Compare HP Elite x2 G8 vs Surface Pro 8 vs Surface Duo 2
Variants
3K2K
WUXGA+
Connectivity
Ports
2x Thunderbolt 4 + 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen1 + 1x Audio combo
2x Thunderbolt 4 + 1x 3.5mm Headphone + 1x Surface Connect
USB-C 3.2 GEN2
Wireless Connectivity
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5 + optional Intel® XMM™ 7360 LTE-Advanced Broadband Wireless (Cat 9)
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1 + NFC
Construction
Battery | Capacity
47 Wh
51.5 Wh
4449 mAh (typical) dual battery
Camera | Front
720p HD IR camera
5.0MP front-facing camera + Windows Hello face authentication camera
12MP, f/2.0, 24 mm,1.0µm
Camera | Rear
8MP rear camera
10.0MP rear-facing autofocus camera
Camera | Rear | Telephoto
12MP, f/2.4 aperture, 51 mm, 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS and 2X optical zoom
Camera | Rear | Ultra-Wide
16MP, f/2.2 aperture, 13 mm, 1.0µm, 110o diagonal field of view with distortion correction
Camera | Rear | Wide
12MP, f/1.7 aperture, 27 mm, 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF and OIS
Colors
Graphite, Platinum
Glacier, Obsidian
Form Factor
Tablet computer
Material
Corning Gorilla Glass 5 display cover
Signature unibody magnesium design with hidden perimeter venting
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Microphone
3 multi-array digital microphones
Dual far-field Studio Mics
Speakers
Audio by Bang & Olufsen, Dual speakers
2W stereo speakers
Stereo speakers
Dimensions
Size | Depth
8.5" / 8.74" w/ Keyboard
208 mm / 8.2 inch
5.5 mm (unfolded) / 11.0 mm (folded)
Size | Height
0.35" / 0.56" w/ Keyboard
9.3 mm / 0.37 inch
145.2 mm
Size | Width
11.39"
287 mm / 11.3 inch
184.5 mm (unfolded) / 92.1 mm (folded)
Weight
1.83 lbs / 2.58 lbs w/ Keyboard
891 g / 1.96 lbs
284 g
Display
Aspect Ratio
3:2
3:2
Brightness
800 nits
Display Diagonal
13 inch
13 inch
8.3 inch (unfolded) / 5.8 inch (folded)
Display Type
IPS, edge-to-edge glass, micro-edge
PixelSense IPS
OLED, PixelSense Fuhsion displays (AMOLED)
Gamut
100% sRGB, 100% DCI-P3
Pixel Density
267 ppi
401 ppi
Refresh Rate
120 Hz
90 Hz
Resolution
FHD (1920x1080) or 4K UHD (3840x2160)
2880 x 1920
2688 x 1892
Function
Bluetooth Profiles
aptX, aptX HD
Digitizer
Optional Wacom AES 2.0 Pen with App Launch Button G3
Fast Charging
50% in 30 minutes
GPS
GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou, QZSS
Graphics
Integrated Intel Xe Graphics
Intel Iris Xe Graphics
HDR
Yes
Keyboard Backlight
Yes
Operating System
Windows 10
Windows 11 Home
Android 11
Processor
11th-gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 or i7-1165G7 Tiger Lake
11th-gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 or i7-1185G7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G Mobile Platform
SIM
Optional, 4G LTE
Nano SIM
1x nanoSIM + 1x eSIM 5G
Security
Optional Fingerprint Sensor
TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security, Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in
Fingerprint
Sensor
Accelerometer; Gyroscope; Magnetometer; Hall sensor
Accelerometer + Gyroscope + Magnetometer + Ambient light sensor
Dual Accelerometer, Dual Gyroscope, Dual Magnetometer, Dual Ambient Light Sensor, Dual Proximity Sensor, Hall Sensor, Fingerprint Sensor
Touch Screen
Multitouch-enabled
10-point multitouch
Video Codecs
HEVC and H.264
Video Recording
4K 60 fps / FHD 60 fps / slow-mo 240 fps
Performance
Battery Life
Up to 16 hours of typical device usage
Up to 15.5 h or video playback, 28 h of talk time
Memory | Capacity
8 or 16 GB soldered
8, 16, or 32 GB
8 GB
Memory | Type
LPDDR4X 4266MHz
LPDDR4x
LPDDR5
Power Supply
65 W USB Type-C
23 W
Storage
Up to 2TB PCIe NVMe TLC SSD
512 GB or 1 TB SSD / 128 or 256 GB removable SSD
128, 256, 512 GB
Production
Accessory
Keyboard: Optional HP Premium Keyboard
Digitizer: Surface Pen / Surface Slim Pen 2
Availability
2021-10-21
Debut
2021
2021-09
2021-09
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