Surface Pro X vs. Surface Book (1st Gen) – Detailed Specs Comparison

New Pro Design

Always Connected

Microsoft SQ1

Windows 10 on Arm

More Features

• Performance Info
  • Up to 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-6600U (2-Core, up to 3.40Ghz w/Turbo Boost)
  • Up to NVIDIA® GeForce® GPU (1GB GDDR5)
  • Up to 1TB SSD
  • Up to 16GB (1866Mhz LPDDR3 RAM)
  • Up to 12 hours battery life (69Wh)
• The most powerful Microsoft's Laptop
  • Surface Book is a high-performance laptop with exceptional power and unprecedented versatility as a laptop, powerful tablet,  detachable touchscreen, and a portable studio.
• Best-in-class screen
  • 13.5-inch PixelSense™ display with 6 million pixels (3000x2000), 1700:1 contrast ratio, and 100% sRGB color gamut.
  • It supports 10-point multitouch and Surface Pen with 1,024 pressure sensitivity (magnet attached to the side of the screen).
• More Features
  • Magnet charging connector, Full-size USB 3.0 port, Bluetooth 4.0, 5MP front and 8MP rear camera.

• No MicroSD card reader
• No Headset jack
• Can't emulate native 64-bit applications
  Microsoft is currently working to brings 64-bit emulation to Windows 10 on Arm.

• Introduced: October 2, 2019 (Microsoft October Event)
• Pre-ordered: October 2, 2019
• Released: Early November 2019

• Introduced: October 7, 2015
• Pre-ordered: October 7, 2015
• Released: October 26, 2015

• Resolution: 2880 x 1920 (5.53M Pixels)
• Density: 267 PPI
• PixelSense™ Display
• Aspect ratio: 3:2
• Inking: designed together with Surface Pen
• Touch: 10 points multi-touch
• Corning® Gorilla® Glass
• 10nm Oleophobic Coating

• 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

• 1.70 lbs (774 g)

• Tablet Only: 1.6 lbs (726 g)
• Surface Book: 3.34 lbs (1,515 g)
• Surface Book with dGPU: 3.48 lbs (1,578 g)

• Surface Type Cover
  • Not included
  • Weight: 0.68 lb (310 g)
  • Dimension: 11.61 x 8.54 x 0.19 inches (295 mm x 216 mm x 5mm)
• Keyboard:
  • Activation: Moving (mechanical) keys
  • Layout: QWERTY, full row of function keys (F1-F12)
  • 4 directional keys; Windows, Brightness and Media Controls Keys;
  • LED backlighting
• Trackpad:
  • Precision glass trackpad.
  • Trackpad size: 4 x 2 inches (101.6 mm x 50.8 mm)
  • Supports a five-finger multitouch gesture.
• Surface Slim Pen Storage
  • Magnetic dock
  • Automatically wireless charge Surface Slim Pen

• 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.

• 2 x USB Type-C 3.1 Gen 2
  Supports Power Delivery and DisplayPort.
• 1 x Surface Connect+
  Supports charging and docking station.
• 1 x Nano SIM
• 1 x Surface Pro X Type Cover

• 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)

• Microsoft® SQ1™
  8 cores, 8 threads, 3.00 GHz, 2MB Cache, 7W

• 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-6300U
  2 cores, 4 threads, 2.40 → 3.00 GHz, 3MB SmartCache, 15W
• 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-6600U
  2 cores, 4 threads, 2.60 → 3.40 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 15W

• Microsoft® SQ1™
  Microsoft® SQ1™ Adreno™ 685 GPU

  2.1 teraflops of graphics processing power,

• 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-6300U
  Intel® HD Graphics 520

  24 Execution Units, 300 → 1000 MHz
• 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-6600U
  Intel® HD Graphics 520

  24 Execution Units, 300 → 1050 MHz

• NVIDIA® GeForce® GPU
  Maxwell Architecture, 1GB GDDR5 128-bit, 954 - 993 MHz, 384 CUDA Cores.

• Wi-Fi 6: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible.

• Wi-Fi 5: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac compatible.

• Bluetooth Wireless 5.0 technology

• Bluetooth Wireless 4.0 technology

• Up to Gigabit LTE Advanced Pro5 with nanoSIM and eSIM support. LTE Bands supported: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 66
• Assisted GPS and GLONASS support

• Total: 69Wh
  Clipboard: 18Wh

  Base: 51Wh

• Up to 12 hours of video playback

• 60W power supply with USB-A (5W) (65W total)
• Supports Fast Charge (0-80% in about one hour)

• Surface Book
  36W power supply with USB-A (5W) charging port.
• Surface Book with dGPU
  65W power supply with USB-A (5W) charging port.

• For Consumer: Windows 10 Home
• For Commercial: Windows 10 Pro

• Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing).
• 5.0MP front-facing camera with 1080p Skype HD video.
• 10.0MP rear-facing autofocus camera with 1080p full HD video/4K video.

• 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

• Dual far-field Studio Mics
• 2W stereo speakers with Dolby® Audio™ Premium

• Dual microphones
• Front-facing stereo speakers with Dolby® Audio™ Premium

• Ambient light sensor
• Accelerometer
• Gyroscope
• Magnetometer

• Ambient light sensor
• Proximity sensor
• Accelerometer
• Gyroscope
• Magnetometer

• Firmware TPM
• Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in

• HW TPM chip for enterprise security
• Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in

• Surface Pro X
• Power supply
• SIM card access tool
• Quick Start Guide
• Safety and warranty documents

• Surface Book
• Surface Pen
• Power supply
• Quick Start Guide
• Safety and warranty documents

• 30-day return policy
• 90 days of free technical phone support
• One-year limited hardware warranty
• Commercial: Advanced Exchange warranty service with expedited device replacement