Surface Laptop 4 15” vs. ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel: Full specs comparison

We thoroughly analyzed technical specifications for Surface Laptop 4 15” and ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel models, including CPU, memory, storage, battery life, display quality, and other features.

Surface Laptop 4 15” Pros

Reasons that Surface Laptop 4 15” is better than ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel.

Supports faster memory

Surface Laptop 4 15” supports a faster memory speed than the ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel. It supports up to 4267MHz versus 3200MHz of system memory on the ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel.

Memory type and speed
Surface Laptop 4 15” - LPDDR4X
4,267 MHz
ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel - DDR4
3,200 MHz
About 21% lighter

Surface Laptop 4 15” weighed 3.40 pounds, 21% lighter than the 4.30 pounds ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel.

WeightSurface Laptop 4 15”ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel
Pound
3.40 lbs.
4.30 lbs.
Kilogram
1.54 kg
1.95 kg

ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel Pros

Reasons that ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel is better than Surface Laptop 4 15”.

Much faster CPU performance

AMD Ryzen 9-5900HX inside ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel has a 57% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i7-1185G7 inside Surface Laptop 4 15”.

Geekbench 5 multi-core score
ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel - AMD Ryzen 9-5900HX
7,663
ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel - AMD Ryzen 7-5800H
7,098
Surface Laptop 4 15” - AMD Ryzen 7-4980U Microsoft Surface Edition
6,365
ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel - AMD Ryzen 5-5600H
5,476
Surface Laptop 4 15” - Intel Core i7-1185G7
4,864
Supports discrete graphics

Configurable up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 4GB GDDR6 35W TGP vs. integrated

6% larger display

ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel has a 16-inch screen size 6% larger than the 15-inch Surface Laptop 4 15”.

Display size
ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel
16-inch
Surface Laptop 4 15”
15-inch

Key Similars

Similar characteristics share between Surface Laptop 4 15” and ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel.

Supports the same maximum memory size of up to 32GB

Both laptops supports up to 32GB of system memory.

Max system memory size
Surface Laptop 4 15”
32 GB
ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel
32 GB

Prices

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

Surface Laptop 4 15” Price
Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 15” Touch-Screen – Intel Core i7 - 32GB - 1TB Solid State Drive - Matte Black
Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 15” Touch-Screen – Intel Core i7 - 32GB - 1TB Solid State Drive - Matte Black
By Microsoft
$969.99
Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 15in Touch AMD Ryzen 7 16GB RAM 512GB SSD Win 10 Pro
Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 15in Touch AMD Ryzen 7 16GB RAM 512GB SSD Win 10 Pro
By Microsoft
$599.99
Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 15" PixelSense Touchscreen Notebook, AMD Ryzen 7 4980U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, AMD Radeon Graphics, Windows 10 Pro, Platinum (5VB-00001) (Renewed)
Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 15" PixelSense Touchscreen Notebook, AMD Ryzen 7 4980U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, AMD Radeon Graphics, Windows 10 Pro, Platinum (5VB-00001) (Renewed)
By Microsoft
$429.99
ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel Price
ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X Laptop, 16” 16:10 Display, Intel Core i9-13980HX CPU, NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 4070 GPU, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Windows 11 Home, Earl Grey, K6604JI-AS99
ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X Laptop, 16” 16:10 Display, Intel Core i9-13980HX CPU, NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 4070 GPU, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Windows 11 Home, Earl Grey, K6604JI-AS99
By ASUS
$1,684.26
$2,199.99 23% OFF
ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X OLED Laptop, 16” 16:10 OLED Display, Intel Core i9-13980HX CPU, NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 4060 GPU, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Windows 11 Home, Earl Grey, K6604JV-ES94
ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X OLED Laptop, 16” 16:10 OLED Display, Intel Core i9-13980HX CPU, NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 4060 GPU, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Windows 11 Home, Earl Grey, K6604JV-ES94
By ASUS
$1,599.99
$1,799.99 11% OFF
ASUS VivoBook Pro 15X OLED Laptop, 15.6” OLED Display, Intel Core i7-12650H CPU, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Windows 11 Home, Black, K6501ZM-EB74
ASUS VivoBook Pro 15X OLED Laptop, 15.6” OLED Display, Intel Core i7-12650H CPU, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Windows 11 Home, Black, K6501ZM-EB74
By ASUS
$1,279.00

