Microsoft presents Surface Pro 9 with Intel or Arm soc – Tablets and Phones – New

Microsoft has announced the Surface Pro 9, a 2-in-1 available for the first time also with Arm-soc. Previously, only the Surface Pro X with Arm-soc was on sale, but Microsoft is merging that model with the numbered Pro line. Inside the Pro 9 is a modified Qualcomm Soc.

Information on SQ3-soc it is according to Windows Central a modified Qualcomm Snapdragon 8xc Gen 3 and comes with 5G support. For that 5G support, there is a nano SIM card and an e-SIM. Additionally, the SQ3 has an npu, o neural processing unitwhich should enable additional AI features on the camera and microphones to, for example, blur the background or make the voice clearer.

Of The arm version has another one a longer battery life of up to 19 hours instead of the 15.5 hours of the Intel version. This SQ3 variant can be specified with less storage and memory space than the Intel version. The SQ3 variant gets 8 or 16GB of Lpddr4x memory and 128 to 512GB of storage. The Intel version gets 128GB to 1TB of storage and 8 to 32GB of Lpddr5 memory.

Microsoft supplies the Intel-Surface Pro 9 with either a Core i5-1235U or a Core i7-1255U, both of the Alder Lake generation. The GPU is always a copy of Intel Iris Xe. The Intel version does not get an npu and thus lacks the AI ​​functions. This version will also not receive a 5G modem.

Aside from that, the two versions are basically the same. Both have a 13 “screen with a resolution of 2880×1920 pixels and an aspect ratio of 3: 2. The dynamic refresh rate goes up to 120Hz and there are two 2W speakers. The tablets support Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.1 and have a 1080p front camera and 10 megapixel sensor on the back Both models have two USB 3.2 ports, the Intel version supports Thunderbolt 4.

The two versions have the same housing and measure 287×208.3×9.4 mm. Both models also weigh around 880 grams. The Arm version is only available in platinum, the Intel version also in sapphire, forest green and graphite. The SQ3 version costs 1299 euros and is available from 8 November. The variant with Core i5 costs at least 1639 euros, the i7 version is available starting from 2189 euros.