Apple MacBook Pro 15 (2019) vs Microsoft Surface Book 3 13.5
Performance Scores
Metric
Apple MacBook Pro 15 (2019)
Microsoft Surface Book 3 13.5
Battery Life
59.00
62.00
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
6884.00
4531.00
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1113.00
1167.00
Connectivity
68.00
58.00
Display
54.00
61.00
GPU performance
0.00
3.00
Gaming
10.00
21.00
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
5576.00
4491.00
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1322.00
1623.00
Max. brightness
500.00
400.00
NanoReview Score
47.00
55.00
Performance
46.00
41.00
Portability
74.00
85.00
Specifications
Specification
Apple MacBook Pro 15 (2019)
Microsoft Surface Book 3 13.5
Adaptive refresh rate
-
N/A
Adobe RGB profile
-
61%
Ambient light sensor
Yes
Yes
Area
841 cm2 (130.4 inches2)
724 cm2 (112.1 inches2)
Aspect ratio
16:10
3:2
Audio chip
N/A
Intel Ice Lake-U/Y PCH-LP cAVS
Audio jack (3.5 mm)
Yes
Yes
Backlight
Yes
Yes
Base frequency
2.6 GHz
1.3 GHz
Battery type
Li-Po
Li-Po
Bluetooth
v5
v5
Bus
Custom
PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
CPU
Intel Core i7 9750HIntel Core i9 9880HIntel Core i9 9980HK
N/A
Cable length
2 meters
N/A
Channels
1x256 GB
1x256 GB
Charge power
87 W
65 / 102 W
Charging port position
Left, Right
Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery)
Yes
Yes
Clock
2400 MHz
3733 MHz
Coating
Glossy (Antireflective)
Glossy
Colors
Silver, Gray
Silver
Contrast
1650:1
1600:1
Cooling system
Active
Active
Cores
6
4
Dimensions
349.3 x 240.7 x 15.5 mm 13.75 x 9.48 x 0.61 inches
312 x 232 x 15-23 mm 12.28 x 9.13 x 0.59-0.91 inches
DisplayPort
No
No
Dolby Atmos
Yes
Yes
Ethernet (RJ45)
No
No
FLOPS
0.4 TFLOPS
3.2 TFLOPS
Fabrication process
14 nm
12 nm
Fast charging
Yes
Yes
Fingerprint
Yes
Yes
Full charging time
2:00 hr
N/A
GPU base clock
350 MHz
1380 MHz
GPU boost clock
1150 MHz
1560 MHz
HDMI
No
No
HDR support
Yes, HDR10
No
Infrared sensor
No
No
Integrated GPU
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7
Key travel
0.6 mm
1.55 mm
Keyboard type
Island
Island
L3 Cache
12 MB
8 MB
Loudness
-
~61.8 dB
Material
Aluminum
Aluminum
Max. fan speed (RPM)
6500 RPM
N/A
Memory bus
-
128 bit
Memory size
System Shared
4 GB
Memory speed
2.4 Gbps
~12 Gbps
Memory type
DDR4
GDDR6
Microphones
3
2
NVMe
Yes
Yes
Noise level (max. load)
-
33.6 dB
Number of fans
2
2
Numpad
No
No
Opening angle
135°
360°
Optical drive
No
No
PPI
221 ppi
267 ppi
Proprietary charging port
No
No
RAM
-
16GB32GB
-
8GB16GB32GB
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs)
3
32
Refresh rate
60 Hz
60 Hz
Replaceable
No
No
Resolution
2880 x 1800 pixels
3000 x 2000 pixels
Response time
-
35 ms
SD card reader
No
Yes
Screen-to-body ratio
~81.8%
~75%
Shading units (cores)
192
1024
Side bezels
8.8 mm
13.3 mm
Size
15.4 x 9.9 cm
13.5 inches
Speakers
2.0
2.0
Storage
-
256GB512GB1024GB2048GB4096GB
-
256GB512GB1024GB
Storage type
SSD (M2)
SSD (M2)
Surface
Glass
Glass
Sync technology
No
No
TGP
15 W
-
Texture mapping units (TMUs)
24
64
Threads
12
8
Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt 3
No
Total slots
N/A
1
Touchscreen
No
Yes
Transformer
No
Yes
Turbo frequency
4.5 GHz
3.9 GHz
Type
DDR4
LPDDR4X
USB Type-C
4x USB 3.1
1x USB 3.2
USB-A
No
1x USB 3.2
Upgradable
No
No
VGA
No
No
Vapor chamber
No
No
Voltage
11.4 V
N/A
Webcam
Above the display
Above the display
Webcam resolution
1280 x 720
1280 x 720
Weight
1.83 kg (4.04 lbs)
1.64 kg (3.62 lbs)
Weight of AC adapter
369 grams
-
Wi-Fi standard
v5
v6
Windows Precision
No
Yes
sRGB color space
100%
95%