Compare Surface Pro 8 vs Surface Duo 2 vs Surface Go 3

Connectivity

Ports
2x Thunderbolt 4 + 1x 3.5mm Headphone + 1x Surface Connect
USB-C 3.2 GEN2
1x USB-C + 1x microSD + 1x 3.5mm Audio jack + 1x Surface Connect port
Wireless Connectivity
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1 + NFC
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.0

Construction

Battery | Capacity
51.5 Wh
4449 mAh (typical) dual battery
28 Wh
Camera | Front
5.0MP front-facing camera + Windows Hello face authentication camera
12MP, f/2.0, 24 mm,1.0µm
5.0MP
Camera | Rear
10.0MP rear-facing autofocus camera
8.0MP
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
Platinum
Form Factor
Tablet with full-friction multi-position hinge to 165 degrees and kickstand
Material
Signature unibody magnesium design with hidden perimeter venting
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Magnesium body + Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Microphone
Dual far-field Studio Mics
Enhanced dual far-field Studio Mics
Speakers
2W stereo speakers
Stereo speakers
2W stereo speakers with Dolby Audio

Dimensions

Size | Depth
208 mm / 8.2 inch
5.5 mm (unfolded) / 11.0 mm (folded)
Size | Height
9.3 mm / 0.37 inch
145.2 mm
8.3 mm / 0.33"
Size | Length
245 mm / 9.65"
Size | Width
287 mm / 11.3 inch
184.5 mm (unfolded) / 92.1 mm (folded)
175 mm / 6.9"
Weight
891 g / 1.96 lbs
284 g
544 g / 1.2 lbs

Display

Aspect Ratio
3:2
3:2
Brightness
800 nits
Contrast Ratio
1500:1
Display Diagonal
13 inch
8.3 inch (unfolded) / 5.8 inch (folded)
10.5"
Display Type
PixelSense IPS
OLED, PixelSense Fuhsion displays (AMOLED)
IPS, PixelSense Display
Gamut
100% sRGB, 100% DCI-P3
Pixel Density
267 ppi
401 ppi
220 ppi
Refresh Rate
120 Hz
90 Hz
Resolution
2880 x 1920
2688 x 1892
FHD+, 1920 x 1280

Function

Bluetooth Profiles
aptX, aptX HD
GPS
GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou, QZSS
Graphics
Intel Iris Xe Graphics
Intel UHD Graphics 615
HDR
Yes
Operating System
Windows 11 Home
Android 11
Windows 11
Processor
11th-gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 or i7-1185G7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G Mobile Platform
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y or 10th-gen Intel Core i3-10100Y
SIM
Nano SIM
1x nanoSIM + 1x eSIM 5G
Security
TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security, Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in
Fingerprint
Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in, Firmware TPM 2.0
Sensor
Accelerometer + Gyroscope + Magnetometer + Ambient light sensor
Dual Accelerometer, Dual Gyroscope, Dual Magnetometer, Dual Ambient Light Sensor, Dual Proximity Sensor, Hall Sensor, Fingerprint Sensor
Ambient light sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetometer
Touch Screen
10-point multitouch
10-point multi-touch
Video Codecs
HEVC and H.264
Video Recording
4K 60 fps / FHD 60 fps / slow-mo 240 fps
FHD

Performance

Battery Life
Up to 16 hours of typical device usage
Up to 15.5 h or video playback, 28 h of talk time
Up to 11 hours
Memory | Capacity
8, 16, or 32 GB
8 GB
4 or 8 GB
Memory | Type
LPDDR4x
LPDDR5
LPDDR3
Power Supply
23 W
24 W
Storage
512 GB or 1 TB SSD / 128 or 256 GB removable SSD
128, 256, 512 GB
64 GB eMMC or 128 GB SSD

Production

Accessory
Digitizer: Surface Pen / Surface Slim Pen 2
Keyboard: Surface Go Type Cover (sold separately for $130)
Availability
2021-10-21
Debut
2021-09
2021-09

Price

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