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Surface Laptop 4 13.5”

Here's what you need to know about 2021 Surface Laptop 4 13.5” including price, display info, CPU, RAM, storage, battery, and more.

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Our analysis and reviews

What we like

Reasons to like about Surface Laptop 4 13.5”.

Surface Laptop 4 13.5” exceed all minimum system requirements for Windows 11.

Requirements	Surface Laptop 4 13.5”
Secure Boot	Yes
TPM 2.0	TPM 2.0
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5-4680U Microsoft Surface Edition → Intel Core i7-1185G7
4GB RAM	8GB → 32GB
64GB Drive	256GB → 2TB
2 Cores CPU	4 → 6 cores

According to Microsoft, the Surface Laptop 4 13.5” lasts up to 19 hours of battery life.

Up to 19 hours of typical device usage
AMD™ Ryzen™ 5 models.
Up to 17 hours of typical device usage
Intel® Core™ i5 models.

Surface Laptop 4 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 4 13.5”
M.2	x1

What we don't like

Reasons not to like about Surface Laptop 4 13.5”.

The memory on Surface Laptop 4 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 4 13.5”
Slots	0 - Onboard
Type	LPDDR4X
Speed	4267 MHz

What's new

Improvements over its predecessor.

Intel Core i7-1185G7 inside Surface Laptop 4 13.5” has a 77% better multi-core CPU performance score than the AMD Ryzen 7-3780U Microsoft Surface Edition inside Surface Laptop 3 15”.

Geekbench 5 multi-core score

Surface Laptop 4 13.5” - AMD Ryzen 7-4980U Microsoft Surface Edition

6,365

Surface Laptop 4 13.5” - Intel Core i7-1185G7

4,864

Surface Laptop 4 13.5” - AMD Ryzen 5-4680U Microsoft Surface Edition

4,614

Surface Laptop 4 13.5” - Intel Core i5-1145G7

4,450

Surface Laptop 4 13.5” - Intel Core i5-1135G7

3,980

Surface Laptop 3 15” - Intel Core i7-1065G7

3,722

Surface Laptop 3 15” - Intel Core i5-1035G7

3,691

Surface Laptop 3 15” - AMD Ryzen 7-3780U Microsoft Surface Edition

2,741

Surface Laptop 3 15” - AMD Ryzen 5-3580U Microsoft Surface Edition

2,438

Surface Laptop 4 13.5” supports a faster memory speed than the Surface Laptop 3 15”. It supports up to 4267MHz versus 2400MHz of system memory on the Surface Laptop 3 15”.

Memory type and speed

Surface Laptop 4 13.5” - LPDDR4X

4,267 MHz

Surface Laptop 3 15” - DDR4

2,400 MHz

Surface Laptop 4 13.5” weighed 2.79 pounds, 18% lighter than the 3.40 pounds Surface Laptop 3 15”.

Weight	Surface Laptop 4 13.5”	Surface Laptop 3 15”
Pound	2.79 lbs.	3.40 lbs.
Kilogram	1.27 kg	1.54 kg

What's missing

Downsides over its predecessor.

Surface Laptop 4 13.5” has a 13.5-inch screen size 11% smaller than the 15-inch Surface Laptop 3 15”.

Display size

Surface Laptop 3 15”

15-inch

Surface Laptop 4 13.5”

13.5-inch

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Surface Laptop 4 13.5” Specs on WindowsTip website

Surface Laptop 4 13.5” Price
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13.5" Touch Screen - AMD Ryzen 5 Surface Edition - 8GB Memory - 128GB Solid State Drive with Windows 10 Home (Latest Model) – Platinum, Alcantara, 5M8-00001 By Microsoft $689.00 Was: $725.99	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13.5" Touch Screen - AMD Ryzen 5 Surface Edition - 8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive with Windows 11 (Latest Model) - Platinum By Microsoft $895.00 Was: $999.99	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13.5" Touch Screen - Intel Core i5 - 16GB - 512GB with Windows 11 (Latest Model) - Black By Microsoft $1,499.99	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13.5” Touch-Screen – Intel Core i7 - 16GB - 512GB Solid State Drive - Platinum By Microsoft $1,249.99	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 13.5” Touchscreen Laptop, AMD 6-Core Ryzen 5 4680U, AMD Radeon Vega 9, 2256 x 1504 Pixels, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, Backlit, with MTC Stylus Pen By Microsoft $829.99	See at Amazon

