Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13.5

  • Launched: April 2021
  • Screen-to-body ratio: ~79%
  • Dimensions: 308 x 223 x 14.5 mm (12.13 x 8.78 x 0.57 inches)
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Review

Evaluation of the main characteristics with the configuration selected for the Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13.5
Performance
44
Gaming
16
Display
47
Battery Life
55
Connectivity
63
Portability
90
BestCheck Score
53

Tests and Specifications

Detailed tests and technical specifications of the Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13.5

Case

Weight 1.28 kg (2.82 lbs)
Dimensions 308 x 223 x 14.5 mm 12.13 x 8.78 x 0.57 inches
Area 687 cm2 (106.5 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~79%
Side bezels 11.3 mm
Colors Black, Gold, Gray, Blue
Material Aluminum
Transformer No
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active
Vapor chamber No
Number of fans 2
Noise level (max. load) 40 dB

Display

 
Size 13.5 inches
Type IPS LCD
Refresh rate 60 Hz
PPI 201 ppi
Aspect ratio 3:2
Resolution 2256 x 1504 pixels
HDR support No
Sync technology No
Touchscreen Yes
Coating Glossy
Ambient light sensor Yes
Display tests
Contrast 1424:1
sRGB color space 97.2%
Adobe RGB profile 66.8%
DCI-P3 color gamut 64.7%
Response time 50 ms
Max. brightness
400 nits

Battery

Capicity
Battery type Li-Po
Replaceable No
Fast charging Yes
USB Power Delivery Yes
Charging port position Left, Right
Charge power 65 W
Weight of AC adapter 306 grams

CPU

 
Base frequency 0.9-2.4 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.2 GHz
Cores 4
Threads 8
L3 Cache 8 MB
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU
Fabrication process 10 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1579
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
4907
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1270
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
4807

Graphics Card

 
TGP 15 W
Type Integrated
Fabrication process 10 nm
GPU base clock 300 MHz
GPU boost clock 1100 MHz
FLOPS 1.41 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared
Memory type LPDDR4X
Memory speed 4.27 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 640
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 40
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 20
GPU performance
1.41 TFLOPS

RAM

 
Channels 2x4 GB
Clock 4266 MHz
Type LPDDR4X
Upgradable No

Storage

 
Bus PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2)
Channels 1x256 GB
Upgradable Yes
Total slots 1
NVMe Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.0
Dolby Atmos Yes
Loudness ~78.4 dB
Microphones 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6
Bluetooth v5
Fingerprint No
Infrared sensor Yes
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 No
Proprietary charging port Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Backlight Yes
Key travel 1.3 mm
Touchpad
Size 11.4 x 7.6 cm
Surface Glass
Windows Precision Yes