Question
Does Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 support external Graphics (eGPU)?
Answer
No, it doesn’t! Currently, all standard external graphics processing units use Thunderbolt 3 technology which has a bandwidth of 40Gbps to utilize max performance of graphics card. Unfortunately, Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 has only USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 that has a maximum bandwidth of 10Gbps only.
Surface Laptop 3
Release: 2019
Display: 13.5 inch
Dimensions: 12.13” x 8.79” x 0.57”
Processor: Up to AMD Ryzen™ 7 3780U Microsoft Surface® Edition (4/8, 2.30 → 4.00 GHz)
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This is true for the 15 inch variant, but the 13 inch is still running Intel graphics. So doesn’t that mean it is also running thunderbolt 3 and then could work with an egpu? I am fairly certain the 13 inch with the intel processors (as of November 2020) can absolutely work with most egpu solutions.