Microsoft Surface Laptop 3
Microsoft's 2019 aluminium Surface Laptop in 13.5-inch and 15-inch sizes, the first Surface Laptop with USB-C and a removable SSD. The 13.5-inch and the 15-inch for Business use 10th Gen Intel Core (Ice Lake); the consumer 15-inch uses AMD Ryzen Microsoft Surface Edition processors.
Memory
- Type
- Soldered, not upgradeable
- 13.5"
- 8 GB or 16 GB LPDDR4x
- 15" consumer (AMD)
- 8 GB or 16 GB DDR4
- 15" for Business (Intel)
- 8 GB, 16 GB or 32 GB LPDDR4x
Storage
- SSD
- 1 × removable solid-state drive
- Capacities
- 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB or 1 TB
- Removal
- Not user-removable; removable only by a skilled technician following Microsoft's instructions
- Replacement
- Replacement rSSD must be the same size as the original
Graphics
- Intel models
- Intel Iris Plus Graphics
- 15" Ryzen 5 3580U
- AMD Radeon Vega 9 Graphics Microsoft Surface Edition
- 15" Ryzen 7 3780U
- AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics Microsoft Surface Edition
- External displays
- Over USB-C, or via Surface Dock on Surface Connect
Networking
- Wi-Fi (13.5" and 15" Intel)
- Wi-Fi 6, 802.11ax compatible
- Wi-Fi (15" AMD consumer)
- Wi-Fi 5, 802.11ac compatible
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
Power
- Charging
- Surface Connect or USB-C
- In the box
- Surface power supply
- Fast charging
- Up to 80% in about one hour (business spec page)
Ports
- USB-C
- 1 × USB-C
- USB-A
- 1 × USB-A
- Audio
- 3.5 mm headphone jack
- Docking / charging
- 1 × Surface Connect port
- Layout
- USB-A, USB-C and headphone jack on the left side; Surface Connect on the right side
- Other
- Compatible with Surface Dial off-screen interaction
Display
- 13.5"
- PixelSense touchscreen, 2256×1504 (201 PPI), 3:2
- 15"
- PixelSense touchscreen, 2496×1664 (201 PPI), 3:2
- Touch / pen
- 10-point multi-touch; Surface Pen enabled
Battery
- 13.5"
- Up to 11.5 h typical device usage (tested on Core i5 / 8 GB / 256 GB)
- 15"
- Up to 11.5 h typical device usage (tested on Ryzen 5 3580U for consumer and Core i7 / 16 GB / 512 GB for business)
Physical
- 13.5" dimensions
- 308 × 223 × 14.5 mm (12.1 × 8.8 × 0.57 in)
- 15" dimensions
- 339.5 × 244 × 14.69 mm (13.4 × 9.6 × 0.57 in)
- 13.5" weight
- 1,265 g Platinum / Cobalt Blue (Alcantara); 1,288 g Sandstone / Matte Black (metal)
- 15" weight
- 1,542 g
- Case
- Aluminium; power and volume buttons on keyboard
- Colours (13.5")
- Platinum or Cobalt Blue with Alcantara palm rest; Sandstone or Matte Black with metal palm rest
- Colours (15")
- Platinum or Matte Black with metal palm rest
- Camera / audio
- Windows Hello face camera, 720p HD f2.0 front camera, dual far-field Studio Mics, Omnisonic speakers with Dolby Audio (Premium on business spec page)
- Trackpad
- Glass; 13.5" trackpad 20% larger than Surface Laptop 2
- Sensors
- Ambient light sensor
- Security
- Consumer spec: firmware TPM; business spec: TPM 2.0 chip; Windows Hello face sign-in
- Warranty
- 1-year limited hardware warranty
Management
- System SKU
- Surface_Laptop_3_1867:1868 (13.5" Intel), Surface_Laptop_3_1872 (15" Intel), Surface_Laptop_3_1873 (15" AMD)
- Firmware management
- SEMM and Windows Autopilot/Intune (business page); Intune DFCI supported on Surface Laptop 3 (Intel) only
- Driver/firmware servicing ends
- 2024-07-30
Operating systems
- Shipped with
- Windows 10 Home (consumer) or Windows 10 Pro (business)
- 13.5" Intel
- Windows 10 1809 (build 17763) and later; Windows 11 21H2 (build 22000) and later
- 15" AMD
- Windows 10 1903 (build 18362) and later; Windows 11 21H2 (build 22000) and later
- 15" Intel (Business)
- Windows 10 1809 (build 17763) and later; Windows 11 21H2 (build 22000) and later
Processors
- Intel Core i5-1035G7
- Intel Core i7-1065G7
- AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
- AMD Ryzen 7 3780U