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Samsung Galaxy Book S vs. Surface Laptop 3: Full specs comparison

Here is a comparison of the specs between Samsung Galaxy Book S and Surface Laptop 3, including CPU, RAM, storage, battery, display, and more.

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Samsung Galaxy Book S Pros

Reasons that Samsung Galaxy Book S is better than Surface Laptop 3.

Samsung Galaxy Book S supports a faster memory speed than the Surface Laptop 3. It supports up to 4267MHz versus 3733MHz of system memory on the Surface Laptop 3.

Memory type and speed

Samsung Galaxy Book S - LPDDR4X

4,267 MHz

Surface Laptop 3 - LPDDR4X

3,733 MHz

Samsung Galaxy Book S weighed 2.09 pounds, 26% lighter than the 2.79 pounds Surface Laptop 3.

Weight	Samsung Galaxy Book S	Surface Laptop 3
Pound	2.09 lbs.	2.79 lbs.
Kilogram	0.95 kg	1.27 kg

Surface Laptop 3 Pros

Reasons that Surface Laptop 3 is better than Samsung Galaxy Book S.

AMD Ryzen 7-3780U Microsoft Surface Edition inside Surface Laptop 3 has a 60% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i5-L16G7 inside Samsung Galaxy Book S.

Geekbench 5 multi-core score

Surface Laptop 3 - Intel Core i7-1065G7

3,722

Surface Laptop 3 - Intel Core i5-1035G7

3,691

Samsung Galaxy Book S - Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 8cx

2,926

Surface Laptop 3 - AMD Ryzen 7-3780U Microsoft Surface Edition

2,741

Surface Laptop 3 - AMD Ryzen 5-3580U Microsoft Surface Edition

2,438

Samsung Galaxy Book S - Intel Core i5-L16G7

1,703

Surface Laptop 3 supports a larger memory capacity than the Samsung Galaxy Book S. It supports up to 16GB versus 8GB of system memory on the Samsung Galaxy Book S.

Max system memory size

Surface Laptop 3

16 GB

Samsung Galaxy Book S

8 GB

Surface Laptop 3 comes with a single removable M.2 SSD slot that you can replace and upgrade in the future.

Slots	Samsung Galaxy Book S	Surface Laptop 3
M.2	Onboard	Yes x1

Prices

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

Samsung Galaxy Book S Price
	SAMSUNG 14" Galaxy Book4 Pro Laptop PC Computer, Intel Core 7 Ultra Processor 512GB, 3K AMOLED (2880 x 1800) Touchscreen, Advanced Security, 2024 Model, NP940XGK-KG1US, Moonstone Gray By SAMSUNG $1,149.99 $1,449.99 21% OFF	See at Amazon
	SAMSUNG 15.6" Galaxy Book3 Business Laptop Computer/Windows 11 PRO/16GB - 256GB/ 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 processor, 2023 Model, NP754XFG-KB3US, Silver By SAMSUNG $649.99 $899.99 28% OFF	See at Amazon
	SAMSUNG Galaxy Book Go Laptop Computer PC Power Performance 18-Hour Battery Compact Light Shockproof Design WFH Ready WiFi 5, Silver, 128GB By SAMSUNG $289.00	See at Amazon
Surface Laptop 3 Price
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 13.5" Touch-Screen Intel Core i5-8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive (PKX-00003) Matte Black (Renewed) By Microsoft $299.00 $319.00 6% OFF	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 – 13.5" Touch-Screen – Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 512GB Solid State Drive (Latest Model) – Platinum with Alcantara (Renewed) By Microsoft $406.00 $453.99 11% OFF	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3 (2023) - 12.4" Touchscreen, Thin & Lightweight, Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD SSD, with Windows 11, Platinum Color Copilot By Microsoft $699.99 $799.99 13% OFF	See at Amazon

