Tech Specs of Surface Book 13-inch and Surface Book 15-inch
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Microsoft has announced the sequel to its warmly received Surface Book and Surface Book with Performance Base – the Surface Book 2. It’s a spec update over the original Surface Books and brings some of the most powerful PC performance we’ve seen to a notebook form-factor.
Here’s what the Surface Book 2 and Surface Book 2 15” are packing under their beautiful skins.
| Surface Book 2 13“ | Surface Book 2 15“ | |
| Display | 13.5” PixelSense™ Display
3000 x 2000 (267 PPI) 1600:1 contrast ratio 10 point multi-touch Compatible with Next Generation Surface Pen and Surface Dial on-screen interaction |
15” PixelSense™ Display
3240 x 2160 (260 PPI) 1600:1 contrast ratio 10 point multi-touch Compatible with Next Generation Surface Pen and Surface Dial on-screen interaction |
| Available Models | 8th gen Intel® Quad-Core™ processor
Intel® Core™ i7-8650U w/ 4.2GHz Max Turbo, 8GB RAM and 256GB PCIe SSD Intel® Core™ i7-8650U w/ 4.2GHz Max Turbo, 16GB RAM and 512GB PCIe SSD Intel® Core™ i7-8650U w/ 4.2GHz Max Turbo, 16GB RAM and 1TB PCIe SSD 7th gen Intel® Dual Core™ processor Intel® Core™ i5-7300U w/ 3.2GHz Max Turbo, 8GB RAM and 256GB PCIe SSD |
8th gen Intel® Quad-Core™ processor:
Intel® Core™ i7-8650U w/ 4.2GHz Max Turbo, 16GB RAM and 256GB PCIe SSD Intel® Core™ i7-8650U w/ 4.2GHz Max Turbo, 16GB RAM and 512GB PCIe SSD Intel® Core™ i7-8650U w/ 4.2GHz Max Turbo, 16GB RAM and 1TB PCIe SSD |
| Graphics | Intel Core™ i5
Intel® HD Graphics 620 integrated GPU Intel Core™ i7 Intel® UHD Graphics 620 integrated GPU and NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 discrete GPU w/ 2GB GDDR5 graphics memory |
Intel Core™ i7
Intel® UHD Graphics 620 integrated GPU and NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 discrete GPU w/ 6GB GDDR5 graphics memory |
| Memory | 8GB or 16GB RAM 1866Mhz LPDDR3 | 16GB RAM 1866Mhz LPDDR3 |
| Storage | Solid state drive (SSD) options: 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB PCIe SSD | Solid state drive (SSD) options: 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB PCIe SSD |
| Windows OS | Ships with 64-bit Windows 10 Pro (Windows Creator’s Update) | |
| Dimensions | Intel Core™ i5
312mm x 232mm x 13mm-23mm 12.3” (L) x 9.14” (W) x 0.51-0.90” (D) Intel Core™ i7 312mm x 232mm x 15mm-23mm 12.3” (L) x 9.14” (W) x 0.59-0.90” (D) |
Intel Core™ i7
343mm x 251mm x 15mm-23mm 13.5” (L) x 9.87” (W) x 0.57-0.90” (D) |
| Connections | 2 x full-size USB 3.1 Gen 1 1 x USB-C 3.5mm headphone jack 2 x Surface Connect ports Full-size SD™ card reader Compatible with Surface Dial* on- and off-screen interaction |
2 x full-size USB 3.1 Gen 1 1 x USB-C 3.5mm headphone jack 2 x Surface Connect ports Full-size SD™ card reader Compatible with Surface Dial* on- and off-screen interaction |
| Weight | Intel Core™ i5
Total – 1533g (3.38lbs) Tablet – 719g (1.59lbs) Intel Core™ i7 Total – 1642g (3.62lbs) Tablet – 719g (1.59lbs) |
Intel Core™ i7
Total – 1905g (4.20lbs) Tablet – 817g (1.80lbs) |
| Battery | Up to 17 hours of video playback | Up to 17 hours of video playback |
The Surface Book 2 will be going on sale at November 16. but Microsoft already has a pre-order link up. You can purchase Microsoft’s Surface Book from the store link here.
