Surface Duo 2 vs. 2020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15: Which is better?

Here is a side by side comparison between Surface Duo 2 and 2020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 specs including CPU, RAM, storage, battery, display, and more.

Surface Duo 2 Pros

Reasons that Surface Duo 2 is better than 2020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15.

Newer manufacturing

2021 vs. 2020

About 89% lighter

Surface Duo 2 weighed 0.62 pounds, 89% lighter than the 5.29 pounds 2020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15.

WeightSurface Duo 22020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15
Pound
0.62 lbs.
5.29 lbs.
Kilogram
0.28 kg
2.40 kg

2020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 Pros

Reasons that 2020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 is better than Surface Duo 2.

Supports larger memory

The 2020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 supports a larger memory capacity than the Surface Duo 2. It supports up to 48GB versus 8GB of system memory on the Surface Duo 2.

Max system memory size
2020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15
48 GB
Surface Duo 2
8 GB
Supports discrete graphics

Configurable up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8GB GDDR6 vs. integrated

87% larger display

The 2020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 has a 15.6-inch screen size 87% larger than the 8.3-inch Surface Duo 2.

Display size
2020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15
15.6-inch
Surface Duo 2
8.3-inch

Prices

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

Surface Duo 2 Price
Microsoft Surface Duo 256GB (Unlocked) - Glacier
Microsoft Surface Duo 256GB (Unlocked) - Glacier
By Microsoft
$750.00
$1,094.99 32% OFF
Microsoft Surface Duo 128GB (Unlocked) - Glacier
Microsoft Surface Duo 128GB (Unlocked) - Glacier
By Microsoft
$629.97
Microsoft Surface Duo 128GB AT&T Locked, Glacier
Microsoft Surface Duo 128GB AT&T Locked, Glacier
By Microsoft
$349.99
2020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 Price
ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 (2022) Gaming Laptop, 16” 165Hz IPS Type WUXGA 16:10 Display, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, AMD Ryzen 7 6800H, 16GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, Windows 11, GX650RM-ES74
ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 (2022) Gaming Laptop, 16” 165Hz IPS Type WUXGA 16:10 Display, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, AMD Ryzen 7 6800H, 16GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, Windows 11, GX650RM-ES74
By ASUS
$2,009.99
$2,499.99 20% OFF
ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 (2022) Gaming Laptop, 16” 165Hz ROG Nebula HDR QHD 16:10 Display, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, Windows 11, GX650RW-XS96,Black
ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 (2022) Gaming Laptop, 16” 165Hz ROG Nebula HDR QHD 16:10 Display, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, Windows 11, GX650RW-XS96,Black
By ASUS
$2,199.00
$3,499.99 37% OFF
ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo SE 15 Gaming Laptop, 15.6” 300Hz FHD IPS Type Display, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 32GB DDR4, 1TB PCIe SSD, Per-Key RGB Keyboard, Windows 10 Pro, GX551QS-XS98
ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo SE 15 Gaming Laptop, 15.6” 300Hz FHD IPS Type Display, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 32GB DDR4, 1TB PCIe SSD, Per-Key RGB Keyboard, Windows 10 Pro, GX551QS-XS98
By ASUS
$2,199.99

Availability

Surface Duo 22020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15
Released20212020
Release Date
  • Introduced: September 22, 2021
  • Pre-ordered: September 22, 2021
  • Released: October 21, 2021
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Pricing
  • $1,499
    8GB 128 GB
  • $1,599
    8GB 256 GB
  • $1,799
    8GB 512 GB
    Obsidian only.
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Applicable Models-
  • 2020 ROG Zephyrus Duo
  • ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 (2020)
  • ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 GX550L
Generations-

Exterior

Surface Duo 22020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15
Dimensions
  • 7.26 x 5.71 x 0.21 (184.5 mm x 145.2 mm x 5.50 mm)
    Open
  • 3.62 x 5.71 x 0.43 (92.1 mm x 145.2 mm x 11.0 mm) 
    Closed
14.17” x 10.55” x 0.78” (360 x 268 x 20 mm)
Weight0.62 lbs (284 g)5.29 lbs (2.4 kg)
Colors
Obsidian Glacier
Brushed Black
Keyboard and Trackpad-
  • Backlit chiclet keyboard
  • Per-key RGB lighting 1.4mm travel distance
  • N key rollover

