Microsoft Surface Laptop 5
Microsoft's 2022 thin aluminium Surface Laptop in 13.5-inch and 15-inch sizes with 12th Gen Intel Core U-series (Alder Lake) processors on the Intel Evo platform, a 3:2 PixelSense touchscreen, Thunderbolt 4 and a removable SSD. Surface Laptop 5 for Business uses the Core i5-1245U / i7-1265U instead of the consumer i5-1235U / i7-1255U.
Memory
- Type
- LPDDR5x, soldered (not upgradeable)
- 13.5"
- 8 GB or 16 GB (Core i5: 8/16 GB; Core i7: 16 GB)
- 15"
- 8 GB, 16 GB or 32 GB (Core i7)
- Business spec sheet
- 8 GB, 16 GB or 32 GB LPDDR5x
Storage
- SSD
- 1 × removable solid-state drive (customer replaceable unit)
- 13.5"
- 256 GB or 512 GB
- 15"
- 256 GB, 512 GB or 1 TB
- Replacement
- Replacement rSSD must be the same size as the original
Graphics
- GPU
- Intel Iris Xe Graphics
- External displays
- Connect a monitor over the USB-C (USB4 / Thunderbolt 4) port
Networking
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6, 802.11ax compatible
- Bluetooth
- 5.1
Power
- Charging
- Surface Connect or USB-C
- In the box
- Surface power supply
Ports
- USB-C
- 1 × USB-C with USB4 / Thunderbolt 4
- USB-A
- 1 × USB-A 3.1
- Audio
- 3.5 mm headphone jack
- Docking / charging
- 1 × Surface Connect port
Display
- 13.5"
- PixelSense touchscreen, 2256×1504 (201 PPI), 3:2, 1300:1
- 15"
- PixelSense touchscreen, 2496×1664 (201 PPI), 3:2, 1300:1
- Brightness
- 400 nits maximum (typical), 5 nits minimum
- Colour
- sRGB and Vivid profiles; individually colour-calibrated; Dolby Vision IQ
- Glass
- Gorilla Glass 3 (13.5" Alcantara) / Gorilla Glass 5 (metal palm rest models and all 15")
- Touch / pen
- 10-point multi-touch; designed for Surface Pen, Microsoft Pen Protocol (MPP)
Battery
- Capacity
- 47.4 Wh nominal, 45.8 Wh minimum (Microsoft lists one figure, not broken out by size)
- 13.5"
- Up to 18 h typical device usage (tested on Core i5 / 8 GB / 256 GB)
- 15"
- Up to 17 h typical device usage (tested on Core i7 / 8 GB / 256 GB)
Physical
- 13.5" dimensions
- 308 × 223 × 14.5 mm (12.1 × 8.8 × 0.57 in)
- 15" dimensions
- 340 × 244 × 14.7 mm (13.4 × 9.6 × 0.58 in)
- 13.5" weight
- 1,272 g Alcantara (fabric); 1,297 g metal
- 15" weight
- 1,545 g (consumer spec page); 1,560 g (business spec page)
- Case
- Aluminium; power and volume buttons on keyboard
- Colours (13.5")
- Platinum with Alcantara palm rest; Matte Black, Sage or Sandstone with metal palm rest
- Colours (15")
- Platinum or Matte Black with metal palm rest
- Keyboard
- Backlit, moving keys, full row of F1-F12, media and brightness keys
- Camera / audio
- Windows Hello face camera, 720p HD front camera, dual far-field Studio Mics, Omnisonic speakers with Dolby Atmos
- Sensors
- Ambient light sensor
- Security
- TPM 2.0 (BitLocker), Windows Hello face sign-in; business models are Windows 11 Secured-core PCs
- Sustainability
- ENERGY STAR; EPEAT Gold registered (US and Canada)
- Warranty
- 1-year limited hardware warranty
- Replaceable parts
- SSD, display (AB cover), keyboard (C cover), battery + bucket, motherboard, charging port (Surflink), thermal module, feet
Management
- System SKU
- Surface_Laptop_5_1950:1951 (13.5" consumer), Surface_Laptop_5_for_Business_1950:1951 (13.5" commercial), Surface_Laptop_5_1979 (15" consumer), Surface_Laptop_5_for_Business_1979 (15" commercial)
- Firmware management
- Intune DFCI supported (commercial SKUs)
- Driver/firmware servicing ends
- 2028-10-25
Operating systems
- Shipped with
- Windows 11 Home (consumer) or Windows 11 Pro (business)
- Supported
- Windows 10 version 21H2 (build 19044) and later; Windows 11 version 22H2 (build 22621) and later
Processors
- Intel Core i5-1235U
- Intel Core i7-1255U
- Intel Core i5-1245U
- Intel Core i7-1265U