Surface Book with Performance Base specs, features, and tips

Tech specs

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Key Features
What's new	Performance Info Up to 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-6600U (2-Core, up to 3.40Ghz w/Turbo Boost) Up to NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 965M (2GB GDDR5) Up to 1TB SSD Up to 16GB (1866Mhz LPDDR3 RAM) Up to 16 hours battery life (81Wh) Better Graphics Performance Now it comes with a better NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 965M with 2GB GDDR5 memory. Longer Battery Life It now packs with a bigger battery in the base (51Wh → 63Wh) for longer battery life up to 16 hours. More powerful power adapter To supply enough juice for the graphics unit, it now comes with a bigger 102W power supply with a USB charging port.
What's missing	New Base with a bigger battery and newer graphics processor only available on Surface Book with Intel Core i7.

Availability	Surface Book i7
Released	2016
Release Info	Introduced: October 26, 2016 Pre-ordered: October 26, 2016 Released: November 10, 2016
Pricing	Starting at 2,399$

Surface Book i7 Price
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	Microsoft Surface Book 2 13.5" Touchscreen - Intel Core i7-8650U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Renewed) By Microsoft $439.99	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Book 2 (Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 256GB) - 15in (Renewed) By Microsoft $646.11 $699.00 8% OFF	See at Amazon
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	Microsoft Surface Book 2, 15"(3240 x 2160) TouchScreen Laptop, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050, Intel Core i7-8650U 1.90 GHz to 4.20 GHz, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, CAM, BT, Windows 10 Pro (Renewed) By Microsoft $499.00	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Book 3 13.5 Inch Touch-Screen 512GB i7 32GB RAM with Windows 10 Pro (Wi-Fi, 1.3GHz Quad-Core i7 up to 3.9GHz, Newest Version) SLM-00001, Platinum By Microsoft $1,199.00 $1,269.00 6% OFF	See at Amazon

Display	Surface Book i7
Size	13.5 Inches
Info	Display Resolution: 3000 x 2000 (6M Pixels) Display Density: 267 PPI PixelSense™ Display Aspect ratio: 3:2 Contrast ratio: 1700:1 Inking: designed together with Surface Pen Touch: 10 points multi-touch

Exterior	Surface Book i7
Dimensions	12.3” x 9.14” x 0.59”-0.90” (312 mm x 232 mm x 15 mm-23 mm)
Weight	Tablet only: 1.6 lbs (726 g) Total: 3.68 lbs (1,669 g)
Colors	Platinum
Keyboard and Trackpad	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 Full-size USB 3.0 2 x Surface Connect™ 1 in tablet, 1 in keyboard base, both supports charging and docking. 1 x Mini DisplayPort 1 x Headset jack 1 x Full-size SDXC card reader (UHS-II performance)

Internal Specs	Surface Book i7
Processor	6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-6600U 2 cores, 4 threads, 2.60 → 3.40 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 15W
Integrated Graphics	6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-6600U Intel® HD Graphics 520 24 Execution Units, 300 → 1050 MHz
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 965m Maxwell Architecture, 2GB GDDR5 128-bit, 924/935 - 950/1151 MHz, 1024 CUDA Cores.
Memory	8GB 16GB 1866 MHz LPDDR3 RAM
Storage	256 GB 512 GB 1 TB Soldered PCIe 3.0 SSD

Connectivity	Surface Book i7
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 5: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac compatible.
Bluetooth	Bluetooth Wireless 4.0 technology

Battery	Surface Book i7
Size	Total: 81Wh Clipboard: 18Wh Base: 63Wh
Battery Life	Up to 16 hours of video playback
Power Supply	102W power supply with USB-A (5W) charging port.

Software	Surface Book i7
OS	Windows 10 Pro
Built-in Apps	Microsoft Office 365 30-days trial

Camera & Audio	Surface Book i7
Camera	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 microphones Front-facing stereo speakers with Dolby® Audio™ Premium

Misc	Surface Book i7
Inking	Supports Surface Pen 1024 levels of pressure Magnetic storage
Sensors	Ambient light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Gyroscope Magnetometer
Security	HW TPM chip for enterprise security Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in
In the box	Surface Book Surface Pen Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents
Warranty	One-year limited hardware warranty
More	Supports Surface Dial Supports off-screen interaction only.

What’s new

Same 6th Gen Intel Core i7 processor


Processor	Intel Core i7-6600U
Base Frequency	2.6 GHz
Max Turbo Frequency	3.4 GHz
TDP	15 watt
Level 1 Cache	128 KB
Level 2 Cache	512 KB
Level 3 Cache	4 MB
Max Memory Size	32 GB

Integrated graphics

Graphics	Intel HD Graphic 520
Graphics Frequency	300 – 1000 MHz
Graphics Max Memory	32 GB
Graphics 4K Support	Yes, at 60Hz
Graphics DirectX	12
Graphics OpenGL	4.4
# Display Supported	3

Specs for integrated graphics on Surface Book

Much faster discrete graphics

The performance base of this device comes with a high-performance NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 965M graphics processor featuring 2GB of GDDR5 memory, which is well-known for its exceptional performance. It performs significantly better than the NVIDIA GeForce GPU on the original Surface Book. With a larger vRAM, it can run most AAA games and handle more demanding tasks with ease.

NVIDIA Geforce GPU — Specs for NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 965M on Surface Book with performance base


Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 965M
Graphics Frequency	944 MHz + Boost
Graphics Memory	2048 MB GDDR5 memory
CUDA Cores	1024
Graphics DirectX	12 API with Feature Level 12_1
Graphics Features	Battery Boost, GameStream, ShadowPlay, GPU Boost 2.0, Optimus, PhysX, CUDA, SLI, GeForce Experience

Tips and tricks

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Update History

Catch up on the latest information about the new Surface Book with Performance Base features and fixes introduced via driver and firmware updates from Microsoft. Here are the last five releases:

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