Display

Surface Duo 22020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15
Size8.3 Inches15.6 Inches
Info
  • Dual PixelSense™ Fusion Displays open: 8.3” AMOLED, 2688x1892
  • Single PixelSense™ Screen: 5.8” AMOLED 1344x1892 (13:9)
  • 401 PPI
  • HDR
  • Wide color 100% SRGB, DCI-P3
  • Dual displays with 90Hz adaptive refresh rate
  • 800 nits max brightness
  • Display Material: Corning® Gorilla® Glass Victus™
  • 15.6-inch, Non-glare UHD (3840 x 2160), IPS panel 60Hz, 100% Adobe RGB, Pantone® Validated, G-SYNC™ with 14.1-inch (3840 x 1100) touchscreen
  • 15.6-inch, Non-glare Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS panel 300Hz/3ms, 100% sRGB, Pantone® Validated, G-SYNC™ with 14.1-inch (3840 x 1100) touchscreen

Ports

Surface Duo 22020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15
Surface Duo 2 Ports
Image Source: Microsoft
  • 1 x USB Type-C 
    USB 3.2 Gen 2.
  • 1 x SIM card slot
2020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 Ports
Image Source: ASUS
  • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C
    Support DisplayPort™ 1.4, Thunderbolt™ 3 and Power Delivery
  • 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A
  • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type A
  • 1 x HDMI 2.0b
  • 1 x 3.5mm Microphone-in jack
  • 1 x 3.5mm Microphone-in/Headphone-out jack
  • 1 x RJ45

Internal Specs

Surface Duo 22020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15
Processor
  1. Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 888
    8 cores, 8 threads, 1.80 → 2.84 GHz, 5MB Cache, 5W
  1. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10875H
    8 cores, 16 threads, 2.30 → 5.10 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W
  2. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10980HK
    8 cores, 16 threads, 2.40 → 5.30 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W
Integrated Graphics
  1. Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 888
    Qualcomm® Adreno™ 660 GPU
  1. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10875H
    Intel® UHD Graphics 630
    24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz
  2. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10980HK
    Intel® UHD Graphics 630
    24 Execution Units, 350 → 1250 MHz
Memory8GB DRAM LPDDR5 memoryUp to 48GB DDR4 3200MHz SDRAM (16GB onboard memory)
Discrete Graphics-
ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 GX550LWS
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 SUPER™
    8GB GDDR6 VRAM (Boost Clock: 1390MHz, 90W).
ASUS ROG Zephyrus S15 GX502LXS
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2080 SUPER™
    8GB GDDR6 VRAM (Boost Clock: 1330MHz, 90W).
Storage
128GB 256GB 512GB
UFS 3.0 of internal storage
  • 1TB+1TB
    M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 with RAID 0 support
  • 512GB 1TB
    M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4

Connectivity

Surface Duo 22020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15
Wi-FiWi-Fi 6 802.11ax (2.4/5GHz)Intel® Wi-Fi 6 with Gig+ performance (802.11ax)
BluetoothBluetooth Wireless 5.1 technologyBluetooth 5.0
Ethernet-
  • Gigabit LAN
    Speed: 10/100/1000 Mbps.
More
  • NFC for payments and provisioning
  • 5G-NR NSA (mmWave): Release 15 DL 64 QAM up to 6 Gbps, 8xDL CA (800MHz), 2x2 MIMO
  • 5G-NR NSA (mmWave): Release 15 UL 64 QAM, 2xUL CA (200MHz), 2x2 MIMO
  • 5G-NR NSA (mmWave) Bands: n257, n260, n261
  • 5G-NR NSA (Sub-6): Release 15 DL 256 QAM up to 3.2 Gbps, 2xDL CA (TDD+TDD), 4x4 MIMO
  • 5G-NR NSA (Sub-6): Release 15 UL 256 QAM
  • 5G-NR NSA (Sub-6) Bands: n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n20, n25, n28, n38, n41, n66, n71, n77, n78, n79
  • Gigabit LTE - A Pro Release 15 with 4x4 MIMO and LAA
  • LTE DL Cat 20, 256 QAM up to 2Gbps, 5xDL CA
  • LTE UL Cat 13, 64 QAM Contiguous 2X ULCA
  • LTE Bands: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48, 66, 71
  • WCDMA: 1,2,5,8
  • GSM/GPRS: GSM-850, E-GSM-900, DCS-1800, PCS-1900
  • Location: GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou, QZSS
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Battery

