Microsoft Surface Laptop has its fans. It’s thin, it’s fast, and it works. The latest version of this laptop is equipped with a new generation of Qualcomm’s ARM-based Snapdragon Elite chips on Windows PC. But Microsoft may have a surprise in store for anyone hoping for an Intel x86 Lunar Lake chip that can push the limits of performance and battery life without sacrificing software compatibility.
Microsoft Surface laptop…appears on Chinese website goo fish It’s powered by Intel’s Lunar Lake chips, which are made for ultra-compact notebooks. Redditors and Windows Central were the first to pick up on the leak, but the entry has since been deleted, so Gizmodo can’t independently confirm it. Based on anonymous sources. windows central Microsoft said it is testing Lunark Lake Surface Laptops. If anonymous sources are to be believed, these new models could arrive as early as 2025.
We don’t know if Microsoft will simply repeat the Surface Laptop 7 or launch a new Surface Laptop 8, but we’re far more interested in how this particular Surface ended up with an Intel Core Ultra 7 268V. there is. This is a significant improvement over many of the first sub-16-inch laptops with Lunar Lake. ASUS Zenbook S14, It had a Core Ultra 7 256V or 258V, but it hasn’t been released yet. Acer Swift 16 AI It should have Core Ultra 9 288V.
If Microsoft is considering releasing the next generation Surface Laptop, it will be at the top of its class. The 268V features 4 cores and 4 threads, as well as an Arc 140V GPU with a 5.0 clock speed and the second highest frequency in the Ultra 2 lineup. It has the same memory as the top-end Core Ultra 9 288V, but the base TDP is not nearly the same.
A specific listing on Goofish states that this alleged Surface Laptop costs RMB 19,000, or $2,600. The specs are interesting, but the price should be taken with a grain of salt. It had 32 GB of RAM and 1 TB of storage, making it one of the top-end configurations. The current 13.8-inch Surface Laptop 7 with Snapdragon Elite CPU, 32 GB RAM, and 1 TB SSD starts at $2,000, and the 15-inch version costs $2,100.
Previous versions of the Surface Laptop, powered by first-generation Meteor Lake chips, were only available in the company’s business line. Business laptops are typically more expensive than consumer devices, so there could be a reason why the prices listed on Goofish were so high.
While we at Gizmodo weren’t too thrilled with the Surface Pro 11’s form factor and battery life, the Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite chip is no joke. It easily outperforms Meteor Lake and Apple M3 chips in several benchmarks in multi-core settings. Intel’s Arrow Lake chips wanted to prove that ARM isn’t the future, but we’re still waiting for top-end chips in real laptops to prove the point.
