Surface Pro X vs. Surface Book 2 – Detailed Specs Comparison

New Pro Design

Always Connected

Microsoft SQ1

Windows 10 on Arm

More Features

• Performance Info
  • Up to 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8650U (4-Core, up to 4.20Ghz w/Turbo Boost)
  • Up to NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 (6GB GDDR5)
  • Up to 1TB SSD
  • Up to 16GB (1866Mhz LPDDR3 RAM)
  • Up to 17 hours of battery life
• New Size Now available in 15-inch with the same beautiful PixelSense display.
• Better Performance Surface Book 2 has up to 5 times more graphics performance than the original Surface Book.
• Longer Battery Life Lasts up to 17 hours.
• USB-C Allows you to charge, transfer data, and video out.
• More Features
  • Updated hinge design for reducing screen wobbling.
  • Supports the latest Surface Pen with 4096 levels of pressure.
  • Supports Surface Dial on-screen interaction.
  • Xbox Wireless built-in (15-inch only).

• 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.

• MiniDisplay port replaced with a USB-C port

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

• Introduced: October 17, 2017
• Pre-ordered: November 9, 2017
• Released: November 16, 2017

• Surface Book 2 13.5”: Starting at 1,149$
• Surface Book 2 15”: Starting at 1,999$

• 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

• Surface Book 2 13.5”
  • Display Resolution: 3000 x 2000 (6M Pixels)
  • Display Density: 267 PPI
• Surface Book 2 15”
  • Display Resolution: 3240 x 2160 (7M Pixels)
  • Display Density: 260 PPI
• PixelSense™ Display
• Aspect ratio: 3:2
• Contrast ratio: 1600:1
• Inking: designed together with Surface Pen
• Touch: 10 points multi-touch

• Surface Book 2 13.5” (Core i5)
  12.3” x 9.1” x 0.51”-0.90” (312 mm x 232 mm x 13 mm-23 mm).
• Surface Book 2 13.5” (Core i7)
  12.3” x 9.14” x 0.59”-0.90” (312 mm x 232 mm x 15 mm-23 mm).
• Surface Book 2 15”
  13.5” x 9.87” x 0.57”-0.90” (343 mm x 251 mm x 15 mm-23 mm).

• 1.70 lbs (774 g)

• Surface Book 2 13.5” (Core i5)
  • Total: 3.38 lbs (1,533 g)
  • Tablet: 1.59 lbs (719 g)
• Surface Book 2 13.5” (Core i7)
  • Total: 3.62 lbs (1,642 g)
  • Tablet: 1.59 lbs (719 g)
• Surface Book 2 15”
  • Total: 4.20 lbs (1,905 g)
  • Tablet: 1.80 lbs (817 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 3.1 Gen 1
• 1 x USB Type-C 3.1 Gen 1
  Supports Power Delivery and DisplayPort.
• 2 x Surface Connect™
  1 in tablet, 1 in keyboard base, both supports charging and docking.
• 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

• 7th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-7300U
  2 cores, 4 threads, 2.60 → 3.50 GHz, 3MB SmartCache, 15W
• 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8350U
  4 cores, 8 threads, 1.70 → 3.60 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 15W
• 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8650U
  4 cores, 8 threads, 1.90 → 4.20 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 15W

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

  2.1 teraflops of graphics processing power,

• 7th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-7300U
  Intel® HD Graphics 620

  24 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz
• 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8350U
  Intel® UHD Graphics 620

  24 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz
• 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8650U
  Intel® UHD Graphics 620

  24 Execution Units, 300 → 1150 MHz

• Surface Book 2 13.5”
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050
    Pascal Architecture, 2GB GDDR5 128-bit, 1354 → 1493 MHz, 640 CUDA Cores.
• Surface Book 2 15”
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060
    Pascal Architecture, 6GB GDDR5 192-bit, 1404 → 1670 MHz, 1280 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 4.1 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

• Surface Book 2 15” Only: Xbox Wireless built-in

• Surface Book 2 13.5” (Core i5)
  Total: 69Wh

  Clipboard: 18Wh

  Base: 51Wh
• Surface Book 2 13.5” (Core i7)
  Total: 75.3Wh

  Clipboard: 18Wh

  Base: 57.3Wh
• Surface Book 2 15”
  Total: 90Wh

  Clipboard: 23Wh

  Base: 67Wh

• Up to 17 hours of video playback
• Up to 5 hours in tablet mode

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

• Surface Book 2 13.5” (Core i5)
  44W power supply with USB-A (5W) charging port.
• Surface Book 2 13.5” (Core i7)
  100W power supply with USB-A (5W) charging port.
• Surface Book 2 15”
  102W power supply with USB-A 7.5W) 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
• Support for Windows Sonic for Headphones
• Support for Dolby® Atmos for Headphones

• 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 2.0 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 2
• 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