRAM 2130 MHz boost clock speed, 80W maximum graphics power Optional NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4060 Laptop GPU with 8GB GDDR6 vRAM 2010 MHz boost clock speed, 80W maximum graphics power Optional NVIDIA® RTX™ 2000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU with 8GB GDDR6 vRAM 2115 MHz boost clock speed, 80W maximum graphics power
Memory	8GB 16GB 32GB DDR4 RAM	16GB 32GB 64GB 6400 MHz LPDDR5x RAM
Storage	1 TB (64GB SSD) 1TB (128GB SSD) 2 TB (128 SSD) Rapid Hybrid Drive Storage	512GB 1TB 2TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD storage. Removable M.2 NVMe SSD

Connectivity	Surface Studio	Surface Laptop Studio 2
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 5: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac compatible.	Wi-Fi 6E: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible.
Bluetooth	Bluetooth Wireless 4.0 technology	Bluetooth Wireless 5.3 technology
Ethernet	Ethernet: 10/100/1000Mb (Gigabit)
	Xbox Wireless built-in

Battery	Surface Studio	Surface Laptop Studio 2
Size		58.0 Wh Nominal battery capacity. 56.3 Wh Minimum battery capacity.
Battery Life		Up to 19 hours of typical device usage Intel® Iris® Xe graphics model. Up to 18 hours of typical device usage NVIDIA® graphics models. Up to 16 hours of typical device usage NVIDIA® graphics models with 2TB SSD.
Power Supply	Internal power supply with AC inlet Grip-release cable (AC power cable)	102W power supply Intel® Iris® Xe graphics model 120W power supply NVIDIA® graphics models

Software	Surface Studio	Surface Laptop Studio 2
OS	Windows 10 Pro	For Consumer: Windows 11 Home For Commercial: Windows 11 Pro
Built-in Apps	Microsoft Office 365 30-days trial	Preloaded Microsoft 365 Apps Microsoft 365 Family 30-day trial Xbox Game Pass Ultimate 30-day trial

Camera & Audio	Surface Studio	Surface Laptop Studio 2
Camera	Windows Hello face sign-in camera, enterprise-class authentication 5.0MP front-facing camera with 1080p video support	Full HD front-facing Surface Studio Camera 1080p Full HD camera with wide field of view Windows Studio Effects with Auto Framing, Eye Contact, and Background Blur Windows Hello 2.0 face authentication camera
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 with Voice Clarity Quad Omnisonic™ speakers with Dolby Atmos®

Misc	Surface Studio	Surface Laptop Studio 2
Inking	Supports Surface Pen 1024 levels of pressure magnetic storage	Supports Microsoft Pen Protocol (MPP) 4096 levels of pressure Tilt sensing Best in class latency Paper feel 0.1mm precision Supports Tactile signals with Surface Slim Pen 2 Integrated Surface Slim Pen 2 storage for charging under the keyboard
Sensors	Ambient light sensor	Auto brightness via Ambient Color Sensor Accelerometer Gyroscope
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	Hardware 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
In the box	Surface Studio Surface Pen Surface Keyboard Surface Mouse AC power cord with grip-release cable Quick start guide Safety, warranty and product documents	Surface Laptop Studio 2 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.	Hinge Dynamic Woven Hinge made of woven fabric with embedded cables that can bend 180 degrees. Accessibility Features Surface Precision Haptic touchpad with adjustable click sensitivity, right-click area, and adaptive touch mode Compatible with Surface Adaptive Kit Compatible with Microsoft Adaptive Accessories Includes Windows Accessibility Features Serviceability Replaceable components include: SSD AB cover module (display) C cover (including keyboard, touchpad, and pen charger) D-Plate + battery Motherboard Cosmetic plate Charging Port (Surface Connect connector) MicroSDXC card reader USB-C® and USB-A port connectors Audio jack