Surface Pro 7: 10th Gen Intel Core CPU options.

Surface Pro 8: 11th Gen Intel Core CPU options.

That's a step forward that we've long been requesting. The Pro 8 also supports Thunderbolt 4 speeds, which has been eternally lacking from the Surface Pro line-up prior to this release. The Pro 8 has dropped the larger-scale USB-A port, replacing it with an additional smaller-scale USB-C. The slight increase means a little more weight, by over 100g, so a touch more to the scales.Įlsewhere it's ports that are the biggest change.

Surface Pro 8: 2x USB-C (Thunderbolt 4)įrom a physical standpoint the newer Surface Pro 8 is a tiny bit larger than its predecessor - although you'd barely notice, as it's a few millimetres (or fractions thereof) here and there.

It would also appear that the Pro 8's screen is capable of a higher maximum brightness, on account of Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) support, although Microsoft's technical specification doesn't make any specific mention of this - so it's possible the two panels are equally bright, except that the newer product has the relevant Dolby licence. That will make for smoother visuals where needed, but as it's adaptive it may also aid with battery life - keeping a low refresh rate for more static, document-based content, for example. The Pro 8's screen brings other of-the-moment upgrades too: there's a variable refresh rate, at up to 120Hz, meaning it can cycle at double the frames per second compared to the Pro 7.

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