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Surface Book 3 vs. 2020 ROG Zephyrus G14: Full specs comparison

Here is a comparison of the specs between Surface Book 3 and 2020 ROG Zephyrus G14, including CPU, RAM, storage, battery, display, and more.

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Surface Book 3 Pros

Reasons that Surface Book 3 is better than 2020 ROG Zephyrus G14.

Surface Book 3 supports a faster memory speed than the 2020 ROG Zephyrus G14. It supports up to 3733MHz versus 3200MHz of system memory on the 2020 ROG Zephyrus G14.

Memory type and speed

Surface Book 3 - LPDDR4X

3,733 MHz

2020 ROG Zephyrus G14 - DDR4

3,200 MHz

2020 ROG Zephyrus G14 Pros

Reasons that 2020 ROG Zephyrus G14 is better than Surface Book 3.

AMD Ryzen 9-4900HS inside 2020 ROG Zephyrus G14 has a 86% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i7-1065G7 inside Surface Book 3.

Geekbench 5 multi-core score

2020 ROG Zephyrus G14 - AMD Ryzen 9-4900HS

6,956

2020 ROG Zephyrus G14 - AMD Ryzen 7-4800HS

6,597

Surface Book 3 - Intel Core i7-1065G7

3,722

Surface Book 3 - Intel Core i5-1035G7

3,691

The 2020 ROG Zephyrus G14 comes with one SODIMM slot that allow you to replace or upgrade when needed. On the flip side, you can't upgrade RAM on the Surface Book 3 since it has onboard memory.

Memory	Surface Book 3	2020 ROG Zephyrus G14
Slots	Onboard	x0,1
Type	LPDDR4X	DDR4

Key Similars

Similar characteristics share between Surface Book 3 and 2020 ROG Zephyrus G14.

Both laptops supports up to 32GB of system memory.

Max system memory size

Surface Book 3

32 GB

2020 ROG Zephyrus G14

32 GB

Prices

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

Surface Book 3 Price
	Microsoft Surface Book 3 - 13.5" Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 256GB SSD (Latest Model) - Platinum By Microsoft $1,090.00	See at Amazon
	New Microsoft Surface Book 3 - 13.5" Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 256GB SSD (Latest Model) - Platinum By Microsoft $539.00 $590.00 9% OFF	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Book 3-15" Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i7-32GB Memory - 512GB SSD (Latest Model) - Platinum (Renewed) By Microsoft $1,349.00	See at Amazon
2020 ROG Zephyrus G14 Price
	2020 ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" VR Ready FHD Gaming Laptop,8 cores AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS(Upto 4.2 GHzBeat i7-10750H),Backlight,HDMI,USB C,NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650,Gray,Win 10 (24GB RAM\|1TB PCIe SSD) By Asus $1,117.97	See at Amazon
	ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14.0" 165 Hz FHD IPS Gaming Laptop (AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS 8-Core, 24GB RAM, 1TB PCIe SSD, GeForce RTX 4060 8B GDDR6, Backlit KYB, WiFi 6, BT 5.3, Win 11 Pro) w/Hub By ASUS $1,099.99	See at Amazon
	ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 Gaming Laptop, MUX Switch, 14.0" QHD(2560 x 1440) 16:10 165Hz Display, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, GeForce RTX 4050 6GB GDDR6, Win 11 Home, w/Mouse Pad (16GB RAM \|1TB PCIe SSD) By ASUS $1,179.99	See at Amazon

Availability	Surface Book 3	2020 ROG Zephyrus G14
Released	2020	2020
Release Date	Introduced: May 6, 2020 Pre-ordered: May 6, 2020 Released: May 12, 2020	Announced at CES 2020 on January 06, 2020.
Pricing	For Consumer Surface Book 3 13.5” $1,600 - i5 \| 8GB \| 256GB \| Iris Plus $2,000 - i7 \| 16GB \| 256GB \| GTX 1650 $2,500 - i7 \| 32GB \| 512GB \| GTX 1650 $2,700 - i7 \| 32GB \| 1TB \| GTX 1650 Surface Book 3 15” $2,300 - i7 \| 16GB \| 256GB \| GTX 1660 Ti $2,800 - i7 \| 32GB \| 512GB \| GTX 1660 Ti $3,000 - i7 \| 32GB \| 1TB \| GTX 1660 Ti $3,400 - i7 \| 32GB \| 2TB \| GTX 1660 Ti For Commercial Surface Book 3 13.5” $1,700 - i5 \| 8GB \| 256GB \| Iris Plus $2,100 - i7 \| 16GB \| 256GB \| GTX 1650 $2,600 - i7 \| 32GB \| 512GB \| GTX 1650 $2,800 - i7 \| 32GB \| 1TB \| GTX 1650 Surface Book 3 15” $2,400 - i7 \| 16GB \| 256GB \| GTX 1660 Ti $2,900 - i7 \| 32GB \| 512GB \| GTX 1660 Ti $3,100 - i7 \| 32GB \| 1TB \| GTX 1660 Ti $3,500 - i7 \| 32GB \| 2TB \| GTX 1660 Ti $3,500 - i7 \| 32GB \| 512GB \| RTX 3000 $3,700 - i7 \| 32GB \| 1TB \| RTX 3000	-
Generations	-	2023 ROG Zephyrus G14 2022 ROG Zephyrus G14 2021 ROG Zephyrus G14 2020 ROG Zephyrus G14