Surface Duo 22020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15
Size
  • 4,449 mAh
    Typical dual battery capacity.
  • 4,340 mAh
    Minimum dual battery capacity.
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Battery Life
  • Up to 15.5 hours of Local Video Playback
  • Up to 28 hours of Talk Time
Up to 8.3 hours of 1080p video playback.
Power Supply23W USB-C PD charger
Supports Fast Charging.
240W power adaptor
Support Type-C PD 3.0 up to 65W.

Software

Surface Duo 22020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15
OSAndroid™ 11
3-years of software updates.
  • Windows 10 Home
  • Windows 10 Pro
Built-in Apps
  • Microsoft built-in applications:
    • Intune Company Portal
    • LinkedIn
    • Microsoft Authenticator
    • Microsoft Bing Search
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Microsoft Lens - PDF Scanner
    • Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint & More
    • Microsoft OneDrive
    • Microsoft OneNote
    • Microsoft Outlook
    • Microsoft Start
    • Microsoft Teams
    • Microsoft To Do
    • Surface
    • Tips
    • Xbox Game Pass
  • Microsoft Surface Duo 2 UI core features:
    • App Groups
    • Dual screen windowing
    • Dynamic Dock
    • Dynamic Triple-Lens Camera
    • Microsoft 365 Feed
    • Span apps automatically
    • Surface Duo Glance Bar
    • SwiftKey Adaptive Keyboard
    • Universal Search
    • Your Phone Companion - Link to Windows
  • Other preinstalled apps:
    • Calculator
    • Chrome
    • Clock
    • Contacts
    • Files
    • Gmail
    • Google Assistant
    • Google Calendar
    • Google Drive
    • Google Duo
    • Google Maps
    • Google Photos
    • Google Play Movies & TV
    • Google Play Store
    • Google Search
    • Messages
    • Phone
    • Sound recorder
    • YouTube
    • YouTube Music
Screen Xpert (with ROG theme) Armoury Crate Xsplit Gamecaster

Camera & Audio

Surface Duo 22020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15
Camera
  • Dynamic triple-lens rear-facing camera:
    • Wide 
      12MP f/1.7 aperture 27 mm 1.4µm dual pixel PDAF OIS
    • Telephoto
      12MP f/2.4 aperture 51 mm 1.0µm PDAF OIS 2X optical zoom
    • Ultra-Wide
      16MP f/2.2 aperture 13 mm 1.0µm 110o diagonal field of view with distortion correction
  • Front-facing Camera:
    12MP f/2.0 24 mm 1.0µm Dual color LED flash
  • Photos:
    • Auto mode with low-light & HDR multi-frame photo capture and dynamic range scene detection
    • Dedicated night photography mode
    • Smooth Zoom between all 3 Rear Facing Camera combined with digital super zoom up to 10x
    • Portrait mode with adjustable depth control. Portrait mode supported for wide and tele camera. Machine learning used for portrait mode
    • Panorama mode with wide dynamic range
    • Capture short video during photo capture with a long press
    • Capture photos during video recording
  • Video recording:
    • HDR Video
    • 4K video recording at 30 fps and 60 fps
    • 1080p video recording at 30 fps and 60 fps
    • Slow-motion video at 120 or 240fps
    • HEVC and H.264 video recording formats
  • Microsoft Teams and Skype video conferencing up to 1080p at 30fps
  • No Built-in camera.
  • Support external ROG GC21 camera support 1080p@60Hz.
Audio
  • Stereo speakers
  • Dual Mic AI-based noise suppression and acoustic echo cancellation optimized for productive use in all postures
  • Best-in-class Full Duplex communication for voice calls in hands-free mode, receiver, and LRA
  • Audio formats supported: 3GP, MP3, MP4, MKV, WAV, OGG, M4A, AAC, TS, AMR, FLAC, MID, MIDI, RTTL, RTX, OTA, IMY
  • Qualcomm® aptX™ Classic, HD and TWS
  • Hearing aid compatibility: M4/T3
  • Wake on Voice using Google Assistant
  • 2 x 4W speakers with Smart AMP technology
  • ESS, High-res certified
  • Array Microphone

