Surface Go 3 vs. ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300: Which is better?

Here is a side by side comparison between Surface Go 3 and ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300 specs including CPU, RAM, storage, battery, display, and more.

Surface Go 3 Pros

Reasons that Surface Go 3 is better than ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300.

About 32% lighter

Surface Go 3 weighed 1.2 pounds, 32% lighter than the 1.76 pounds ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300.

WeightSurface Go 3ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300
Pound
1.2 lbs.
1.76 lbs.
Kilogram
0.54 kg
0.80 kg

ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300 Pros

Reasons that ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300 is better than Surface Go 3.

Significantly faster CPU performance

Intel Pentium Silver N6000 inside ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300 has a 27% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i3-10100Y inside Surface Go 3.

Geekbench 5 multi-core score
ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300 - Intel Pentium Silver N6000
2,000
Surface Go 3 - Intel Core i3-10100Y
1,570
Surface Go 3 - Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
1,510
Supports faster memory

ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300 supports a faster memory speed than the Surface Go 3. It supports up to 2933MHz versus 1866MHz of system memory on the Surface Go 3.

Memory type and speed
ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300 - LPDDR4X
2,933 MHz
Surface Go 3 - LPDDR3
1,866 MHz
26% larger display

ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300 has a 13.3-inch screen size 26% larger than the 10.5-inch Surface Go 3.

Display size
ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300
13.3-inch
Surface Go 3
10.5-inch

Key Similars

Similar characteristics share between Surface Go 3 and ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300.

Supports the same maximum memory size of up to 8GB

Both laptops supports up to 8GB of system memory.

Max system memory size
Surface Go 3
8 GB
ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300
8 GB

Prices

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

Microsoft Surface Go 3 - 10.5” Price
Microsoft Surface Go 3 - 10.5" Touchscreen - Intel® Core™ i3 - 8GB Memory - 128GB SSD - Device Only - Platinum (Latest Model)
Microsoft Surface Go 3 - 10.5" Touchscreen - Intel® Core™ i3 - 8GB Memory - 128GB SSD - Device Only - Platinum (Latest Model)
By Microsoft
$525.00
$629.99 17% OFF
Microsoft Surface Go 3 - 10.5" Touchscreen - Intel® Core™ i3 - 8GB Memory - 128GB SSD - Device Only - Black (Latest Model)
Microsoft Surface Go 3 - 10.5" Touchscreen - Intel® Core™ i3 - 8GB Memory - 128GB SSD - Device Only - Black (Latest Model)
By Microsoft
$499.99
$629.99 21% OFF
Microsoft Surface Go 3 - 10.5" Touchscreen - Intel® Pentium® Gold - 4GB Memory - 64GB eMMC - Device Only - Platinum (Latest Model)
Microsoft Surface Go 3 - 10.5" Touchscreen - Intel® Pentium® Gold - 4GB Memory - 64GB eMMC - Device Only - Platinum (Latest Model)
By Microsoft
$418.00
ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300 Price
ASUS VivoBook 13 Slate OLED 2-in-1 Laptop, 13.3” FHD OLED touch Display, Intel Pentium N6000 Quad-Core CPU, 8GB RAM, 256GB PCIe® 3.0 SSD, Windows 11 Home, Black, T3300KA-DH26T
ASUS VivoBook 13 Slate OLED 2-in-1 Laptop, 13.3” FHD OLED touch Display, Intel Pentium N6000 Quad-Core CPU, 8GB RAM, 256GB PCIe® 3.0 SSD, Windows 11 Home, Black, T3300KA-DH26T
By ASUS
$479.99
ASUS VivoBook 13 Slate OLED 2-in-1 Laptop, 13.3" FHD OLED Touch Display, Intel Pentium N6000 Quad-Core CPU, 4GB RAM, 128GB eMMC, Windows 11 Home in S Mode, Black, T3300KA-DH21T
ASUS VivoBook 13 Slate OLED 2-in-1 Laptop, 13.3" FHD OLED Touch Display, Intel Pentium N6000 Quad-Core CPU, 4GB RAM, 128GB eMMC, Windows 11 Home in S Mode, Black, T3300KA-DH21T
By ASUS
$329.50
$599.99 45% OFF
ASUS 2023 Vivobook 13 Slate OLED 2-in-1 Laptop, 13.3” FHD OLED Touch Display, Intel Core™ i3-N300 CPU, 8GB RAM, 256GB UFS 2.1 Storage, Windows 11 Home in S Mode, 0°Black, T3304GA-DS34T
ASUS 2023 Vivobook 13 Slate OLED 2-in-1 Laptop, 13.3” FHD OLED Touch Display, Intel Core™ i3-N300 CPU, 8GB RAM, 256GB UFS 2.1 Storage, Windows 11 Home in S Mode, 0°Black, T3304GA-DS34T
By ASUS
$789.18

