Microsoft Surface Book 15" 3 Platinum 2020
CPU Core i7
RAM 32 GB
Storage 1 TB
Screen 15" 3240x2160
GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
OS Windows 10 Home
Weight 1.9 kg
53 Overall Score
Price $1,000
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong screen (91st percentile) 91st
- Strong reliability (81st percentile) 81st
- Strong ram (78th percentile) 78th
- Strong gpu (73rd percentile) 73rd
Cons
- Below average social proof (4th percentile)
- Below average cpu (18th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 1.3 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q |
| Type | Discrete |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR6 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 32 GB |
| RAM Generation | LPDDR4X |
| Storage | 1000 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Display
| Size | 15" |
| Resolution | 3240x2160 |
| Panel | LCD |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 1 |
| USB Ports | 3 |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6 |
Physical
| Weight | 1.9 kg / 4.2 lbs |
| OS | Windows 10 Home |
vs Competition
| Spec | Microsoft Surface Book 15" 3 | Apple MacBook Pro M4 Pro | ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403WW-G14.R95080 | Lenovo Legion 5i 83F00008US | HP OMEN Transcend | MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Core i7 | Apple M4 Pro | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | Intel Core Ultra 9 285H | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V |
| RAM (GB) | 32 | 48 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 1000 | 1024 | 2000 | 1024 | 1024 | 1000 |
| Screen | 15" 3240x2160 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 14" 2880x1800 | 15.1" 2560x1600 | 14" 2880x1800 | 13.3" 2880x1800 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q | Apple (16-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | Intel Arc Graphics |
| OS | Windows 10 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2 | 1.6 | 1 |
| Battery (Wh) | - | 72 | - | 80 | 71 | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Screen | Portability | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Surface Book 15" 3 | 18.3 | 73 | 77.8 | 50.2 | 91.4 | 56.4 | 62.3 | 80.6 | 3.8 |
| Apple MacBook Pro M4 Pro Compare | 90.4 | 74 | 91.4 | 77.2 | 99.3 | 69.8 | 80.3 | 97.4 | 99.9 |
| ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403WW-G14.R95080 Compare | 88.9 | 91.2 | 91.6 | 91 | 96.4 | 74.9 | 89.2 | 59.8 | 98.3 |
| Lenovo Legion 5i 83F00008US Compare | 93.3 | 88.7 | 87.4 | 97.6 | 94.3 | 55 | 80.3 | 80.6 | 90.4 |
| HP OMEN Transcend Compare | 88.2 | 92.7 | 90.5 | 91 | 96.4 | 73.6 | 67.7 | 32.8 | 97.3 |
| MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Compare | 63.6 | 65 | 80.8 | 80.8 | 91.6 | 96.4 | 72.4 | 59.8 | 88.1 |
Price
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