Availability	Samsung Galaxy Book S	Surface Laptop 3
Released	2019	2019
Release Date	Announced on August 08, 2019 Updated on May 29, 2020 (New Intel Processor model)	Introduced: October 2, 2019 (Microsoft October Event) Pre-ordered: October 2, 2019 Released: October 22, 2019
Pricing	USD$999.99 Snapdragon 8cx \| 8GB RAM \| 256GB SSD. CDN$1,299.99 Intel Core i5 \| 8GB RAM \| 256GB SSD.	Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”) › Starting at 999$ Surface Laptop 3 (15”) › Starting at 1,199$

Exterior	Samsung Galaxy Book S	Surface Laptop 3
Dimensions	12.01 x 8.0 x 0.24 - 046 (305.2 x 203.2 x 6.2 - 11.8 mm)	Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”) 12.1” x 8.8” x 0.57” (308 mm x 223 mm x 14.5 mm). Surface Laptop 3 (15”) 13.4” x 9.6” x 0.57” (339.5 mm x 244 mm x 14.69 mm).
Weight	2.11 lbs (961g) Galaxy Book S with Snapdragon 8cx 2.09 lbs (950g) Galaxy Book S with Intel processors	Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”) 2.84 lb (1,288 g) Sandstone and Matte Black 2.79 lb (1,265 g) Cobalt Blue and Platinum Surface Laptop 3 (15”) 3.40 lb (1,542 g)
Colors	Earthy Gold Mercury Gray	Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”) Metal Matte Black Sandstone Alcantara Matte Black Platinum Surface Laptop 3 (15”) Metal Matte Black Platinum
Keyboard and Trackpad	Full size, backlit chiclet keyboard The fingerprint sensor at the top right of the keyboard. Precise Glass Touchpad Clickable glass touchpad with Microsoft Precision Touchpad support.	Keyboard: Full-size backlit keyboard with the soft-touch feel and full 1.3mm travel. Large palm rest with premium Alcantara® material for maximized typing comfort. Trackpad: Larger size 115 mm x 76.66 mm, glass. Supports up to Five-finger multitouch gesture.

Display	Samsung Galaxy Book S	Surface Laptop 3
Size	13.3 Inches	13.5 Inches
Info	Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Panel Type: TFT 10-point multi-touch screen Brightness: 350 - 600 nits	Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”) Resolution: 2256 x 1504 (3.4M Pixels) Pixel Per Inch: 201 Surface Laptop 3 (15”) Resolution: 2496 x 1664 (4.15M Pixels) Pixel Per Inch: 201 PixelSense™ Display Aspect ratio: 3:2 Inking: designed together with Surface Pen Touch: 10 points multi-touch Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 10nm Oleophobic Coating 100% sRGB color, individually calibrated

Ports	Samsung Galaxy Book S	Surface Laptop 3
2 x USB Type-C 3.1 Gen 2 Supports Power Delivery and DisplayPort. 1 x Nano SIM 1 x MicroSDXC card reader (up to 1TB) 1 x Headphone out/Mic-in Combo	Image Source: Microsoft 1 x Full-size USB 3.0 1 x USB Type-C 3.1 Gen 2 Supports Power Delivery and DisplayPort. 1 x Surface Connect™ Supports charging and docking station. 1 x Headset jack

Internal Specs	Samsung Galaxy Book S	Surface Laptop 3
Processor	Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 8cx 8 cores, 8 threads, 2.84 GHz, 2MB Cache, 7W Intel® Core™ i5-L16G7 with Intel® Hybrid Technology 5 cores, 5 threads, 1.40 → 3.00 GHz, 4MB Cache, 7W	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 1.20 → 3.70 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 15W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 1.30 → 3.90 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 15W AMD Ryzen™ 5 3580U Microsoft Surface® Edition 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.10 → 3.70 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 4MB L3 Cache, 15W AMD Ryzen™ 7 3780U Microsoft Surface® Edition 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.30 → 4.00 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 4MB L3 Cache, 15W
Integrated Graphics	Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 8cx Qualcomm® Adreno™ 680 GPU Intel® Core™ i5-L16G7 with Intel® Hybrid Technology Intel® UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel® Processors 64 Execution Units, 200 → 500 MHz	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G7 Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 64 Execution Units, 300 → 1050 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 64 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz AMD Ryzen™ 5 3580U Microsoft Surface® Edition Radeon™ Vega 9 Graphics 9 Graphics Cores, 1300 MHz AMD Ryzen™ 7 3780U Microsoft Surface® Edition Radeon™ RX Vega 11 Graphics 11 Graphics Cores, 1400 MHz
Memory	8GB LPDDR4x	Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”) 8GB 16GB 3733 MHz LPDDR4X RAM Surface Laptop 3 (15”) 8GB 16GB 2400 MHz DDR4 RAM
Storage	256GB, 512GB eUFS storage	128 GB 256 GB 512 GB 1 TB Removable M.2 NVMe SSD

