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Dell Precision 7560 vs. Surface Pro 8: Full specs comparison

Here is a comparison of the specs between Dell Precision 7560 and Surface Pro 8, including CPU, RAM, storage, battery, display, and more.

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Dell Precision 7560 Pros

Reasons that Dell Precision 7560 is better than Surface Pro 8.

Intel Xeon W-11955M inside Dell Precision 7560 has a 75% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i7-1185G7 inside Surface Pro 8.

Geekbench 5 multi-core score

Dell Precision 7560 - Intel Xeon W-11955M

8,527

Dell Precision 7560 - Intel Core i9-11950H

8,450

Dell Precision 7560 - Intel Core i7-11850H

8,205

Dell Precision 7560 - Intel Core i7-11800H

7,908

Dell Precision 7560 - Intel Xeon W-11855M

6,936

Dell Precision 7560 - Intel Core i7-11600H

6,451

Dell Precision 7560 - Intel Core i5-11500H

6,270

Surface Pro 8 - Intel Core i7-1185G7

4,864

Surface Pro 8 - Intel Core i5-1135G7

3,980

Surface Pro 8 - Intel Core i3-1115G4

2,445

Dell Precision 7560 supports a larger memory capacity than the Surface Pro 8. It supports up to 128GB versus 32GB of system memory on the Surface Pro 8.

Max system memory size

Dell Precision 7560

128 GB

Surface Pro 8

32 GB

Dell Precision 7560 comes with four SODIMM slots that allow you to replace or upgrade when needed. On the flip side, you can't upgrade RAM on the Surface Pro 8 since it has onboard memory.

Memory	Dell Precision 7560	Surface Pro 8
Slots	x4	Onboard
Type	DDR4 ECC	LPDDR4X

Configurable up to Nvidia Quadro RTX 5000 16GB GDDR6 vs. integrated

Dell Precision 7560 has a 15.6-inch screen size 19% larger than the 13-inch Surface Pro 8.

Display size

Dell Precision 7560

15.6-inch

Surface Pro 8

13-inch

Dell Precision 7560 has more ports and slots count than the Surface Pro 8. It has twelve versus six amount of ports and slots on the Surface Pro 8.

Ports	Dell Precision 7560	Surface Pro 8
DisplayPort	Yes	No
full-size SD card slot	Yes	No
HDMI	Yes	No
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
lock slot	Yes	No
power port	Yes	No
RJ-45	Yes	No
Smart Card Reader	Yes	No
SSD slot	No	Yes
Surface Connect	No	Yes
Surface Type Cover	No	Yes
Thunderbolt 4	Yes x2	Yes x2
USB-A	Yes x2	No
Total	12	6

Dell Precision 7560 has better versatile I/O connectivity than the Surface Pro 8. It has eight versus two commonly used ports and slots on the Surface Pro 8.

Ports	Dell Precision 7560	Surface Pro 8
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
Thunderbolt 4	Yes	Yes
DisplayPort	Yes	No
full-size SD card slot	Yes	No
HDMI	Yes	No
power port	Yes	No
RJ-45	Yes	No
USB-A	Yes	No

Surface Pro 8 Pros

Reasons that Surface Pro 8 is better than Dell Precision 7560.

Surface Pro 8 supports a faster memory speed than the Dell Precision 7560. It supports up to 4267MHz versus 3466MHz of system memory on the Dell Precision 7560.

Memory type and speed

Surface Pro 8 - LPDDR4X

4,267 MHz

Dell Precision 7560 - DDR4 ECC

3,466 MHz

Surface Pro 8 weighed 1.96 pounds, 64% lighter than the 5.42 pounds Dell Precision 7560.

Weight	Dell Precision 7560	Surface Pro 8
Pound	5.42 lbs.	1.96 lbs.
Kilogram	2.46 kg	0.89 kg

Prices

Here are the latest price updates and offers for both devices.

