Microsoft has brought the Surface Laptop Studio to Europe, including the UK. Launched last year in North America, the Surface Laptop Studio succeeds the Surface Book 3, albeit with a different form factor and a lower resolution display. Still, the Surface Laptop Studio supports a 120 Hz refresh rate, which cannot be said for the Surface Book 3.
The Surface Laptop Studio starts at £1,449 in the UK and €1,699 in the Eurozone. However, the base model lacks a dedicated GPU. Instead, the configuration relies on the Iris Xe Graphics G7 built into the onboard Core i5-11300H processor. While the Iris Xe Graphics G7 iGPU may be powerful enough for some light gaming, it only offered about a third of the GeForce RTX 3050 Ti's gaming performance in our tests.
By contrast, Microsoft charges at least £1,899 and €2,199 for the Surface Laptop Studio with a GeForce RTX 3050 Ti GPU. Undoubtedly, these are high prices for an entry-level GPU, but they are cheaper than Incidentally, GeForce RTX 3050 Ti models only come with the Core i7-11370H and a 102 W charger. Also, these configurations weigh 80 g more than the iGPU-siblings.
Microsoft will begin shipping all Surface Laptop Studio configurations on February 22. Additionally, pre-orderers will receive a complimentary Surface Slim Pen 2. Typically, the Surface Slim Pen 2 costs £119.99, for reference.
CPU | RAM | Storage | GPU | Power Supply | Battery | Weight | UK price | EUR price | |
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Config 1 | Intel Core i5-11300H | 16 GB | 256 GB | Intel Iris Xe Graphics | 65 W | 58 Wh | 1.74 kg | £1,449 | €1,699 |
Config 2 | Intel Core i5-11300H | 16 GB | 512 GB | Intel Iris Xe Graphics | 65 W | 58 Wh | 1.74 kg | £1,649 | €1,899 |
Config 3 | Intel Core i7-11370H | 16 GB | 512 GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti | 102 W | 58 Wh | 1.82 kg | £1,899 | €2,199 |
Config 4 | Intel Core i7-11370H | 32 GB | 1 TB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti | 102 W | 58 Wh | 1.82 kg | £2,479 | €2,799 |
Config 5 | Intel Core i7-11370H | 32 GB | 2 TB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti | 102 W | 58 Wh | 1.82 kg | £2,879 | €3,199 |