I gleaned from Anandatech that TDP is between 10 and 25W (usually 15W) depends on what is needed, and it shifts frequencies very fast. It's a 10th gen Intel chip and as the Surface Book 3 can detach the base from the screen, it's both a laptop and tablet. Memory usually sits around 14-18 gigs unless I'm rendering something big. I regularly run Visual Studio 2019, VS Code, Teams, Edge (new Edge, the Chromium one), Ubuntu via WSL2, Docker Desktop (the WSL2 one), Gmail and Outlook as PWAs, as well as Adobe Premiere and Audition and other parts of the Creative Suite. It bursts happily over 3.5 Ghz (see the compiling screenshot below) and in my average usage hangs out in the 2 to 1.8 range with no fan on. The Surface Book 3 is considerably more power in the same size machine. I don't know how you 13' people do it.īasically if you are a Surface Book 2 user the size and weight are the same. The display resolutions are 3000×2000 for the 13.5-inch model and 3240×2160 for the 15-inch one that I have. I have had to add a small sticker to one otherwise I'd get them confused. The new Surface Book 3 is the exact size (23mm thick as a laptop) and weight (3.38 and 4.2 lbs.) as the SB2. My daily driver has been a Surface Book 2 since 2017.

Hey they loaned me a book 3! So.I threw EVERYTHING at it.Visual Studio, Gears of War, Ubuntu/WSL2/Windows.*all at the same time* because why not? LOL (review very soon) /FmgGCBUGuR- Scott Hanselman Size and Weight I did a short video teaser on Twitter where I beat on the device with a pretty ridiculous benchmark - running Visual Studio 2019 while running Gears of War and Ubuntu under WSL and Windows Terminal. I was offered a Surface Book 3 to use as a loaner over the the last 5 weeks.

Surface book 3 review