8/31/2023 0 Comments Microsoft surface book 3 15![]() ![]() ![]() The two obvious use cases (which is what had me considering a 2-in-1 in the first place): gamer/game developer and sketchbook artist. "What use case does the SB hit that the Latitude 7400 2-in-1 does not?" Couldn’t MS have offered the 6-core 25W i7-10710U as an option, so we wouldn’t be paying north of $2100 USD for a 4.2lb 15-inch quad-core laptop in 2020? But even a 6-core U-series CPU would still be better for most people opting for the 15-inch option, as those extra cores are valuable for media work. Given that Intel’s H-series are notoriously power-hungry and hot, it would be nearly impossible to properly implement such a CPU in this form-factor. There’s a good reason MS didn’t use an H-series CPU in their 15-inch SB3, however: Because the device is a detachable, the CPU, memory, and storage are kept in the tablet portion - right behind the screen. But so does the 25W i7-10710U, found in Dell’s 2019 XPS 13. For comparison, the i7-9750H trounces the i7-1065G7 soundly in all but the most specific single-core operations. Instead, Microsoft has opted to jump on the Intel-pushed Ice Lake bandwagon, for better and worse. There’s not just no 6-core H-series CPUs, but not even 6-core 10th gen U-series CPUs like the i7-10710U. The 15-inch model only has the option for quad-core Ice Lake CPUs, just like the 13-inch version. Unfortunately, that’s about it for the SB3’s upgrades. The GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q is a bit stronger than the GTX 1650, but you can expect CPU performance to be equal between smaller and larger sizes, meaning you are going to be getting less for your money with the 15-inch SB3 versus the 13-inch in comparison to the 15-inch vs 13-inch SB2. Those aforementioned IRIS graphics should also mean 50% better-integrated GPU performance. Compared to the SB2’s Nvidia GTX 1060 Max-Q, that should mean an additional 10% in graphical performance. On the dedicated GPU side, it’s been kicked up to an GeForce GTX 1650 for the 13-inch and GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q for the 15-inch. Both models are getting the obligatory upgrade to Intel’s 10th-gen Ice Lake CPUs with improved IRIS graphics (i5-1035G7 as an option for the smaller 13-inch model, and i7-1065G7). If you look at the full list of specs for the SB3 (13 and 15-inch here), they don’t look too bad. But has it reached its limits? (Source: ) The Surface Book still stands out with its unique design. ![]()
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