Misc

Surface Duo 22020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15
InkingSupports all in market generations of Surface Slim Pen, Surface Pen and Surface Hub 2 Pen
4096 levels of pressure Tilt sensing Best in class latency Paper feel 0.1mm precision magnetic storage
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Sensors
  • Dual Accelerometer
  • Dual Gyroscope
  • Dual Magnetometer
  • Dual Ambient Light Sensor
  • Dual Proximity Sensor
  • Hall Sensor
  • Fingerprint Sensor
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Security
  • Biometric lock type: Fingerprint reader with enterprise-grade security
  • Lock type: Swipe, PIN, password
  • Security applications pre-loaded on the device: Microsoft Authenticator
  • Kensington lock slot
In the box
  • Surface Duo 2
  • Surface Duo 2 (Color: Glacier or Obsidian)
  • Surface Duo 2 USB-C Cable
  • Quick Start Guide
  • Warranty and Compliance Guide
  • SIM Ejector tool
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Warranty
  • One-year limited hardware warranty
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More
  • Exterior Material: Corning® Gorilla® Glass
  • Video Playback Formats:
    • MKV, MOV, MP4, H.265(HEVC), AVI, WMV, TS, 3GP, FLV, 3G2, AVI, FLV, TS/M2TS, MKV, WEBM, 3GP/MPEG-4,HEIC/HEIF,ASF/WMV, MOV
  • Wireless
    • Chromecast and Miracast support
  • Wired:
    • DisplayPort over USB-C®. Supports video out when connecting via HDMI Adapter7
    • 4K video out over USB-C when connecting via DisplayPort cable or HDMI Adaptor to an external monitor
      Wireless dependent on the TV/monitor support.
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Key Features

Surface Duo 22020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15
At Glance
Released in
2021
13:9 2.6K
8.3”
1892p 90Hz ARR
Weight
0.62 lb
0.28 kg
Powered By
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 888
8C/8T, 1.80 → 2.84 GHz
With integrated
Qualcomm® Adreno™ 660 GPU
8GB
LPDDR5 Memory
Surface Duo 2 Ports
Released in
2020
16:9 FHD 300Hz
15.6”
w/ ScreenPad
Weight
5.29 lb
2.40 kg
Up to
Intel Core i9-10980HK
8C/16T, 2.40 → 5.30 GHz
Geekbench 5
1,223
Single Core
Geekbench 5
7,013
Multi-Core
With integrated
Intel® UHD Graphics 630
24 Execution Units, 350 → 1250 MHz
Upgradable up to
48GB
3200 MHz DDR4
2020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 Ports
Nvidia GeForce
RTX 2080 SUPER
8GB GDDR6

Comparison Summary

Surface Duo 2 vs. 2020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15

Microsoft has released the Surface Duo 2, a 8.3-inch machine, in 2021. It is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 888 with a boost clock speed up to 2.84 GHz. The laptop has an integrated graphics option up to Qualcomm® Adreno™ 660 GPU ().

On the other hand, we have the 15.6-inch ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 was introduced by ASUS about a year earlier in 2020. It comes with up to an octa-core Intel Core i9-10980HK with a boost clock speed up to 5.30 GHz. It has a dedicated GPU option up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER with 8GB GDDR6.

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Surface Duo 22020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 151
10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10875H1,19297.47%
2
10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10980HK1,223100.00%
01,223

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Surface Duo 22020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 151
10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10875H6,87498.02%
2
10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10980HK7,013100.00%
07,013

The Surface Duo 2 has a 8.3-inch display which is way smaller than the 15.6-inch 2020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15. In addition, The Surface Duo 2 weighs 0.62 lbs. about 753% lighter than the 5.29 lbs. 2020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15. Moreover, measured at 7.26” x 5.71” x 0.21”, the Surface Duo 2 is much more portable than the 2020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 at 14.17” x 10.55” x 0.78”.

Surface Duo 22020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15

Moving over to upgradability, Microsoft claims that the Surface Duo 2 supports 8GB LPDDR5 memory.

For 2020 ROG Zephyrus Duo 15, it supports up to 48GB 3200 MHz DDR4 memory that you can upgrade with memory module slots on the motherboard. It also has two M.2 slots that users can easily swap or add an extra SSD to get extra space when needed.

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