Graphics performance, which used to be the Achilles’ heel of older Surface Pros, was also quite positive. On CPU intensive benchmarks like Geekbench and Cinebench, its multi-core scores were above average. The Surface Pro 8’s performance was decent. Here’s how it stacks up against its rivals: Modelġ3-inch, PixelSense Flow, 120Hz refresh rateġ4-inch, Full-HD, non-touch (4K, as tested) Naturally, I’ll be comparing its performance against other ultraportable notebooks in its class like the recently reviewed HP Spectre x360 14, ASUS ZenBook 14X OLED, Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Carbon, and more. It uses a vapour chamber paired with three heat pipes that dissipates heat to three graphite heat spreaders.

Older Surface Pros were susceptible to heat soak and throttling and Microsoft sought to rectify this in the Surface Pro 8 by giving it a beefier cooling system. It has 16GB of memory, 256GB of storage, and Intel Iris Xe graphics. The unit I’m testing is powered by the Core i7-1185G7, one of the most powerful mobile processors in its class.

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