Key Features What's new Better performance It’s now 2.3x times faster than Surface Laptop 2.New Size Now available in 15-inch with the same beautiful PixelSense display.Now with USB-C It allows you to charge, transfer data, and output up to two [email protected] displays.Better specs 10th Gen Intel Ice Lake processors, Intel Iris Plus G7 graphics, 3733 MHz LPDDR4x, WiFi-6, Bluetooth 5 Or AMD Ryzen with Radeon RX Vega graphics, 2400 MHz DDR4, WiFi-5, Bluetooth 5.New keyboard finishes Now available in warm Alcantara and cool new metal.New color Now available in Matte Black, Cobalt Blue, Platinum, and a new Sandstone.More 20% larger trackpad, Fast Charging, Better repairability, Removable hard drive, Improved Windows Hello infrared (IR) camera, Dual far-field studio mics, improved keyboard, better OmniSonic speaker.What's missing Burgundy
is no longer availableMiniDisplay port replaced with USB-C port
Availability Surface Laptop 3 Surface Laptop Released 2019 2017 Release Info Introduced: October 2, 2019 (Microsoft October Event) Pre-ordered: October 2, 2019 Released: October 22, 2019 Introduced: May 2, 2017 Pre-ordered: May 2, 2017 Released: June 15, 2017 Pricing Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”) › Starting at 999$Surface Laptop 3 (15”) › Starting at 1,199$Platinum
$799 - M3 | 4GB | 128GB$999 - i5 | 4GB | 128GB$1,299 - i5 | 8GB | 256GBGraphite Gold Burgundy Cobalt Blue
$1,599 - i7 | 8GB | 256GB$2,199 - i7 | 16GB | 512GB$2,699 - i7 | 16GB | 1TBStores
Display Surface Laptop 3 Surface Laptop Size 13.5 Inches 13.5 Inches Info Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”) Resolution: 2256 x 1504 (3.4M Pixels) Pixel Per Inch: 201 Surface Laptop 3 (15”) Resolution: 2496 x 1664 (4.15M Pixels) Pixel Per Inch: 201 PixelSense™ Display Aspect ratio: 3:2 Inking: designed together with Surface Pen Touch: 10 points multi-touch Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 10nm Oleophobic Coating 100% sRGB color, individually calibrated Display Resolution: 2256 x 1504 (3.4M Pixels) Display Density: 201 PPI PixelSense™ Display Aspect ratio: 3:2 Inking: designed together with Surface Pen Touch: 10 points multi-touch Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 10nm Oleophobic Coating 100% sRGB color, individually calibrated
Exterior Surface Laptop 3 Surface Laptop Size Comparison Dimensions 12.13” x 8.79” x 0.39-0.57” (308.02 mm x 223.2 mm x 9.93 mm-14.47 mm)Width: 12.13” (308.02 mm)
Depth: 8.79” (223.2 mm)
Height: 0.39 - 0.57” (9.93 - 14.47 mm)
Weight Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”) Surface Laptop 3 (15”) Intel Core i5 › 2.76 lbs (1.26 kg)Intel Core i7 › 2.83 lbs (1.28 kg)Colors Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”) Surface Laptop 3 (15”) Graphite Gold Platinum Burgundy Cobalt Blue
Keyboard and Trackpad Keyboard: Full-size backlit keyboard with the soft-touch feel and full 1.3mm travel. Large palm rest with premium Alcantara® material for maximized typing comfort. Trackpad: Larger size 115 mm x 76.66 mm, glass. Supports up to Five-finger multitouch gesture. Keyboard: Full-size backlit keyboard with the soft-touch feel and full 1.5mm travel. Large palm rest with premium Alcantara® material for maximized typing comfort. Trackpad: Larger size 105 mm x 70 mm, glass. Supports up to Five-finger multitouch gesture. Ports
Internal Specs Surface Laptop 3 Surface Laptop Processor 4 cores, 8 threads, 1.20 → 3.70 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 15W
4 cores, 8 threads, 1.30 → 3.90 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 15W
4 cores, 8 threads, 2.10 → 3.70 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 4MB L3 Cache, 15W
4 cores, 8 threads, 2.30 → 4.00 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 4MB L3 Cache, 15W
2 cores, 4 threads, 1.00 → 2.60 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 4.5W
2 cores, 4 threads, 2.60 → 3.50 GHz, 3MB SmartCache, 15W
2 cores, 4 threads, 2.50 → 4.00 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 15W
Integrated Graphics Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 64 Execution Units, 300 → 1050 MHz
Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 64 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz
Radeon™ Vega 9 Graphics 9 Graphics Cores, 1300 MHz
Radeon™ RX Vega 11 Graphics 11 Graphics Cores, 1400 MHz
Intel® HD Graphics 615 24 Execution Units, 300 → 900 MHz
Intel® HD Graphics 620 24 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz
Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 640 48 Execution Units with 64 MB eDRAM side cache, 300 → 1100 MHz
Memory Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”) 8GB 16GB
3733 MHz LPDDR4X RAMSurface Laptop 3 (15”) 8GB 16GB
2400 MHz DDR4 RAM4GB 8GB 16GB
1866 MHz LPDDR3 RAMStorage 128 GB 256 GB 512 GB 1 TB
Removable M.2 NVMe SSD
128 GB 256 GB 512 GB 1 TB
SSD1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage with 1-year subscription of Office 365
Connectivity Surface Laptop 3 Surface Laptop Wi-Fi Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”) Wi-Fi 6: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible.Surface Laptop 3 (15”) Wi-Fi 5: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac compatible.Wi-Fi 5: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac compatible. Bluetooth Bluetooth Wireless 5.0 technology Bluetooth Wireless 4.0 technology
Battery Surface Laptop 3 Surface Laptop Size 45.8 Wh 45.2 Wh Battery Life Up to 11.5 hours of typical device usage Up to 14.5 hours of typical device usage Power Supply 60W power supply with USB-A (5W) (65W total) Supports Fast Charge (0-80% in about one hour) 44W proprietary power supply USB-A output: 5W
Surface Connect output: 39W
Software Surface Laptop 3 Surface Laptop OS For Consumer : Windows 10 HomeFor Commercial : Windows 10 ProWindows 10 S Built-in Apps Microsoft Office 365 30-days trial 1 year of Microsoft Office 365 personal
Camera & Audio Surface Laptop 3 Surface Laptop Camera Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing) 720p HD front-facing video camera Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing) 720p HD front-facing video camera Audio Dual far-field Studio Mics OmniSonic stereo speakers with Dolby® Audio™ Premium Dual microphones OmniSonic stereo speakers with Dolby® Audio™ Premium
Misc Surface Laptop 3 Surface Laptop Inking Supports Surface Pen 4096 levels of pressure
Tilt sensing
Best in class latency
Supports Surface Pen with 1024 levels of pressure Sensors Security HW TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in HW TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in In the box Surface Laptop 3 Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents Surface Laptop Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents Warranty One-year limited hardware warranty Commercial: Advanced Exchange warranty service with expedited device replacement One-year limited hardware warranty More Supports Surface Dial Supports off-screen interaction only
Supports Surface Dial Supports off-screen interaction only
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