Microsoft Surface Book 3 13.5

  • Launched: May 2020
  • Screen-to-body ratio: ~75%
  • Dimensions: 312 x 232 x 15-23 mm (12.28 x 9.13 x 0.59-0.91 inches)
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Review

Evaluation of the main characteristics with the configuration selected for the Microsoft Surface Book 3 13.5
Performance
40
Gaming
23
Display
61
Battery Life
61
Connectivity
63
Portability
85
BestCheck Score
56

Tests and Specifications

Detailed tests and technical specifications of the Microsoft Surface Book 3 13.5

Case

Weight 1.64 kg (3.62 lbs)
Dimensions 312 x 232 x 15-23 mm 12.28 x 9.13 x 0.59-0.91 inches
Area 724 cm2 (112.1 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~75%
Side bezels 13.3 mm
Colors Silver
Material Aluminum
Transformer Yes
Opening angle 360°
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active
Vapor chamber No
Number of fans 2
Noise level (max. load) 33.6 dB

Display

 
Size 13.5 inches
Type IPS LCD
Refresh rate 60 Hz
PPI 267 ppi
Aspect ratio 3:2
Resolution 3000 x 2000 pixels
HDR support No
Sync technology No
Touchscreen Yes
Coating Glossy
Ambient light sensor Yes
Display tests
Contrast 1600:1
sRGB color space 95%
Adobe RGB profile 61%
Response time 35 ms
Max. brightness
400 nits

Battery

Capicity
Battery type Li-Po
Replaceable No
Fast charging Yes
USB Power Delivery Yes
Charging port position Left
Charge power 65 / 102 W

CPU

 
Base frequency 1.1 GHz
Turbo frequency 3.7 GHz
Cores 4
Threads 8
L3 Cache 6 MB
Integrated GPU Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4
Fabrication process 10 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1542
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
4265
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1091
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
4292

Graphics Card

 
Type Dedicated
Fabrication process 12 nm
GPU base clock 1380 MHz
GPU boost clock 1560 MHz
FLOPS 3.195 TFLOPS
Memory size 4 GB
Memory type GDDR6
Memory bus 128 bit
Memory speed ~12 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 1024
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 64
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32
GPU performance
3.195 TFLOPS

RAM

 
Channels 2x4 GB
Clock 3733 MHz
Type LPDDR4X
Upgradable No
Total slots 2

Storage

 
Bus PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2)
Channels 1x256 GB
Upgradable No
Total slots 1
NVMe Yes

Sound

Audio chip Intel Ice Lake-U/Y PCH-LP cAVS
Speakers 2.0
Dolby Atmos Yes
Loudness ~61.8 dB
Microphones 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6
Bluetooth v5
Fingerprint Yes
Infrared sensor No
Optical drive No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720
Ports
USB-A 1x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 1x USB 3.2
Thunderbolt No
HDMI No
DisplayPort No
VGA No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) No
SD card reader Yes
Proprietary charging port No

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Backlight Yes
Key travel 1.55 mm
Touchpad
Surface Glass
Windows Precision Yes