Design and weight

  • Both: 308 x 223 x 14.5 mm Surface Laptop 5: 1272g with Alcantara finish, 1297g in metal  Surface Laptop 4: 1265g with Alcantara finish, 1288g in metal The Ice Blue colourway has been replaced by Sage for the Surface Laptop 5

Display, speakers and webcam

  • Both: 13.5-inch, 2256 x 1504, 10-point multi-touch Both: 720p webcam with Windows Hello, Omnisonic Speakers with Dolby Atmos Surface Laptop 5: Dolby Vision IQ support

Hardware

  • Surface Laptop 5: 12th Gen Intel i5-1235U or i7 1255U Surface Laptop 4: 11th Gen Intel i5 1135G7, i7 1185G7 or Ryzen 5 4680U Both: 256GB, 512GB or 1TB storage Both: 8GB, 16GB or 32GB RAM (LPDDR5X on the Laptop 5)

Connectivity and ports

  • Both: USB-C, USB-A, 3.5mm headphone socket, Surface Connect port Surface Laptop 5 supports Thunderbolt 4 and USB 4.0 over USB-C Bluetooth 5.1 on the Laptop 5, Bluetooth 5.0 on the Laptop 4

Battery life

  • Surface Laptop 5: up to 18 hours Surface Laptop 4 Intel: Up to 17 hours Surface Laptop 4 Ryzen: Up to 19 hours

Verdict