Surface Laptop vs. Surface Pro 4 Spec Comparison
Surface Laptop is the first Microsoft's real laptop PC with a starting price of $999. How this new Surface Laptop compared to its cousin the Surface Pro 4 with a similar price tag.
Microsoft Surface Laptop is a new PC device in the Microsoft Surface family. It has a stylish clamshell design without the detachable keyboard which is different from its cousins, the Surface Pro 4 tablet and Surface Book. It is a real laptop with better typing experience than Surface Pro 4 and thinner than the 2-in-1 Surface Book.
In term of performance, the Surface Laptop doesn’t have dGPU options as Surface Book. However, as compared to Surface Pro 4, it comes with a similar configuration except for the new Intel Kaby Lake chip comes with Surface Laptop. Here is the quick specs comparison between Surface Laptop and Surface Pro 4.
Surface Laptop vs Surface Pro 4 – Overall Specs Comparison
| Surface Laptop | Surface Pro 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting Price | $999 | $799 |
| Software | ||
| Operating System | Windows 10 S Upradable to Windows 10 Pro for $50 Free upgrade to Windows 10 Pro until 2018 | Windows 10 Pro |
| Office | Office 365 Personal 1-year subscription | Office 30-days trial |
| Display | ||
| Display Size | 13.5 inches | 12.3 inches |
| Display Resolution | 2256 x 1504 (201 PPI), 3.4M Pixels | 2736 x 1824 (267 PPI), 5M Pixels |
| Screen Technology | PixelSense™ display Aspect Ratio: 3:2 Touch: 10 point multitouch Inking: Supports Surface Pen Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 100 percent sRGB color, individually calibrated | Touch: 10 point multitouch Inking: Supports Surface Pen Corning® Gorilla® Glass 4 |
| Internal Specs | ||
| CPU | 7th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-7200U 7th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-7660U | 6th Gen Intel® Core™ m3-6Y30 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-6300U 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-6650U |
| Graphics | i5: Intel® HD Graphics 620 i7: Intel® Iris™ Plus Graphics 640 | m3: HD Graphics 515 i5: Intel® HD Graphics 520 i7: Intel® Iris™ Graphics 540 |
| Memory | 4GB, 8GB, 16GB 1866MHz LPDDR3 RAM | 4GB, 8GB, 16GB 1600 MHz DDR3L RAM |
| Storage | 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB SSD 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage with 1-year subscription of Office 365 | 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB SSD |
| Network | Wireless Wi-Fi: IEEE802.11a/b/g/n/ac Bluetooth low energy 4.0 | 802.11ac Wi-Fi wireless networking; IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n compatible Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology |
| Battery | ||
| Battery Size | 45.2 Wh | 38.2 Wh |
| Battery Life | Up to 14.5 hours of local video playback | Up to 9 hours of local video playback |
| Power Supply | 44W power supply with USB charging port | 24W power supply (Intel® Core™ m3) 44W power supply with USB charging port (Intel® Core™ i5 and Core™ i7) |
| Exterior | ||
| Dimensions | Back: 308.02mm x 223.2mm x 14.47mm Front: 308.02mm x 223.2mm x 9.93mm | 11.50″ x 7.93″ x 0.33″ (292.10mm x 201.42mm x 8.45mm) |
| Weight | 2.76 lbs (1.25 kg) | m3: 1.69lbs (766 grams) i5: 1.73lbs (786 grams) i7: 1.73lbs (786 grams) |
| Casing | Aluminum | Magnesium |
| Colors | Platinum, Graphite Gold, Burgundy, Cobalt Blue | Silver |
| Keyboard and Trackpad | - Precision trackpad: 105 mm x 70 mm, glass. - Five-finger multitouch gesture - Full-size backlit keyboard with soft touch feel and full 1.5mm travel. - Large palm rest with premium Alcantara® for maximized typing comfort | Not Included. |
| Ports | Full-size USB 3.0 Mini DisplayPort Stereo headphones/microphone jack SurfaceConnect for magnetic power and docking | Full-size USB 3.0 microSD™ card reader Surface Connect™ Headset jack Mini DisplayPort Cover port |
| Camera & Audio | ||
| Camera | Windows Hello sign-in camera 720p HD video camera | Windows Hello face sign-in 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 OmniSonic stereo speakers with Dolby® Audio™ Premium | Stereo microphones Stereo speakers with Dolby® Audio™ Premium |
| Misc | ||
| Sensors | Ambient light sensor | Ambient light sensor Accelerometer Gyroscope |
| Security | TPM chip for enterprise security | TPM chip for enterprise security |
| Surface Dial | Off-screen interaction only | Off-screen interaction only |
| In the box | Surface Laptop Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents | Surface Pro 4 Surface Pen (Intel® Core™ i5 and Core™ i7) Power Supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents |
Surface Laptop vs Surface Pro 4 – Processor Comparison
Surface Laptop comes with only 2 processor configurations, the Intel Core i5-7200U and Intel Core i7-7660U. While Surface Pro 4 comes with 3 processor configurations starting from Intel Core m3-6Y30 for a better starting price point. In overall, new processors available in Surface Laptop has a better clock speed than Surface Pro 4. Especially the Intel Core i7-7660U has a max turbo frequency up to 4.00 GHz.
| Surface Laptop | |||
 |  | ||
| Processor | Intel Core i5-7200U | Intel Core i7-7660U | |
| Base Frequency | 2.50 GHz | 2.50 GHz | |
| Max Turbo Frequency | 3.10 GHz | 4.00 GHz | |
| TDP | 15 watt | ||
| Level 1 Cache | 128 KB | ||
| Level 2 Cache | 512 KB | ||
| Level 3 Cache | 3 MB SmartCache | 4 MB | |
| Surface Pro 4 | |||
 | | | |
| Processor | Intel Core m3-6Y30 | Intel Core i5-6300U | Intel Core i7-6650U |
| Base Frequency | 0.9 GHz | 2.4 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Max Turbo Frequency | 2.2 GHz | 3.0 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| TDP | 4.5 watt | 15 watt | |
| Level 1 Cache | 128 KB | ||
| Level 2 Cache | 512 KB | ||
| Level 3 Cache | 4 MB | 3 MB | 4 MB |
Surface Laptop vs. Surface Pro 4 – Graphics Comparison
| Surface Laptop | |||
| | ||
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphic 620 | Intel Iris™ Plus Graphics 640 | |
| Graphics Frequency | 300 – 1000 MHz | 300 – 1100 MHz | |
| Graphics Max Memory | 32 GB | ||
| Graphics 4K Support | Yes, at 60Hz | ||
| Graphics DirectX | 12 | ||
| Graphics OpenGL | 4.4 | ||
| # Display Supported | 3 | ||
| eDRAM | 64MB | ||
| Surface Pro 4 | |||
| | | |
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphic 515 | Intel HD Graphic 520 | Intel Iris Graphics 540 |
| Graphics Frequency | 300 – 850 MHz | 300 – 1000 MHz | 300 – 1050 MHz |
| Graphics Max Memory | 16 GB | 32 GB | |
| Graphics 4K Support | Yes, at 60Hz | 15 watt | |
| Graphics DirectX | 12 | ||
| # Display Supported | 3 | ||
| Graphics OpenGL | 4.4 | ||
| eDRAM | 64MB | ||