Dell Precision 7560 Price
	Dell Precision 7000 7560 15.6" Mobile Workstation - Full HD - 1920 x 1080 - Intel Core i7 11th Gen i7-11850H Octa-core (8 Core) 2.50 GHz - 32 GB RAM - 512 GB SSD - Anodized Titan Gray By Dell $1,639.77	See at Amazon
	Dell Precision 7560 Workstation Laptop PC FHD 1920 x 1080, Intel Core i7-11850H Processor, 16GB Ram, 512GB NVMe SSD, HDMI, NVIDIA T1200 4GB GDDR6, Windows 10 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $699.00	See at Amazon
	Dell Precision 7000 7560 Workstation Laptop (2021) \| 15.6" FHD \| Core i7-1TB SSD - 128GB RAM \| 8 Cores @ 4.8 GHz - 11th Gen CPU Win 11 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $2,085.99	See at Amazon
Microsoft Surface Pro 8 Price
	Microsoft Surface Pro 8-13" Touchscreen - Intel® Core™ i5-8GB Memory - 128GB SSD - Device Only - Platinum (Latest Model) By Microsoft $737.90 $1,099.99 33% OFF	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Pro 8-13" Touchscreen - Intel® Evo Platform Core™ i5-8GB Memory - 256GB SSD - Device Only - Graphite (Latest Model) (Renewed) By Microsoft $649.99 $697.00 7% OFF	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Pro 8-13" Touchscreen - Intel® Evo Platform Core™ i7-16GB Memory - 256GB SSD - Device Only - Platinum (Latest Model) By Microsoft $957.99 $1,050.01 9% OFF	See at Amazon

Exterior	Dell Precision 7560	Surface Pro 8
Dimensions	14.17” x 9.53” x 0.98 - 1.08” (360 mm x 242 mm 25 - 27.36 mm)	11.3” x 8.2” x 0.37” (287 mm x 208 mm x 9.3 mm)
Weight	Starting at 5.42 lb (2.45 kg)	1.96 lb (889 g)
Colors	-	Matte Black Platinum
Keyboard and Trackpad	Full-size with an optional backlit keyboard with 10 Key Numeric Keypad. 4.13” x 2.56” (105 mm x 65 mm) touchpad with multi-touch gesture support.	Not included. Compatible with Surface Pro Signature Keyboard Surface Pro X Keyboard Type Cover Features: Activation: Moving (mechanical) keys Layout: QWERTY, full row of function keys (F1-F12) 4 directional keys; Windows, Brightness and Media Controls Keys; LED backlighting Trackpad: Precision glass trackpad. Trackpad size: 4 x 2 inches (101.6 mm x 50.8 mm) Supports a five-finger multitouch gesture. Surface Slim Pen Storage Magnetic dock Automatically wireless charge Surface Slim Pen

Display	Dell Precision 7560	Surface Pro 8
Size	15.6 Inches	13 Inches
Info	15.6" FHD 1920x1080 60Hz Anti-Glare Non-Touch 45% NTSC 220 Nits 600:1 WVA 4.20W 15.6" FHD 1920x1080 60Hz Anti-Glare Non-Touch 100% DCI-P3 500 Nits 600:1 WVA 7.2W 15.6" FHD with Touch 1920x1080 60Hz Touch 100% DCI-P3 500 Nits 600:1 WVA 7.4W 15.6" UHD HDR600 3840x2160 60Hz Anti-Glare Non-Touch 100% Adobe 600 Nits 6000:1 WVA 18W	Resolution: 2880 x 1920 5.53M Pixels. Density: 267 PPI Refresh rate: 120Hz 60Hz default. PixelSense™ Flow Display Aspect ratio: 3:2 Inking: GPU Ink Acceleration Touch: 10 points multi-touch

Ports	Dell Precision 7560	Surface Pro 8
Image Source: Dell Left (3) 2 x Thunderbolt 4 40 Gpbs, USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) 1 x Smart Card Reader Right (5) 2 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), PowerShare 1 x full-size SD card slot 1 x headphone jack 1 x lock slot PowerShare Back (4) 1 x HDMI v2.1 1 x DisplayPort v1.4 1 x RJ-45 1 Gbps, Flip-Down Port 1 x power port	Image Source: Microsoft Left (1) 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone Right (3) 2 x Thunderbolt 4 40 Gpbs, USB 4.0 (40 Gbps), DisplayPort, Power Delivery 1 x Surface Connect Charging, Docking Bottom (1) 1 x Surface Type Cover Under Kickstand (1) 1 x SSD slot M.2 2230 NVMe slot