Availability

Surface Go 3ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300
Released20212021
Release Date
  • Introduced: September 22, 2021
  • Pre-ordered: September 22, 2021
  • Released: October 5, 2021
Announced on November 03, 2021
Pricing
  • $399 
    Gold 6500Y 4 GB 64 GB WiFi
  • $549
    Gold 6500Y 8 GB 128 GB WiFi
  • $629
    i3-10100Y 8 GB 128 GB WiFi
Starting at $599 
Pentium N6000 | 4GB | 128GB
Applicable Models-
  • Asus Vivobook 13 Slate OLED
  • Asus Vivobook Slate 13 OLED
Generations-

Exterior

Surface Go 3ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300
Dimensions9.65” x 6.9” x 0.33” (245 mm x 175  mm x 8.3 mm)
Width: 9.65” (245 mm)
Height: 6.9” (175 mm)
Thickness: 0.33” (8.3 mm)
12.2 x 7.48 x 0.32” (309.9 x 190.0 x 8.2 mm)
Weight
  • Surface Go 3: 1.2 lbs (544 g)
  • Surface Go 3 Keyboard: 0.55 lbs (249 g)
1.76 lbs (0.8 kg)
Colors
Platinum
Black
Keyboard and Trackpad
  • Surface Go Type Cover
    • Not included
  • Keyboard:
    • Full-size mechanical backlit keyset with 1 mm of key travel.
  • Trackpad:
    • Precision glass trackpad.
    • Trackpad size: 101 mm x 56 mm
    • Supports a five-finger multitouch gesture.
Detachable Keyboard
  • Backlit Chiclet Keyboard
  • 1.4mm Key-travel
  • 19.05mm full-size key pitch
  • 0.2 mm key-cap dish
Large Touchpad
  • Large Size: 128mm x 64mm
  • Microsoft Precision Touchpad

Display

Surface Go 3ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300
Size10.5 Inches13.3 Inches
Info
  • Resolution: 1920 x 1280 (2.45M Pixels)
  • Density: 220 PPI
  • PixelSense™ Display
  • Contrast ratio: 1500:1
  • Aspect ratio: 3:2
  • Inking: designed together with Surface Pen
  • Touch: 10 points multi-touch
  • Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
13.3” 1080p OLED Display
1920 x 1080 16:9 0.2ms response time 550nits peak brightness 100% DCI-P3 color gamut 1000000:1 contrast ratio VESA CERTIFIED Display HDR True Black 500 1.07 billion colors PANTONE Validated Glossy display 70% less harmful blue light SGS Eye Care Display 93% Screen-to-body ratio

Ports

Surface Go 3ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300
Surface Go 3 Ports
Image Source: Microsoft
Right (3)
  • 1 x USB-C
    USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), DisplayPort, Power Delivery
  • 1 x Surface Connect
    Charging, Docking
  • 1 x headphone jack
    Headphone/Microphone
Bottom (1)
  • 1 x Surface Go Type Cover Connector
Under Kickstand (1)
  • 1 x microSD card slot
ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300 Ports
Image Source: ASUS
Right (4)
  • 2 x USB-C
    USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), DisplayPort, Power Delivery
  • 1 x microSD card slot
  • 1 x headphone jack
    Headphone/Microphone
Bottom (1)
  • 1 x Keyboard Connector