Exterior	Surface Book 3	2020 ROG Zephyrus G14
Dimensions	Surface Book 3 13.5” (Core i5) 12.3” x 9.14” x 0.51”-0.90” (312 mm x 232 mm x 13 mm-23 mm) Surface Book 3 13.5” (Core i7) 12.3” x 9.14” x 0.59”-0.90” (312 mm x 232 mm x 15 mm-23 mm) Surface Book 3 15” 13.5” x 9.87” x 0.568-0.90” (343 mm x 251 mm x 15 mm-23 mm)	Width: 32.4cm (12.75”) Depth: 22.2cm (8.74”) Height: Regular: 1.79cm (0.70”) AniMe Matrix™: 1.99cm (0.78”)
Weight	Surface Book 3 13.5” (Core i5) Total: 3.38 lbs (1,534 g) Tablet: 1.59 lbs (719 g) Surface Book 3 13.5” (Core i7) Total: 3.62 lbs (1,642 g) Tablet: 1.59 lbs (719 g) Surface Book 3 15” Total: 4.20 lbs (1,905 g) Tablet: 1.80 lbs (817 g)	Regular: 1.6kg AniMe Matrix™: 1.7kg
Colors	Platinum	Black White
Keyboard and Trackpad	Keyboard: Full-size mechanical backlit keyset with 1.55mm travel. Mechanical friction attaches the Clipboard to the keyboard. Trackpad: Larger size 105 mm x 70 mm, glass. Supports up to Five-finger multitouch gesture.	Backlit chicklet keyboard Hotkeys: Volume up / Volume down / Microphone mute / ROG Armoury Crate N key rollover

Display	Surface Book 3	2020 ROG Zephyrus G14
Size	13.5 Inches	14 Inches
Info	Surface Book 3 13.5” Display Resolution: 3000 x 2000 (6M Pixels) Display Density: 267 PPI Surface Book 3 15” Display Resolution: 3240 x 2160 (7M Pixels) Display Density: 260 PPI PixelSense™ Display Aspect ratio: 3:2 Contrast ratio: 1600:1 Inking: designed together with Surface Pen Touch: 10 points multi-touch	14-inch Non-glare WQHD (2560 x 1440) IPS-level panel, 60Hz, 100% sRGB, Pantone® Validated, adaptive sync 14-inch Non-glare Full HD (1920 x 1080) IPS-level panel, 120Hz, 100% sRGB, Pantone® Validated, adaptive sync 14-inch Non-glare Full HD (1920 x 1080) IPS-level panel, 60Hz, 100% sRGB, Pantone® Validated

Ports	Surface Book 3	2020 ROG Zephyrus G14
Image Source: Microsoft 2 x Full-size USB 3.1 Gen 2 1 x USB Type-C 3.1 Gen 2 Supports Power Delivery and DisplayPort. 2 x Surface Connect™ 1 in tablet, 1 in keyboard base, both supports charging and docking. 1 x Headset jack 1 x Full-size SDXC card reader UHS-II Performance	Image Source: ASUS Left (4) 1 x USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), DisplayPort 1.4, Power Delivery 1 x HDMI v2.0b 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone 1 x power port Right (4) 1 x USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) 2 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) 1 x lock slot

