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Surface Laptop 3 13.5” specs, features, and analysis

Here's what you need to know about 2019 Surface Laptop 3 13.5” including price, display info, CPU, RAM, storage, battery, and more.

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Availability	Surface Laptop 3 13.5”
Released	2019
Release Date	Introduced: October 2, 2019 (Microsoft October Event) Pre-ordered: October 2, 2019 Released: October 22, 2019
Pricing	Starting at 999$
Generations	2022 Surface Laptop 5 15” 2022 Surface Laptop 5 13.5” 2021 Surface Laptop 4 15” 2021 Surface Laptop 4 13.5” 2019 Surface Laptop 3 15” 2019 Surface Laptop 3 13.5” 2018 Surface Laptop 2 2017 Surface Laptop

Surface Laptop 3 13.5” Price
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 13.5" Touch-Screen Intel Core i5-8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive (PKX-00003) Matte Black (Renewed) By Microsoft $299.00 $319.00 6% OFF	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 – 13.5" Touch-Screen – Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 512GB Solid State Drive (Latest Model) – Platinum with Alcantara (Renewed) By Microsoft $406.00 $453.99 11% OFF	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 13.5 Inch Touch-Screen 256GB SSD i5 8GB with Windows 10 Pro (WiFi, 1.2GHz Quad-Core i5) Black (Metal) PKU-00022 (Renewed) By Microsoft $315.00 $339.00 7% OFF	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 13.5in Touchscreen Intel i7 16GB RAM 256GB Windows 10 (Renewed) By Microsoft $491.98	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 – 13.5" Touch-Screen – Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive – Matte Black By Microsoft $599.99 $699.99 14% OFF	See at Amazon

Exterior	Surface Laptop 3 13.5”
Dimensions	12.1” x 8.8” x 0.57” (308 mm x 223 mm x 14.5 mm) Width: 12.1” (308 mm) Depth: 8.8” (223 mm) Height: 0.57” (14.5 mm)
Weight	2.84 lb (1,288 g) Sandstone and Matte Black 2.79 lb (1,265 g) Cobalt Blue and Platinum
Colors	Metal Matte Black Sandstone Alcantara Matte Black Platinum
Keyboard and Trackpad	Keyboard: Full-size backlit keyboard with the 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.

Display	Surface Laptop 3 13.5”
Size	13.5 Inches
Info	Resolution: 2256 x 1504 (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

Ports	Surface Laptop 3 13.5”
Ports	Image Source: Microsoft 1 x Full-size USB 3.0 1 x USB Type-C 3.1 Gen 2 Supports Power Delivery and DisplayPort. 1 x Surface Connect™ Supports charging and docking station. 1 x Headset jack

Internal Specs	Surface Laptop 3 13.5”
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
Geekbench 5 Single Core Surface Laptop 3 13.5”1 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G71,00292.10% 2 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G71,088100.00% 01,088 Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Surface Laptop 3 13.5”1 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G73,69199.17% 2 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G73,722100.00% 03,722
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
Memory	8GB 16GB 3733 MHz LPDDR4X RAM
Storage	128 GB 256 GB 512 GB 1 TB Removable M.2 NVMe SSD

Connectivity	Surface Laptop 3 13.5”
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 6: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible.
Bluetooth	Bluetooth Wireless 5.0 technology

Battery	Surface Laptop 3 13.5”
Size	45.8 Wh
Battery Life	Up to 11.5 hours of typical device usage
Power Supply	60W power supply with USB-A (5W) (65W total) Supports Fast Charge (0-80% in about one hour)

Software	Surface Laptop 3 13.5”
OS	For Consumer: Windows 10 Home For Commercial: Windows 10 Pro Free upgrade to Windows 11
Built-in Apps	Microsoft Office 365 30-days trial

Camera & Audio	Surface Laptop 3 13.5”
Camera	Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing) 720p HD front-facing video camera
Audio	Dual far-field Studio Mics OmniSonic stereo speakers with Dolby® Audio™ Premium

Misc	Surface Laptop 3 13.5”
Inking	Supports Surface Pen 4096 levels of pressure Tilt sensing Best in class latency
Sensors	Ambient light sensor
Security	HW TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in
In the box	Surface Laptop 3 13.5” Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents
Warranty	One-year limited hardware warranty Commercial: Advanced Exchange warranty service with expedited device replacement
More	Supports Surface Dial Supports off-screen interaction only

Key Features	Surface Laptop 3 13.5”
At Glance	Released in Late 2019 3:2 2.2K 13.5” 1504p 60Hz Weight 2.79 lb 1.27 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 16GB 3733 MHz LPDDR4X

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Our analysis and reviews

What we like

Reasons to like about Surface Laptop 3 13.5”.

Surface Laptop 3 13.5” exceed all minimum system requirements for Windows 11.

Requirements	Surface Laptop 3 13.5”
Secure Boot	Yes
TPM 2.0	TPM 2.0
Processor	Intel Core i5-1035G7 → Intel Core i7-1065G7
4GB RAM	8GB → 16GB
64GB Drive	128GB → 2TB
2 Cores CPU	4 cores

According to Microsoft, the Surface Laptop 3 13.5” lasts up to 11.5 hours of battery life.

Up to 11.5 hours of typical device usage

Surface Laptop 3 13.5” comes with a single removable M.2 SSD slot that you can replace and upgrade in the future. Learn more

Storage Slots	Surface Laptop 3 13.5”
M.2	x1

What we don't like

Reasons not to like about Surface Laptop 3 13.5”.

The memory on Surface Laptop 3 13.5” is soldered to the motherboard, and there is no additional RAM slot for expansion. Since you can't change or add more RAM after you buy, you want to make sure you pick the configuration with the right amount of memory at the initial purchase. Learn more

Memory	Surface Laptop 3 13.5”
Slots	0 - Onboard
Type	LPDDR4X
Speed	3733 MHz

What's new

Improvements over its predecessor.

Surface Laptop 3 13.5” supports a faster memory speed than the Surface Laptop 2. It supports up to 3733MHz versus 1866MHz of system memory on the Surface Laptop 2.

Memory type and speed

Surface Laptop 3 13.5” - LPDDR4X

3,733 MHz

Surface Laptop 2 - LPDDR3

1,866 MHz