Performance is also steadier when under such stressful conditions as shown by our graph below.Īnother advantage over AMD is hardware-based AI acceleration. When running CineBench R15 Multi-Thread in a loop, for example, performance drop by just 6 to 7 percent over time compared to 17 percent on the similarly equipped Lenovo Yoga C940. Performance sustainability is better than expected which explains the higher-than-average CPU benchmark scores.

Raw performance is thus 16 percent higher than the Ryzen 5 3580U and within just a few percentage points of the Core i5-9300H. Microsoft's implementation of the 25 W CPU appears to be better than most as its multi-thread CineBench score is 11 percent faster than the average i7-1065G7. Comparing our Core i7 SKU with the Ryzen 7 SKU would have made for more interesting results, but that will have to wait until a future date when we can get our hands on a Ryzen 7 unit.Īs our 9th Core i7-1065G7 entry in our database, we're starting to see what the processor is capable of. This review will instead focus on any internal differences between the Intel Core i7 and AMD Ryzen 5 SKUs including temperature, power consumption, battery life and of course, performance. We recommend checking out our existing review on the Surface Laptop 3 Ryzen 5 SKU to learn more about the chassis, keyboard, display, and other external features as these characteristics are identical between the Intel and AMD models. Today, we'll be checking out the Intel Core i7 SKU to see what the Surface Laptop can do when at its supposed best. We recently checked out the AMD Ryzen 5 configuration to see what the Surface Laptop can offer at its base level.

The 15-inch Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 consists of four major SKUs in the following order from least expensive to most expensive: the Ryzen 5 3580U, Core i5-1035G7, Ryzen 7 3780U, and the Core i7-1065G7.

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