Surface Laptop 5 13.5” vs. 2022 HP ENVY x360 13: Which is better?

Microsoft has released the Surface Laptop 5 13.5”, a 13.5-inch machine, in late-2022. It is powered by up to 10-core Intel Core i7-1265U with a boost clock speed up to 4.80 GHz. The laptop has an integrated graphics option up to Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics (96 Execution Units, → 1250 MHz).

On the other hand, we have the 13.3-inch ENVY x360 13 was introduced by HP around the same year in mid-2022. It comes with up to 10-core Intel Core i7-1250U with a boost clock speed up to 4.70 GHz. It has an integrated graphics option up to Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics (96 Execution Units, → 950 MHz).

The Surface Laptop 5 13.5” has a 13.5-inch display which is quite similar size to the 13.3-inch 2022 HP ENVY x360 13. In addition, The Surface Laptop 5 13.5” weighs 2.80 lbs. about 5% lighter than the 2.95 lbs. 2022 HP ENVY x360 13. Moreover, measured at 12.1” x 8.8” x 0.57”, the Surface Laptop 5 13.5” is slightly more portable than the 2022 HP ENVY x360 13 at 11.75” x 8.46” x 0.63”.

There are a toal number of 4 ports and slots available on Surface Laptop 5 13.5”. That includes a Thunderbolt 4 port, a USB-A port, a headphone jack, and a Surface Connect. With that said, it has two ports and slots fewer than the 2022 HP ENVY x360 13 that has two USB-A ports, a microSD card slot, a headphone jack, and two Thunderbolt 4 ports.

Moving over to upgradability, Microsoft claims that the Surface Laptop 5 13.5” supports up to 32GB 5200 MHz LPDDR5 memory. However, it has an onboard memory module that is not upgradable by the users. Fortunately, it comes with a single removable M.2 SSD slot that users can replace and upgrade in the future.

For 2022 HP ENVY x360 13, it supports up to 16GB 4267 MHz LPDDR4X memory. Like Surface Laptop 5 13.5”, it has an onboard memory module that is not upgradable by the users. Luckily, it has a single removable M.2 SSD slot that users can replace or upgrade when needed.