Connectivity	Samsung Galaxy Book S	Surface Laptop 3
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4/5GHz), VHT80 MU-MIMO) Galaxy Book S with Snapdragon 8cx Wi-Fi 6 (Gig+) (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax (2.4/5GHz), 2x2) Galaxy Book S with Intel processor	Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”) Wi-Fi 6: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible. Surface Laptop 3 (15”) Wi-Fi 5: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac compatible.
Bluetooth	Bluetooth® v 5.0	Bluetooth Wireless 5.0 technology
More	LTE (Cat 18) Galaxy Book S with Snapdragon 8cx LTE (Cat 16) Galaxy Book S with Intel processors Nano SIM	-

Battery	Samsung Galaxy Book S	Surface Laptop 3
Size	42Wh	45.8 Wh
Battery Life	Up to 23 hours (Video Playback) Galaxy Book S with Snapdragon 8cx Up to 1 hours (Video Playback) Galaxy Book S with Intel processor	Up to 11.5 hours of typical device usage
Power Supply	25W USB-C Power Adapter.	60W power supply with USB-A (5W) (65W total) Supports Fast Charge (0-80% in about one hour)

Software	Samsung Galaxy Book S	Surface Laptop 3
OS	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro	For Consumer: Windows 10 Home For Commercial: Windows 10 Pro Free upgrade to Windows 11
Built-in Apps	-	Microsoft Office 365 30-days trial

Camera & Audio	Samsung Galaxy Book S	Surface Laptop 3
Camera	1MP front-facing camera	Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing) 720p HD front-facing video camera
Audio	Stereo speakers: Sound by AKG Speakers: 4 x 1.2 W Immersive sound with Dolby Atmos® technology (Dynamic, Movie, Music, Game, Voice, and Personalize Modes) Internal Dual Array Digital Mic	Dual far-field Studio Mics OmniSonic stereo speakers with Dolby® Audio™ Premium

Misc	Samsung Galaxy Book S	Surface Laptop 3
Inking	-	Supports Surface Pen 4096 levels of pressure Tilt sensing Best in class latency
Sensors	Fingerprint Sensor Hall Sensor Light Sensor (Keyboard Backlit on/off) GPS, Galileo, Glonass, BeiDou	Ambient light sensor
Security	Windows Hello sign-in with fingerprint	HW TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in
In the box	-	Surface Laptop 3 Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents
Warranty	-	One-year limited hardware warranty Commercial: Advanced Exchange warranty service with expedited device replacement
More	-	Supports Surface Dial Supports off-screen interaction only

Key Features	Samsung Galaxy Book S	Surface Laptop 3
At Glance	Released in Mid 2019 16:9 FHD 13.3” 1080p 60Hz Weight 2.09 lb 0.95 kg Up to Intel Core i5-L16G7 5C/5T, 1.40 → 3.00 GHz Geekbench 5 773 Single Core Geekbench 5 1,703 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel® Processors 64 Execution Units, 200 → 500 MHz 8GB 4267 MHz LPDDR4X	Released in 2019 3:2 2.5K 13.5” 1664p 60Hz Weight 2.79 lb 1.27 kg Up to AMD Ryzen 7-3780U Microsoft Surface Edition 4C/8T, 2.30 → 4.00 GHz Geekbench 5 721 Single Core Geekbench 5 2,741 Multi-Core With integrated Radeon™ RX Vega 11 Graphics 11 Graphics Cores, 1400 MHz Configurable up to 16GB 3733 MHz LPDDR4X