NVIDIA GTX 1050 with 2GB video memory instead of an NVIDIA GTX 1060 with 6GB.No fan for the CPU in the tablet half of the Surface Book 2 13.Core i7 with a thermal design point (TDP) of 15W compared to more powerful 20W in the 15-inch.There is a fan in the base for the NVIDIA GTX 1050 GPU.įor storage, at least with the 1TB version, Microsoft is using a Samsung PCIe NVMe solid-state drive (SDD), which is an excellent choice for concerned about performance.Īs summarized, here is how the Surface Book 2 13 with Core i7 differs from the 15-inch variant: That matters less for running a web browser or Windows Store apps and more for CPU-intensive applications like CAD, video and photo rendering, 3D model makers, or crunching large amounts of data in Excel or engineering applications.Īlthough the Surface Book 2 15 also has the same Core i7-8650U processor it has a higher thermal-design point (TDP) at 20W versus just 15W for this 13-inch Surface Book 2.īest Microsoft Surface Book Accessories of 2017 (Image credit: Windows Central)Īs a tradeoff, however, the 13-inch model does not have any fan for the CPU in the tablet area, making it very quiet. Up until now, only more massive laptops with 45W processors were quad-core, but now Ultrabooks with 15W motherboards can get double the cores and threads. The big deal here with the Core i7 processor is it is the brand-new 8th generation version that goes from a dual-core to quad-core.

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