Availability

Surface Laptop 4 15”ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel
Released20212021
Release Date
  • Introduced: April 13, 2021
  • Released: April 13, 2021
Announced on September 02, 2021
Pricing
  • $1,299.99
    AMD Ryzen 7 8GB 256GB Platium Only
  • $1,499.99
    AMD Ryzen 7 8GB 512GB
  • $1,699.99
    AMD Ryzen 7 16GB 512GB
  • $1,799.99
    Intel Core i7 16GB 512GB Matte Black Only
  • $2,399.99
    Intel Core i7 32GB 1TB Matte Black Only
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Generations-

Exterior

Surface Laptop 4 15”ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel
Dimensions13.4” x 9.6” x 0.57” (339.5 mm x 244 mm x 14.69 mm)14.19 x 10.20 x 0.74 ~ 0.77” (360.5 x 259.0 x 18.9 ~ 19.5 mm)
Weight3.40 lb (1,542 g)4.30 lbs (1.95 kg)
ColorsMetal
Matte Black Platinum
Comet Grey Cool Silver
Keyboard and Trackpad
  • Keyboard:
    • Full-size backlit keyboard with a 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.
  • Full-size backlit chiclet keyboard.
    With 1.4mm key-travel.
  • Large touchpad with DialPad.
    ASUS DialPad is a virtual interface on the touchpad that puts you in full control of adjustments in compatible Adobe® creative software, so you can stay fully focused on the task at hand.

Display

Surface Laptop 4 15”ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel
Size15 Inches16 Inches
Info
  • Resolution: 2496 x 1664 (201 PPI)
  • 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
  • 16.0” WQXGA 120Hz Display
    2560 x 1600 16:10 IPS-level panel LED Backlit 120Hz refresh rate 500nits 100% DCI-P3 color gamut PANTONE Validated Anti-glare display 86% Screen-to-body ratio
  • 16.0” 4K OLED 60Hz Display
    3840 x 2400 16:10 0.2ms response time 400nits 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 86% Screen-to-body ratio

Ports

Surface Laptop 4 15”ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel
Surface Laptop 4 15” Ports
Image Source: Microsoft
  • 1 x Full-size USB 3.2. Gen 2
  • 1 x USB Type-C 3.2 Gen 2
    Supports Power Delivery and DisplayPort.
  • 1 x Surface Connect™ +
    Supports charging and docking station.
  • 1 x Headset jack
Left
  • 2 x USB-A 
    USB 2.0 (480 Mbps).
Right
  • 1 x USB-A 
    USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps).
  • 1 x Thunderbolt™️ 4
    Supports 40 Gbps transfer speed, DisplayPort, and Power Delivery
  • 1 x HDMI 1.4
  • 1 x MicroSD card reader
  • 1 x Audio jack
    3.5mm jack
  • 1 x DC-in 
    ø4.5 barrel style connector

Internal Specs

Surface Laptop 4 15”ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel
Processor
  1. AMD Ryzen™ 7 4980U Microsoft Surface® Edition
    8 cores, 16 threads, 2.00 → 4.40 GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 8MB L3 Cache, 15W
  2. 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1185G7
    4 cores, 8 threads, 3.00 → 4.80 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 28W
  1. AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600H
    6 cores, 12 threads, 3.30 → 4.20 GHz, 3MB L2 Cache, 16MB L3 Cache, 45W
  2. AMD Ryzen™ 7 5800H
    8 cores, 16 threads, 3.20 → 4.40 GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 16MB L3 Cache, 45W
  3. AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900HX
    8 cores, 16 threads, 3.30 → 4.60 GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 16MB L3 Cache, 45W
Integrated Graphics
  1. AMD Ryzen™ 7 4980U Microsoft Surface® Edition
    AMD Radeon™ Graphics
    8 Graphics Cores,
  2. 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1185G7
    Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
    96 Execution Units, 400 → 1350 MHz
  1. AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600H
    AMD Radeon™ Graphics
    7 Graphics Cores, 1800 MHz
  2. AMD Ryzen™ 7 5800H
    AMD Radeon™ Graphics
    8 Graphics Cores, 2000 MHz
  3. AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900HX
    AMD Radeon™ Graphics
    8 Graphics Cores, 2100 MHz
Memory
8GB 16GB 32GB
4266 MHz LPDDR4X RAM
8GB 16GB 32GB
3200MHz Dual-channel DDR4 SDRAM
  • Memory Slots: Onboard memory
  • Memory Type: DDR4 Memory
  • Memory Speed: 3200 MHz
Discrete Graphics-NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 3050 Laptop GPU - 4GB GDDR6
Boost up to 1700MHz at 35W (50W with Dynamic Boost), NVIDIA Max-Q technology for peak performance and efficiency.
Storage
256 GB 512 GB 1 TB
Removable M.2 NVMe SSD
512GB 1TB
M.2 NVMe™ PCIe® 3.0 SSD
  • Storage Slots: 1 x M.2 2280 slot

