Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 12.4" Surface Laptop Go 2 Ice Blue 2022
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong compact (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong reliability (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average screen (10th percentile)
- Below average ram (14th percentile)
- Below average storage (19th percentile)
- Below average gpu (19th percentile)
What owners think
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 4.2 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | Intel Iris Xe Graphics |
| Type | integrated |
| VRAM Type | Shared |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| RAM Generation | LPDDR4X |
| Storage | 256 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Display
| Size | 12.4" |
| Resolution | 1536 |
| Panel | IPS |
| Refresh Rate | 60 Hz |
| Brightness | 330 nits |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 1 |
| USB Ports | 1 |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 5 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| Ethernet | 0 |
Physical
| Weight | 1.1 kg / 2.5 lbs |
| Battery | 39 Wh |
| OS | Windows 11 Home |
vs Competition
| Spec | Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 12.4" Surface Laptop Go 2 | Apple MacBook Pro M5 | Lenovo Legion Pro Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 | MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 | HP OmniBook X Flip 14-fk0033dx | Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Core i5 | Apple M5 | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 | Intel Core Ultra 7 256V |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 16 | 64 | 32 | 24 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 256 | 1024 | 2048 | 1000 | 1024 | 1024 |
| Screen | 12.4" 1536x1024 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 16" 2560x1600 | 13.3" 2880x1800 | 14" 1920x1200 | 14" 2880x1800 |
| GPU | Intel Iris Xe Graphics | Apple (10-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | Intel Arc | AMD Radeon 860M | Intel Arc |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 1.1 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 1 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| Battery (Wh) | 39 | 72 | - | - | - | 15 |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Screen | Compact | Storage | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 12.4" Surface Laptop Go 2 | 23.4 | 19 | 14.3 | 34.6 | 10.1 | 96.7 | 18.6 | 79.3 |
| Apple MacBook Pro M5 Compare | 82.7 | 19 | 54 | 88.9 | 99.2 | 70.3 | 81.8 | 96.7 |
| Lenovo Legion Pro Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 Compare | 96.8 | 92.3 | 98.7 | 99.8 | 95.2 | 6.3 | 97.7 | 79.3 |
| MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Compare | 64.9 | 65 | 82 | 82.5 | 91.1 | 95.2 | 74.3 | 59 |
| HP OmniBook X Flip 14-fk0033dx Compare | 76 | 61.6 | 84.6 | 82.5 | 73.8 | 77.9 | 69.7 | 32.4 |
| Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US Compare | 67.8 | 65 | 82 | 66.3 | 95.5 | 85.7 | 81.8 | 79.3 |
Price
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