Internal Specs	Surface Book 3	2020 ROG Zephyrus G14
Processor	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™ 7 4800HS 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.90 → 4.20 GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 8MB L3 Cache, 35W AMD Ryzen™ 9 4900HS 8 cores, 16 threads, 3.30 → 4.40 GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 8MB L3 Cache, 35W
Integrated Graphics	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™ 7 4800HS AMD Radeon™ Graphics 7 Graphics Cores, 1600 MHz AMD Ryzen™ 9 4900HS AMD Radeon™ Graphics 8 Graphics Cores, 1750 MHz
Memory	Surface Book 3 13.5” 8GB 16GB 32GB 3733 MHz LPDDR4x Surface Book 3 15” 16GB 32GB 3733 MHz LPDDR4x	16GB 32GB Dual-Channel DDR4 3200MHz Memory. 1 x 8GB or 16GB Onboard Memory and 1 x SODIMM slot
Discrete Graphics	Surface Book 3 13.5” NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 with Max-Q Turning Architecture, 4GB GDDR5, 128-bit, 1020 → 1245 MHz, 1024 CUDA Cores. Surface Book 3 15” NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 Ti with Max-Q Turning Architecture, 6GB GDDR6, 192-bit, 1245 → 1425 MHz, 1536 CUDA Cores. NVIDIA® Quadro® RTX™ 3000 with Max-Q Turning Architecture, 6GB GDDR6, 192-bit, 765 → 1305 MHz, 1920 CUDA Cores, 240 Tensor Cores, 30 RT Cores, Real-time ray tracing, AI hardware acceleration, ODE, QNF,	ROG Zephyrus G14 GA401IV NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2060 6GB GDDR6 VRAM (Boost Clock: 1285MHz, 65W). ROG Zephyrus G14 GA401IU NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR6 VRAM (Boost Clock: 1435MHz, 60W).
Storage	256 GB 512 GB 1 TB 2TB PCIe SSD	512GB 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0

Connectivity	Surface Book 3	2020 ROG Zephyrus G14
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 6: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible.	Intel® Wi-Fi 6 with Gig+ performance (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	Bluetooth Wireless 5.0 technology	Bluetooth 5.0
More	Surface Book 3 15” Only: Xbox Wireless built-in	-

Battery	Surface Book 3	2020 ROG Zephyrus G14
Size	Surface Book 3 13.5” (Core i5) Total: 69Wh Clipboard: 18Wh Base: 51Wh Surface Book 3 13.5” (Core i7) Total: 75.3Wh Clipboard: 18Wh Base: 57.3Wh Surface Book 3 15” Total: 90Wh Clipboard: 23Wh Base: 67Wh	76 Wh Li-Polymer
Battery Life	Surface Book 3 13.5” Up to 15.5 hours of typical device usage Surface Book 3 15” Up to 17.5 hours of typical device usage	Up to 10.7 hours Video playback. Up to 9.5 hours Web browsing.
Power Supply	Surface Book 3 13.5” (Core i5) 65W Surface Power Supply with USB-A (5W) charging port. Surface Book 3 13.5” (Core i7) 102W Surface Power Supply with USB-A (7W) charging port. Surface Book 3 15” 127W Surface Power Supply with USB-A (7W) charging port.	180W power adaptor Support Type-C PD 3.0 up to 65W.

Software	Surface Book 3	2020 ROG Zephyrus G14
OS	For Consumer: Windows 10 Home 64-bit For Commercial: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Free upgrade to Windows 11	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro
Built-in Apps	Microsoft Office 365 30-days trial	Armoury Crate GameFirst VI GameVisual

Camera & Audio	Surface Book 3	2020 ROG Zephyrus G14
Camera	Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing) 5.0MP front-facing camera with 1080p HD video 8.0MP rear-facing autofocus camera with 1080p HD video	No Built-in camera. Support external ROG GC21 camera support 1080p@60Hz.
Audio	Dual far-field Studio Mics Front-facing stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos® Support for Windows Sonic for Headphones Support for Dolby® Atmos for Headphones	2 x 2.5W speakers with Smart AMP technology 2 x 0.7W tweeter, Array Microphones With Dolby Atmos technology

Misc	Surface Book 3	2020 ROG Zephyrus G14
Inking	Supports Surface Pen 4096 levels of pressure Tilt sensing Best in class latency Paper feel 0.1mm precision	-
Sensors	Ambient light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Gyroscope Magnetometer	-
Security	HW TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in	One-Touch Login Fingerprint on the power button. Kensington Lock Slot
In the box	Surface Book 3 Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents	-
Warranty	One-year limited hardware warranty	-
More	Supports Surface Dial Supports both on-screen and off-screen interaction.	-

Key Features	Surface Book 3	2020 ROG Zephyrus G14
At Glance	Released in 2020 3:2 3.2K 13.5” 2160p 60Hz Weight 3.38 lb 1.53 kg Up to Intel Core i7-1065G7 4C/8T, 1.30 → 3.90 GHz Geekbench 5 1,088 Single Core Geekbench 5 3,722 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 64 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz Configurable up to 32GB 3733 MHz LPDDR4X Nvidia GeForce RTX 3000 6GB GDDR6 with Max-Q	Released in 2020 16:9 14” 1440p 60Hz Weight 3.52 lb 1.60 kg Up to AMD Ryzen 9-4900HS 8C/16T, 3.30 → 4.40 GHz Geekbench 5 1,080 Single Core Geekbench 5 6,956 Multi-Core With integrated AMD Radeon™ Graphics 8 Graphics Cores, 1750 MHz Upgradable up to 32GB 3200 MHz DDR4 Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6