Internal Specs

Surface Go 3ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300
Processor
  1. 10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold 6500Y
    2 cores, 4 threads, 1.10 → 3.40 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 5W
  2. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10100Y
    2 cores, 4 threads, 1.30 → 3.90 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 5W
  1. Intel® Pentium® Silver N6000
    4 cores, 4 threads, 1.10 → 3.30 GHz, 4MB Cache, 6W
Integrated Graphics
  1. 10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold 6500Y
    Intel® UHD Graphics 615
    23 Execution Units, 300 → 900 MHz
  2. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10100Y
    Intel® UHD Graphics 615
    24 Execution Units, 300 → 1000 MHz
  1. Intel® Pentium® Silver N6000
    Intel® UHD Graphics
    32 Execution Units, 350 → 850 MHz
Memory
4GB 8GB
1866 MHz LPDDR3 RAM
4GB 8GB
2933 Dual-channel LPDDR4x SDRAM
  • Memory Slots: Onboard memory
  • Memory Type: LPDDR4x Memory
  • Memory Speed: 2933 MHz
Storage
  • 64GB
    eMMC
  • 128GB
    SSD
  • 128GB
    eMMC
  • 256GB
    M.2 NVMe™ PCIe® 3.0 SSD

Connectivity

Surface Go 3ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300
Wi-FiWi-Fi 6: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible.Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
Dual band 2x2
BluetoothBluetooth Wireless 5.0 technologyBluetooth 5.2
MoreLTE version coming soon.-

Battery

Surface Go 3ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300
Size
  • 28Wh 
    Nominal battery capacity.
  • 26.8Wh 
    Minimum battery capacity.
50 Wh
3-cell Li-ion battery
Battery LifeUp to 11 hours of typical device usageUp to 9.5 hours of battery life
MobileMark 2018 battery test.
Power Supply24W proprietary Surface Connect power supply65W power adaptor
USB Type-C power adapter rated at 20V/3.25A. Supports fast charging by reaching 60% in just 39 minutes.

Software

Surface Go 3ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300
OSWindows 11 Home in S-mode
Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home in S Mode
Built-in Apps
  • Xbox Game Pass Ultimate one month trial
  • Microsoft 365 Family one month trial
  • WPS Office Standard Edition (With a license for 3 products)
  • Office Home and Student 2021 included
  • Microsoft 365 Personal 1-year included
    Activation required with 6-months of Windows activation date.
  • MyASUS
    System diagnosis Battery health charging Splendid Tru2Life Function key lock WiFi SmartConnect Link to MyASUS TaskFirst Live update ASUS OLED Care QC fast-charge AI Noise Canceling
  • Three-Month Membership of Adobe Creative Cloud

Camera & Audio

Surface Go 3ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300
Camera
  • Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing)
  • 5.0MP front-facing camera with 1080p Skype HD video
  • 8.0MP rear-facing autofocus camera with 1080p full HD video
  • 5.0 MP Front-facing camera.
  • 13.0 MP Rear-facing camera.
Audio
  • Enhanced dual far-field Studio Mics
  • 2W stereo speakers with Dolby® Audio™
  • SonicMaster
  • Smart Amp Technology
  • Built-in 4-way stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos.
  • Built-in array microphone
  • with Cortana support

Misc

Surface Go 3ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300
InkingSupports Microsoft Pen Protocol (MPP)
4096 levels of pressure
Tilt sensing
Best in class latency
Paper feel
magnetic storage
Supports ASUS Pen 2.0 
Included in the box
  • 4096 pressure levels
  • 266Hz sampling rate
  • USB-C charge
  • Included 4 interchangeable pen tips
    2H H HB B
Sensors
  • Ambient light sensor
  • Accelerometer
  • Gyroscope
  • Magnetometer
Fingerprint sensor integrated with Power Key
Security
  • HW TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security
  • Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in
  • Trusted Platform Module (Firmware TPM)
  • McAfee LiveSafe™ 30-day trial
  • Fingerprint sensor integrated with Power Key
In the box
  • Surface Go 3
  • Power supply
  • Quick Start Guide
  • Safety and warranty documents
  • ASUS Vivobook Slate 13 OLED
  • Power Adapter
  • Keyboard
  • Cover Stand
  • ASUS Pen 2.0 with Pen Tip
  • Stylus holder
  • Sleeve
Warranty
  • One-year limited hardware warranty
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More
  • Mechanical features: Signature unibody magnesium design with hidden perimeter venting
  • Kickstand with a full-friction multiposition hinge to 165 degrees
  • Magnetic attach for keyboard fold stability
  • Physical buttons: volumes, power
  • Casing: Magnesium
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Key Features

