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Surface Laptop 3 vs. Surface Laptop (1st Gen) – Detailed Specs Comparison

Here's what you need to know what's different between Surface Laptop 2 and Surface Laptop 3 specs including CPU, RAM, storage, battery, display, and more.

BY Evan Forrest Last updated Oct 7, 2019

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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 available MiniDisplay 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 \| 256GB Graphite Gold Burgundy Cobalt Blue $1,599 - i7 \| 8GB \| 256GB $2,199 - i7 \| 16GB \| 512GB $2,699 - i7 \| 16GB \| 1TB

Surface Laptop 3 Price
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 13.5" Touch-Screen Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive (Latest Model) Matte Black (Renewed) By Microsoft $588.99 Was: $619.00	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 15in Touchscreen AMD Ryzen 5 8GB RAM 128GB Windows 10 (Renewed) By Microsoft $588.99	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 13.5" Touchscreen Intel i7 16GB RAM 1TB SSD Win 10 By Microsoft $1,605.94	See at Amazon
Surface Laptop Price
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 15" Touch Screen - Intel Core i7 - 16GB - 512GB with Windows 11 (Latest Model) - Black By Microsoft $1,799.99	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13.5” Touch-Screen – Intel Core i5 - 8GB - 512GB Solid State Drive (Latest Model) - Matte Black By Microsoft $899.99 Was: $1,299.99	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 13.5" Touch-Screen Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive (Latest Model) Matte Black (Renewed) By Microsoft $588.99 Was: $619.00	See at Amazon

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	Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”) 12.1” x 8.8” x 0.57” (308 mm x 223 mm x 14.5 mm). Surface Laptop 3 (15”) 13.4” x 9.6” x 0.57” (339.5 mm x 244 mm x 14.69 mm).	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”) 2.84 lb (1,288 g) Sandstone and Matte Black 2.79 lb (1,265 g) Cobalt Blue and Platinum Surface Laptop 3 (15”) 3.40 lb (1,542 g)	Intel Core i5 › 2.76 lbs (1.26 kg) Intel Core i7 › 2.83 lbs (1.28 kg)
Colors	Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”) Metal Matte Black Sandstone Alcantara Matte Black Platinum Surface Laptop 3 (15”) Metal Matte Black Platinum	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	1 x Full-size USB 3.0 1 x USB Type-C 3.1 Gen 2 Supports Power Delivery and DisplayPort. 1 x Surface Connect™ Supports charging and docking station. 1 x Headset jack	1 x Full-size USB 3.0 1 x Surface Connect™ Supports charging and docking station. 1 x Mini DisplayPort 1 x Headset jack

Internal Specs	Surface Laptop 3	Surface Laptop
Processor	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 1.20 → 3.70 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 15W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 1.30 → 3.90 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 15W AMD Ryzen™ 5 3580U Microsoft Surface® Edition 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.10 → 3.70 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 4MB L3 Cache, 15W AMD Ryzen™ 7 3780U Microsoft Surface® Edition 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.30 → 4.00 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 4MB L3 Cache, 15W	7th Gen Intel® Core™ m3-7Y30 2 cores, 4 threads, 1.00 → 2.60 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 4.5W 7th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-7300U 2 cores, 4 threads, 2.60 → 3.50 GHz, 3MB SmartCache, 15W 7th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-7660U 2 cores, 4 threads, 2.50 → 4.00 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 15W
Integrated Graphics	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G7 Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 64 Execution Units, 300 → 1050 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 64 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz AMD Ryzen™ 5 3580U Microsoft Surface® Edition Radeon™ Vega 9 Graphics 9 Graphics Cores, 1300 MHz AMD Ryzen™ 7 3780U Microsoft Surface® Edition Radeon™ RX Vega 11 Graphics 11 Graphics Cores, 1400 MHz	7th Gen Intel® Core™ m3-7Y30 Intel® HD Graphics 615 24 Execution Units, 300 → 900 MHz 7th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-7300U Intel® HD Graphics 620 24 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz 7th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-7660U 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 RAM Surface Laptop 3 (15”) 8GB 16GB 2400 MHz DDR4 RAM	4GB 8GB 16GB 1866 MHz LPDDR3 RAM
Storage	128 GB 256 GB 512 GB 1 TB Removable M.2 NVMe SSD	128 GB 256 GB 512 GB 1 TB SSD 1 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 Home For Commercial: Windows 10 Pro Free upgrade to Windows 11	Windows 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	Ambient light sensor	Ambient light sensor
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

Surface Laptop 3 Price
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 13.5" Touch-Screen Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive (Latest Model) Matte Black (Renewed) By Microsoft $588.99 Was: $619.00	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 15in Touchscreen AMD Ryzen 5 8GB RAM 128GB Windows 10 (Renewed) By Microsoft $588.99	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 13.5" Touchscreen Intel i7 16GB RAM 1TB SSD Win 10 By Microsoft $1,605.94	See at Amazon
Surface Laptop Price
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 15" Touch Screen - Intel Core i7 - 16GB - 512GB with Windows 11 (Latest Model) - Black By Microsoft $1,799.99	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13.5” Touch-Screen – Intel Core i5 - 8GB - 512GB Solid State Drive (Latest Model) - Matte Black By Microsoft $899.99 Was: $1,299.99	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 13.5" Touch-Screen Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive (Latest Model) Matte Black (Renewed) By Microsoft $588.99 Was: $619.00	See at Amazon

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Evan Forrest

Evan Forrest is Editor-in-Chief of Surface Tip, researching and writing articles about Surface-related news, tips, and accessories. He has been using Surface devices since the first release of the original Surface Pro. He is currently using a Surface Laptop 3 as a full-time daily-driver machine. Besides that, he also owns multiple Surface devices including Surface RT, Surface 3, Surface Go/Go 2, Surface Pro 3, Surface Book, and a bunch of Surface accessories to help in research and writing articles.

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