Compare Microsoft Surface Book 3 15 vs Surface Laptop Studio vs Alienware m17 R2
Variants
i5
i7
60Hz
144Hz
Connectivity
Ports
2x USB 3.1 Gen2 + USB-C 3.1 Gen2 + 3.5mm Audio jack + 2x Surface Connect ports + SD card
2x Thunderbolt 4 + 1x 3.5mm Headphone jack + 1x Surface Connector
3x USB 3.1 Gen1 + 1x Thunderbolt 3 + 1x Alienware Graphics Amplifier + 1x RJ45 (Gigabit or 2.5Gbps) + 1x HDMI 2.0b + 1x Mini-DisplayPort 1.4 + 1x Audio out + 1x Headset
Wireless Connectivity
WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0, Xbox Wireless (15" only)
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1
WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 4.2
Construction
Battery | Capacity
58 Wh
76 Wh
Camera | Front
5.0MP with 1080p HD video
1080p FHD camera with Windows Hello
Alienware FHD (1920x1080 resolution) camera with
Camera | Rear
8.0MP autofocus camera with 1080p HD video
Colors
Platinum
Lunar Light or Dark Side of the Moon
Form Factor
Laptop Mode, Tablet Mode, View Mode, or Studio Mode
2-in-1 convertible laptop
Material
Magnesium and Aluminum
Magnesium alloy
Microphone
Dual far-field Studio Mics
Dual array integrated microphones
Speakers
Front-facing stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos
Quad Omnisonic speakers with Dolby Atmos
2.0 speakers
Dimensions
Size | Depth
251 mm / 9.87 inch
228.32 mm / 8.98"
295.5 mm / 11.63 inch
Size | Height
23 mm / 0.9 inch
18.94 mm / 0.746"
20.5 mm / 0.807 inch
Size | Width
343 mm / 13.5 inch
323.28 mm / 12.72"
399.8 mm / 15.74 inch
Weight
1905 g / 4.2 lbs
2.63 kg / 5.80 lbs
Display
Aspect Ratio
3:2
3:2
Contrast Ratio
1600:1
1500:1
Display Diagonal
15 inch
14.4"
17.3 inch
Display Type
IPS (PixelSense)
IPS
Pixel Density
260 ppi
201 ppi
Refresh Rate
120 Hz
60 Hz or 144Hz
Resolution
3240 x 2160
2400 x 1600
FHD (1920x1080)
Function
Chipset
Mobile Intel HM370 Chipset
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 6GB GDDR6 or Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q 6GB GDDR6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GDDR5, GTX 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR6, RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6, RTX 2070 Max-Q 8GB GDDR6, or RTX 2080 Max-Q 8GB GDDR6
HDR
Dolby Vision
Keyboard Backlight
Yes
Yes
Keyboard with per key RGB LED AlienFX lighting
Operating System
Windows 10
Windows 11 Home
Windows 10
Processor
10th-gen Intel Core i7-1065G7
11th-gen Intel Core i5-11300H or i7-11370H
9th-gen Intel Core i5-9300H, i7-9750H, i9-9880H, or i9-9880HK
Security
HW TPM 2.0 chip
Firmware TPM 2.0 chip, Windows Hello face sign-in
Sensor
Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetometer
Ambient light sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetometer
Touch Screen
10 point multi-touch G5
10 point multi-touch
Touchpad
Precision trackpad: 115 x 76.66 mm, glass
Performance
Battery Life
17.5 h
Key Travel
1.3 mm
1.7 mm
Memory | Capacity
Up to 32 GB
16 or 32 GB
8 or 16 GB
Memory | Type
LPDDR4x 3733MHz
LPDDR4x
DDR4 2666MHz
Power Supply
127 W
130, 180, or 240 W
Storage
Up to 2 TB PCIe SSD
Up to 2TB PCIe NVMe SSD
2x PCIe M.2 up to 4TB
Production
Accessory
Digitizer: Surface Slim Pen 2 with integrated storage for charging | Digital Dial: Surface Dial
Debut
2020-05-06
2021-09
2019 Computex
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