Connectivity

Surface Laptop 4 15”ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel
Wi-FiWi-Fi 6: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible.WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
Dual Band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi 6 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax
BluetoothBluetooth Wireless 5.0 technologyBluetooth 5.0

Battery

Surface Laptop 4 15”ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel
Size45.8 Wh96 Wh
3S2P, 6-cell Li-ion battery
Battery Life
  • Up to 17.5 hours of typical device usage
    AMD™ Ryzen™ 7 models.
  • Up to 16.5 hours of typical device usage
    Intel® Core™ i7 models.
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Power Supply
  • 60W power supply with USB-A (5W) (65W total)
  • Supports Fast Charge (0-80% in about one hour)
  • 90W power adaptor
    ø4.5 AC Adapter rated at 19V/4.74A.
  • 120W power adaptor
    ø4.5 AC Adapter rated at 20V/6A.

Software

Surface Laptop 4 15”ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel
OS
  • For Consumer: Windows 10 Home
  • For Commercial: Windows 10 Pro
Free upgrade to Windows 11
Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Pro
Built-in AppsMicrosoft Office 365 30-days trial
  • ProArt Creator Hub
  • MyASUS App Features
    AppDeals System diagnosis Battery health charging Fan Profile Splendid Tru2Life Function key lock WiFi SmartConnect TaskFirst Link to MyASUS Live update ASUS OLED Care AI Noise Canceling

Camera & Audio

Surface Laptop 4 15”ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel
Camera
  • Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing)
  • 720p HD front-facing video camera
Front-facing camera with built-in privacy shutter.
720p HD (1280x720 resolution) camera.
Audio
  • Dual far-field Studio Mics
  • OmniSonic stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos®
  • Built-in speaker with Harman/Kardon (Mainstream)
  • Built-in array microphone
    with Cortana and Alexa voice-recognition support.

Misc

Surface Laptop 4 15”ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel
InkingSupports Surface Pen
4096 levels of pressure
Tilt sensing
Best in class latency
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Sensors
  • Ambient light sensor
Fingerprint sensor integrated with Power Key
Security
  • HW TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security
  • Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in
  • Secured-Core PC
    For Surface Laptop 4 powered by AMD RyzenTM Microsoft Surface Edition
  • Windows enhanced hardware security
    For Surface Laptop 4 powered by 11th Gen Intel® Core™ processors
  • BIOS Booting User Password Protection
  • Trusted Platform Module (Firmware TPM)
  • Fingerprint sensor integrated with Power Key
In the box
  • Surface Laptop 4 15”
  • Power supply
  • Quick Start Guide
  • Safety and warranty documents
  • ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X N7600 (Intel)
  • Power Adapter
  • Wired optical mouse
  • Carry bag
Warranty
  • One-year limited hardware warranty
  • Surface for Business customers: Includes Advanced Exchange, an expedited replacement service, at no additional cost
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MoreSupports Surface Dial
Supports off-screen interaction only
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Key Features

Surface Laptop 4 15”ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X | Intel
At Glance
Released in Early
2021
3:2 2.5K
15”
1664p 60Hz
Weight
3.40 lb
1.54 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
Surface Laptop 4 15” Ports
Released in Late
2021
16:10 4K
16”
OLED HDR
Weight
4.30 lb
1.95 kg
Up to
AMD Ryzen 9-5900HX
8C/16T, 3.30 → 4.60 GHz
Geekbench 5
1,416
Single Core
Geekbench 5
7,663
Multi-Core
With integrated
AMD Radeon™ Graphics
8 Graphics Cores, 2100 MHz
Configurable up to
32GB
3200 MHz DDR4
Nvidia GeForce
RTX 3050
4GB GDDR6 35W TGP
ASUS IceCool Plus
Dual-fan cooling system
Single
Thunderbolt 4
40Gbps, DP, PD
Supports
ProArt Creator Hub
Software

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