Surface Go 3ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300
At Glance
Released in Late
2021
3:2 FHD+
10.5”
1280p 60Hz
Weight
1.2 lb
0.54 kg
Up to
Intel Core i3-10100Y
2C/4T, 1.30 → 3.90 GHz
Geekbench 5
799
Single Core
Geekbench 5
1,570
Multi-Core
With integrated
Intel® UHD Graphics 615
24 Execution Units, 300 → 1000 MHz
Configurable up to
8GB
1866 MHz LPDDR3
Surface Go 3 Ports
Starting at
$399
Gold 6500Y, 4GB, 64GB eMMC
Supports
Surface Pen
4096 Levels, Tilt sensing, Magnetic Storage.
Up to
11 Hours
Battery Life
Built-in
IR Camera
For Face Unlock
Optional
4G LTE
Wi-Fi 6
Released in Late
2021
16:9 FHD
13.3”
OLED HDR
Weight
1.76 lb
0.80 kg
Powered By
Intel Pentium Silver N6000
4C/4T, 1.10 → 3.30 GHz
Geekbench 5
700
Single Core
Geekbench 5
2,000
Multi-Core
With integrated
Intel® UHD Graphics
32 Execution Units, 350 → 850 MHz
Configurable up to
8GB
2933 MHz LPDDR4X
ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300 Ports
Starting at
$599
4GB RAM, 128GB SSD
Included in the box
Detachable Keyboard
Full-size keyboard with large touchpad.
Included in the box
ASUS Pen 2.0
4096 Levels, 266 Hz sampling rate, USB-C Charging.
Up to
9 Hours
Battery Life
Supports
Fast Charging
60% in 39 minutes
Quad Speakers
Audio System
Supports
Dolby Atmos
Built-in
Fingerprint Sensor
On Power Button
Built-in
5MP/13MP
Front & Rear Camera
2 x USB-C
USB 3.2 Gen 2, DP, & PD
Supports
Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth 5.2

Comparison Summary

Surface Go 3 vs. ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300

Microsoft has released the Surface Go 3, a 10.5-inch machine, in late-2021. It is powered by up to a dual-core Intel Core i3-10100Y with a boost clock speed up to 3.90 GHz. The laptop has an integrated graphics option up to Intel® UHD Graphics 615 (24 Execution Units, 300 → 1000 MHz).

On the other hand, we have the 13.3-inch Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300 was introduced by ASUS around the same time in late-2021. It comes with a quad-core Intel Pentium Silver N6000 with a boost clock speed up to 3.30 GHz. It has an integrated graphics option up to Intel® UHD Graphics (32 Execution Units, 350 → 850 MHz).

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Surface Go 31
10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold 6500Y77897.37%
2
10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10100Y799100.00%
ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T33001
Intel® Pentium® Silver N600070087.61%
0799

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Surface Go 31
10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold 6500Y1,51075.50%
2
10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10100Y1,57078.50%
ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T33001
Intel® Pentium® Silver N60002,000100.00%
02,000

The Surface Go 3 has a 10.5-inch display which is considerably smaller than the 13.3-inch ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300. In addition, The Surface Go 3 weighs 1.2 lbs. about 46% lighter than the 1.76 lbs. ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300. Moreover, measured at 9.65” x 6.9” x 0.33”, the Surface Go 3 is slightly more portable than the ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300 at 12.2” x 7.48” x 0.32”.

Surface Go 3ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300

There are a toal number of 5 ports and slots available on Surface Go 3. That includes a USB-C port, a Surface Connect, a headphone jack, a Surface Go Type Cover Connector, and a microSD card slot. With that said, it has the same number of ports and slots as the ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED - T3300 including two USB-C ports, a microSD card slot, a headphone jack, and a Keyboard Connector.

Moving over to upgradability, you can't make any upgrades on both devices. All major components including memory and storage are soldered on to the motherboard. So make sure you get the specs that work best for your current and future workload.

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