Microsoft Surface 2023 Lineup Specs Leaked Ahead of Sept 21 Launch
Sep. 9, 2023Surface Laptop Studio 2 Expected with Intel 13th Gen CPU
Right off the bat, we will talk about one of the most exciting Surface laptops that Microsoft makes – its Surface Laptop Studio. The rumored Surface Laptop Studio 2 is expected to havenew Intel processors,and the leak specifically mentionsIntel Core i7-13800H.
This particular processor has a base TDP of 45W, and according to Intel, the maximum turbo power is 115W. The final turbo power limit of a CPU, when put inside a specific laptop, depends on what the computer manufacturer sets it to as per the cooling limitations. You can read more about the13th-Gen Raptor Lake processor lineup for laptopshere.
If we go by what Microsoft did under the hood on the predecessor PC (which has an i7-11370H), the Surface Laptop Studio 2 should boost till about ~50W. Compared to the predecessor, the rumored chip for Surface Laptop Studio 2, the i7-13800H, comes with14 total coresthat have a configuration of 6 P-Cores + 8 E-Cores. It should boost up to 5GHz, but all will depend on the upcoming Surface Laptop Studio 2′ cooling system.
In addition to this, the leak also mentioned that configurations of 16/32 GB RAM with 512 GB/1 TB storage are planned. Most probably, this is DDR5 memory which offers plenty of advancementswhen compared to DDR4. It was also mentioned that the new display will be a 14.4-inch in size with 2400×1600 resolution (3:2 format).
The new Surface Go 4 is expected to be powered by Intel processors, instead of ARM. The leak states that it’s currently unknown whether Microsoft will call the laptop Surface Go 4. However, the source suggests that an ARM processor is not planned ‘in any case’. The Surface Go 4 could come out with theIntel N200 Quad-Core processor, part of the Alder Lake N series from Intel.
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