If you plan to use it for more demanding tasks then you’ll need to have the charger within reach. The battery seemed to last me through most of a day’s work, that being some typing and clicking through the web, but it won’t last much more than that. On 3DMark’s Timespy test, it scored 1,328 so the Microsoft Surface Pro 8 should cope fine with video games. That’s lower than other similarly priced PCs like the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 360 and the Huawei Matebook 14s, but it’s not that far off either. To compare it to other PCs, I ran the Geekbench 5 benchmarking test where the Microsoft Surface Pro 8 scored 1,142 in single-core and 4,133 in multi-core. With Intel Evo certification, this device sits amongst the most premium PCs out there which guarantees speedy performance and good battery life packed into a lightweight and portable body.

As a laptop, it’s not quite as impressive but it’ll still do more than enough for most. It’s certainly powerful enough for most tasks, I never had any problems with long loading times or opening up software. The model I tested out uses the 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1185G7 processor, 16GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage. Promising plenty in the way of performance, the Microsoft Surface Pro 8 packs a choice of 11th Gen Intel Core processors, paired with up to 32GB of RAM and storage up to 1TB. Microsoft Surface Pro 8 review: design and screen

Plus the rear camera has been boosted from 8MP to 10MP. Microsoft has done away with USB-A completely here and replaced it with Thunderbolt 4 which there are now two of on the frame alongside the usual Surface Connect port, 3.5mm headphone jack and Surface Type Cover port. The Microsoft Surface Pro 7 had 10th Gen Intel Core CPUs, Intel UHD or Iris Plus graphics and the RAM varied from 4GB to 16GB. The internal hardware has been upgraded too, you’ll now get an 11th Gen Intel Core CPU with Intel Iris Xe Graphics and choice between 8GB, 16GB or 32GB of RAM. It’s also a slightly higher resolution this time around with a brand new 120Hz refresh rate as well as the usual option for 60Hz. The most obvious change is the display which has increased in size from 12.3-inches to 13-inches, without too much of an impact on the dimensions of the whole device. Following on from the Microsoft Surface Pro 7, the 8th generation has had a few significant upgrades.

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