Surface Laptop 3
Details about Microsoft’s upcoming Surface Laptop 3 successor have been making the rounds for a while now. The device is expected to be announced in April and is said to offer Intel and AMD SKUs on both the 13.5-inch and 15-inch models, a departure from the Laptop 3 that came with AMD’s processors only on the larger model. While rumors suggest that the devices will ship with Intel’s 11th-gen Tiger Lake chips, there has been uncertainty about which generation of chips will the AMD models be powered by.
Today, a report citing information from retailers lists the possible specs of the Laptop 4, hinting at the processor options that the Redmond firm’s clamshell will offer. The specs suggest that while the Intel versions will be – unsurprisingly – powered by Tiger Lake Core i5 and Core i7 chips, the AMD parts might be 4000-series Ryzen chips based on the Zen 2 architecture. This means that the firm will not be opting for the latest Zen 3-based Ryzen 5000 mob
New Surface Laptop 4 leak points to Microsoft using custom Renoir APUs with more powerful GPUs
The next Surface Laptop should arrive in April with some potent processor upgrades for the series. (Image source: WalkingCat)
It is no secret that Microsoft is planning to release the Surface Laptop 4, and two new Geekbench listings have underlined this. The next Surface Laptop should be available with six or eight-core Ryzen APUs that support SMT. Chances are there that they will be Renoir APUs, but GPU details suggest that they will be Microsoft Surface Edition SKUs.
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Another Surface Laptop 4 configuration has appeared on Geekbench, two months ahead of the device s expected release. Last year, a photo published by the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) effectively confirmed that the next Surface Laptop would retain the current model s design. However, these latest Geekbenchlistings add to evidence that Microsof