Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 15 vs MSI Sword 15
Performance Scores
Metric
Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 15
MSI Sword 15
Battery Life
57.00
53.00
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
5657.00
9462.00
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1432.00
1495.00
Connectivity
58.00
60.00
Display
47.00
34.00
GPU performance
2.00
6.00
Gaming
17.00
30.00
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
5690.00
7108.00
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1862.00
2021.00
Max. brightness
380.00
350.00
NanoReview Score
50.00
40.00
Performance
47.00
54.00
Portability
78.00
59.00
Specifications
Specification
Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 15
MSI Sword 15
Adaptive refresh rate
N/A
-
Adobe RGB profile
62%
N/A
Ambient light sensor
Yes
No
Area
828 cm2 (128.5 inches2)
930 cm2 (144.1 inches2)
Aspect ratio
3:2
16:9
Audio chip
-
N/A
Audio jack (3.5 mm)
Yes
Yes
Backlight
Yes
Yes
Base frequency
1.2-3.0 GHz
2.2-2.7 GHz
Battery
47.4 Wh
-
53.5 Wh90 Wh
Battery type
Li-Po
Li-Po
Bluetooth
v5
v5.2
Bus
PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
Cable length
-
N/A
Channels
1x256 GB
1x512 GB
Charge power
65 W
150 / 180 W
Charging port position
Left, Right
Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery)
Yes
No
Clock
4266 MHz
3200 MHz
Coating
Glossy
Matte
Colors
Black, Gold, Gray, Blue
White
Contrast
1558:1
N/A
Cooling system
Active
Active
Cores
4
6
DCI-P3 color gamut
65.1%
N/A
Dimensions
339.5 x 244 x 14.7 mm 13.37 x 9.61 x 0.58 inches
359 x 259 x 24.9 mm 14.13 x 10.2 x 0.98 inches
Display
2496 x 1664
-
1920 x 1080 (60Hz)1920 x 1080 (144Hz)
DisplayPort
No
No
Dolby Atmos
Yes
No
Ethernet (RJ45)
No
Yes
FLOPS
2.1 TFLOPS
6.1 TFLOPS
Fabrication process
10 nm
8 nm
Fast charging
Yes
Yes
Fingerprint
No
No
Full charging time
2:20 hr
N/A
GPU
N/A
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile 4GBGeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 4GBGeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 6GBGeForce RTX 3070 Mobile 8GB
GPU base clock
300 MHz
1237 MHz
GPU boost clock
1350 MHz
1500 MHz
HDMI
No
1x HDMI 2.0
HDR support
Yes, HDR10
No
Infrared sensor
Yes
No
Integrated GPU
Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (16 EU)
Key travel
1.3 mm
N/A
Keyboard type
Island
Island
L3 Cache
12 MB
12 MB
Liquid metal
-
-
Loudness
~78.7 dB
-
Material
Aluminum
Plastic
Max. ram size
-
64 GB
Memory bus
N/A
128 bit
Memory size
System Shared
4 GB
Memory speed
4.27 Gbps
12 Gbps
Memory type
LPDDR4X
GDDR6
Microphones
2
2
NVMe
Yes
Yes
Noise level (max. load)
40 dB
-
Number of fans
2
2
Numpad
No
Yes
Nvidia Optimus
N/A
Yes
Opening angle
-
N/A
Optical drive
No
No
PPI
200 ppi
141 ppi
Power
-
2x2W
Proprietary charging port
Yes
Yes
RAM
-
8GB16GB32GB
-
8GB16GB32GB64GB
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs)
24
40
Refresh rate
60 Hz
60 Hz
Replaceable
No
No
Resolution
2496 x 1664 pixels
1920 x 1080 pixels
Response time
45 ms
N/A
SD card reader
No
No
Screen-to-body ratio
~80.9%
~72.2%
Shading units (cores)
768
2048
Side bezels
11.3 mm
6.8 mm
Size
-
15.6 inches
Speakers
2.0
2.0
Storage
-
256GB512GB1024GB
-
512GB1024GB
Storage type
SSD (M2)
SSD (M2)
Surface
Glass
Plastic
Sync technology
No
-
TGP
15 W
60 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs)
48
64
Threads
8
12
Thunderbolt
No
No
Total slots
1
2
Touchscreen
Yes
No
Transformer
No
No
Turbo frequency
4.8 GHz
4.5 GHz
Type
LPDDR4X
DDR4
USB Type-C
1x USB 3.2
1x USB 3.2
USB-A
1x USB 3.2
3x USB 3.2
Upgradable
Yes
Yes
VGA
No
No
Vapor chamber
No
No
Voltage
-
N/A
Webcam
Above the display
Above the display
Webcam resolution
1280 x 720
1280 x 720
Weight
1.54 kg (3.4 lbs)
2.25 kg (4.96 lbs)
Weight of AC adapter
306 grams
-
Wi-Fi standard
v6
v6
Windows Precision
Yes
Yes
sRGB color space
97.7%
N/A