What’s the same?

  • Screen maintains 3:2 aspect ratio Both retain the 3.5mm headphone jack Both use Surface Connect & Type Cover ports

What’s different?

Display

  • Surface Pro 8: 13-inch PixelSense Flow Display 2880 x 1920 resolution (267ppi), 120Hz refresh, Dolby Vision HDR support Surface Pro 8: 12.3-inch PixelSense Display 2736 x 1824 resolution (267ppi), 60Hz refresh

  • 2880 x 1920 resolution (267ppi), 120Hz refresh, Dolby Vision HDR support

  • 2736 x 1824 resolution (267ppi), 60Hz refresh

Design

  • Surface Pro 8: 287 x 208 x 9.3mm / 889g Surface Pro 7: 292 x 201 x 8.5mm  / 775g Surface Pro 8: 2x USB-C (Thunderbolt 4) Surface Pro 8: 1x USB-C, 1x USB-A

Power

  • Surface Pro 8: 11th Gen Intel Core CPU options Quad core: i5-1135G7 or i7-1185G7 Surface Pro 7: 10th Gen Intel Core CPU options Dual core: i3-1005G1 / Quad core: i5-1035G4, i7-1065G7 Surface Pro 8: 8GB RAM min / Surface Pro 7: 4GB RAM min / Both: 16GB max Surface Pro 8: Up to 16 hours battery life / Surface Pro 7: Up to 10.5 hours

  • Quad core: i5-1135G7 or i7-1185G7

  • Dual core: i3-1005G1 / Quad core: i5-1035G4, i7-1065G7

Accessories

  • Surface Pro 8 introduces ‘Signature Keyboard with Slim Pen 2’ (£249 / $279.99) Surface Pro 7 sells Type Cover and Surface Pen individually Neither includes pen or stylus in the box

Software

  • Surface Pro 8: Windows 11 Surface Pro 7: Windows 10

Conclusion

  • Surface Pro 8: from £999 / $1,099 Surface Pro 7: now from £639 / $649.99