
The benchmarked hardware is a prototype and no other details have been revealed about Microsoft’s next-gen rival to the M1 chip. And with the new SQ2 version of the Surface Pro X starting at 1,499 (1,549, AU2,449), that's a tough pill to. The Apple M1 fetches up to 8,000 scores in multi-core tests. Microsoft Surface Pro X review: Better battery life for the coolest Surface. This is not surprising as the Intel Tiger Lake-U lineup has been particularly lackluster when compared to rivals likes AMD and even Apple.Īt the same time, Microsoft and Qualcomm’s processor is still no match for the Apple M1, but we can clearly see noticeable improvements. We compared the benchmark results with Intel Core i7 1165G7 and the latest offering from Microsoft apparently outperforms the Intel chip in multi-score tests. It’s also worth pointing out that the device was benchmarked in the ‘Balanced’ power plan, so it’s likely that the results will be higher if the device is benchmarked again in the high-performance plan. The result is significantly higher when you compare it with Surface Pro X with SQ2 which managed to achieve a score of 806 in the single-core test and 3247 for multi-core. 13 PixelSense Edge-to-Edge Touchscreen Microsoft SQ2 Processor 16GB Memory - 256GB SSD Microsoft SQ2 Adreno 690 GPU Graphics Windows 11 Home Battery Life. The report shows that the prototype was able to fetch a score of 1005 on single-core and 5574 on multi-core.

Considering that the prototype was benchmarked in its early stage of development, it’s entirely possible that this hardware may not ship at all, but Surface Pro X with SQ3 is still on track to launch later this year.