Internal Specs	Dell Precision 7560	Surface Pro 8
Processor	11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11500H 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.90 → 4.60 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 45W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11600H 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.90 → 4.60 GHz, 18MB SmartCache, 45W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11800H 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.30 → 4.60 GHz, 24MB SmartCache, 45W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11850H 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.50 → 4.80 GHz, 24MB SmartCache, 45W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11950H 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.60 → 5.00 GHz, 24MB SmartCache, 45W Intel Xeon W-11855M 6 cores, 12 threads, 3.20 → 4.90 GHz, 18MB SmartCache, 45W Intel Xeon W-11955M 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.60 → 5.00 GHz, 24MB SmartCache, 45W	11th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-1115G4 2 cores, 4 threads, 3.00 → 4.10 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 28W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.40 → 4.20 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 28W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1185G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 3.00 → 4.80 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 28W
Integrated Graphics	11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11500H Intel® UHD Graphics 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1450 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11600H Intel® UHD Graphics 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1450 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11800H Intel® UHD Graphics 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1450 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11850H Intel® UHD Graphics 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1450 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11950H Intel® UHD Graphics 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1450 MHz Intel Xeon W-11855M Intel® UHD P630 Graphics 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1450 MHz Intel Xeon W-11955M Intel® UHD P630 Graphics 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1450 MHz	11th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-1115G4 Intel® UHD Graphics 48 Execution Units, 400 → 1250 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 80 Execution Units, 400 → 1300 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1185G7 Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 96 Execution Units, 400 → 1350 MHz
Memory	Memory Slots 4 x DDR4 SODIMM slots Memory Configurations Speed: 3200 - 3466 MHz Memory Type: ECC, Non-ECC, SuperSpeed Non-ECC Minimum Memory: 4 GB Maximum Memory: 128 GB ECC memory only supports devices that shipped with an Intel Xeon processor.	8GB 16GB 32GB 4267 MHz LPDDR4X RAM
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA Quadro T1200, 4GB GDDR6 RTX A2000, 4GB GDDR6 RTX A3000, 6GB GDDR6 RTX A4000, 8GB GDDR6 RTX A5000, 16GB GDDR6	-
Storage	Hard Drive Slots 3 x M.2 2280 PCIe SSD slot Hard Drive Configurations Up to 3 x 4TB M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 4 x4 SSD, up to 64 Gbps.	128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB Removable SSD.

Connectivity	Dell Precision 7560	Surface Pro 8
Wi-Fi	Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 Up to 2400 Mbps Triple band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz/6 GHz WiFi 6 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax Bluetooth 5.2	Wi-Fi 6: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible.
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.2	Bluetooth Wireless 5.1 technology
Ethernet	Integrated Intel i219-LM 10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet (RJ-45 ) with Intel Remote Wake UP and PXE.	-

Battery	Dell Precision 7560	Surface Pro 8
Size	68 Wh 6-cell lithium-ion ExpressCharge Boost. 95 Wh 6-cell lithium-ion ExpressCharge Boost. 95 Wh 6-cell lithium-ion Long Cycle Life.	51.5Wh Nominal battery capacity. 50.2Wh Minimum battery capacity.
Battery Life	-	Up to 16 hours of typical device usage
Power Supply	180 W power adapter 7.4mm barrel, rated at 19.5 VDC/9.23 A.	60W power supply with USB-A (5W) (65W total) Supports Fast Charge (0-80% in about one hour)

Software	Dell Precision 7560	Surface Pro 8
OS	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS RedHat 8.2 Upgradable to Windows 11	Windows 11 Home
Built-in Apps	Microsoft Office 30-days trial	Preloaded Microsoft 365 Apps Microsoft 365 Family 30-day trial Preloaded Xbox app Xbox Game Pass Ultimate one month trial

Camera & Audio	Dell Precision 7560	Surface Pro 8
Camera	Front-facing camera Top-mount front camera with fixed focus lens, 0.92 Megapixels (1280 x 720 HD) at 30 fps. Optional Infrared camera For Windows Hello Facial Recognition. Optional Proximity sensor For Express Sign-in	Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing) 5.0MP front-facing camera with 1080p Skype HD video 10.0MP rear-facing autofocus camera with 1080p full HD and 4K video
Audio	Realtek ALC3204 Audio Controller Two speakers (2W x 2) Noise-reducing array microphones	Dual far-field Studio Mics 2W stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos®