Specifications

Key Features	Surface Laptop 4 13.5”
At Glance	Released in Early 2021 3:2 2.2K 13.5” 1504p 60Hz Weight 2.79 lb 1.27 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

Availability	Surface Laptop 4 13.5”
Released	2021
Release Date	Introduced: April 13, 2021 Released: April 13, 2021
Pricing	$999.99 AMD Ryzen 5 8GB 256GB Platinum Only $1,199.99 AMD Ryzen 5 16GB 256GB Platinum Only $1,299.99 Intel Core i5 8GB 512GB $1,499.99 Intel Core i5 16GB 512GB $1,699.99 Intel Core i7 16GB 512GB $2,299.99 Intel Core i7 32GB 1TB Matte Black Only
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
Stores	See at Amazon

Exterior	Surface Laptop 4 13.5”
Dimensions	12.1” x 8.8” x 0.57” (308 mm x 223 mm x 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 Ice Blue Platinum
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.

Display	Surface Laptop 4 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 4 13.5”
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

Internal Specs	Surface Laptop 4 13.5”
Processor	AMD Ryzen™ 5 4680U Microsoft Surface® Edition 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.10 → 4.00 GHz, 3MB L2 Cache, 8MB L3 Cache, 15W AMD Ryzen™ 7 4980U Microsoft Surface® Edition 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.00 → 4.40 GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 8MB L3 Cache, 15W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.40 → 4.20 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 28W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1145G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.60 → 4.40 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 28W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1185G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 3.00 → 4.80 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 28W
Geekbench 5 Single Core Surface Laptop 4 13.5”1 AMD Ryzen™ 5 4680U Microsoft Surface® Edition87662.39% 2 AMD Ryzen™ 7 4980U Microsoft Surface® Edition1,09077.64% 3 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1135G71,19585.11% 4 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1145G71,31393.52% 5 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1185G71,404100.00% 01,404 Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Surface Laptop 4 13.5”1 AMD Ryzen™ 5 4680U Microsoft Surface® Edition4,61472.49% 2 AMD Ryzen™ 7 4980U Microsoft Surface® Edition6,365100.00% 3 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1135G73,98062.53% 4 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1145G74,45069.91% 5 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1185G74,86476.42% 06,365
Integrated Graphics	AMD Ryzen™ 5 4680U Microsoft Surface® Edition AMD Radeon™ Graphics 7 Graphics Cores, AMD Ryzen™ 7 4980U Microsoft Surface® Edition AMD Radeon™ Graphics 8 Graphics Cores, 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 80 Execution Units, 400 → 1300 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1145G7 Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 80 Execution Units, 400 → 1300 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1185G7 Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 96 Execution Units, 400 → 1350 MHz
Memory	8GB 16GB 32GB 4266 MHz LPDDR4X RAM
Storage	256 GB 512 GB 1 TB Removable M.2 NVMe SSD

Connectivity	Surface Laptop 4 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 4 13.5”
Size	45.8 Wh
Battery Life	Up to 19 hours of typical device usage AMD™ Ryzen™ 5 models. Up to 17 hours of typical device usage Intel® Core™ i5 models.
Power Supply	60W power supply with USB-A (5W) (65W total) Supports Fast Charge (0-80% in about one hour)

Software	Surface Laptop 4 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 4 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 Atmos®

Misc	Surface Laptop 4 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 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
In the box	Surface Laptop 4 13.5” Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents
Warranty	One-year limited hardware warranty Surface for Business customers: Includes Advanced Exchange, an expedited replacement service, at no additional cost
More	Supports Surface Dial Supports off-screen interaction only