Misc	Dell Precision 7560	Surface Pro 8
Inking	-	Supports Microsoft Pen Protocol (MPP) 4096 levels of pressure Tilt sensing Best in class latency Paper feel 0.1mm precision magnetic storage Supports Tactile signals with Surface Slim Pen 2
Sensors	Windows Hello compliant fingerprint reader on the keyboard deck Infrared camera Optional for Windows Hello Facial Recognition. Proximity sensor Optional for Express Sign-in	Ambient light sensor Gyroscope Magnetometer Ambient Color Sensor (brightness and color)
Security	Intel® vPro™ Technology (iAMT 12) Optional, requires Intel WiFi® Link WLAN and a vPro compatible processor. Dell Client Command Suite Factory Installed Dell Client Command, Update, Dell Command, Power Manager, Intel® Platform Trust Technology. Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 Chassis wedge-shaped security lock Support for Computrace and external SmartCard Reader Touch Fingerprint Reader With Control Vault 3.0 (Advanced Authentication with FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Certification).	Firmware TPM chip for enterprise-grade security and BitLocker support Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in
In the box	-	Surface Pro 8 Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents
Warranty	36 Months Basic Onsite Service	1-year limited hardware warranty

Key Features	Dell Precision 7560	Surface Pro 8
At Glance	Released in Mid 2021 16:9 4K UHD 15.6” 2160p HDR Weight 5.42 lb 2.46 kg Up to Intel Xeon W-11955M 8C/16T, 2.60 → 5.00 GHz Geekbench 5 1,565 Single Core Geekbench 5 8,527 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® UHD P630 Graphics 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1450 MHz Upgradable up to 128GB 3466 MHz DDR4 ECC Nvidia Quadro RTX 5000 16GB GDDR6	Released in Late 2021 3:2 2.8K 13” 1920p 60~120Hz Weight 1.96 lb 0.89 kg Up to Intel Core i7-1185G7 4C/8T, 3.00 → 4.80 GHz Geekbench 5 1,404 Single Core Geekbench 5 4,864 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 96 Execution Units, 400 → 1350 MHz Configurable up to 32GB 4267 MHz LPDDR4X

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Availability	Dell Precision 7560	Surface Pro 8
Released	2021	2021
Release Date	Announced on May 11, 2021	Introduced: September 22, 2021 Pre-ordered: September 22, 2021 Released: October 5, 2021
Pricing	$2,761.38 i5-11500H 8GB 256GB Intel UHD $3,470.36 i5-11500H 16GB 256GB Nvidia T1200 IR Cam $3,981.88 i7-11850H 16GB 512GB Nvidia T1200 IR Cam $4,230.88 i7-11850H 32GB 512GB Nvidia T1200 IR Cam $4,565.88 i7-11850H 32GB 512GB Nvidia RTX A2000 IR Cam $7,356.86 W-11855M 64GB 256GB Nvidia RTX A5000	$1,099.99 i5-1135G7 8GB 128GB Platinum only. $1,199.99 i5-1135G7 8GB 256GB $1,399.99 i5-1135G7 16GB 256GB $1,399.99 i5-1135G7 8GB 512GB $1,599.99 i7-1185G7 16GB 256GB $1,899.99 i7-1185G7 16GB 512GB $2,199.99 i7-1185G7 16GB 1TB Platinum only. $2,599.99 i7-1185G7 32GB 1TB Platinum only.
Generations	2021 Dell Precision 7560 2020 Dell Precision 7550 2019 Dell Precision 7540	2022 Surface Pro 9 5G 2022 Surface Pro 9 2021 Surface Pro 8 2021 Surface Pro 7 Plus 2019 Surface Pro 7 2018 Surface Pro 6 2017 Surface Pro 5 2015 Surface Pro 4 2014 Surface Pro 3 2013 Surface Pro 2 2012 Surface Pro 1

Dell Precision 7560 vs. Surface Pro 8: Full specs comparison