According to previous revelations, Microsoft is developing the Surface Pro 9 two-in-one device, which is expected to be released within the year, with both Intel and ARM versions available. The source WinFuture claims to have obtained information on the Intel version of Surface Pro 9 from retailers, equipped with Intel Core i5-1235U and i7-1255U processors.
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The Intel Core i5-1235U adopts a 2 + 8 design and is equipped with two large cores up to 4.4GHz and 8 small cores up to 3.3GHz. Compared to the Surface Pro 8’s Intel Core i5-1135G7, the processor offers a 22 percent increase in single-core performance.
Moreover, the Intel Core i7-1255U also has 2+8 cores, up to 4.7 GHz for the large core and up to 3.5GHz for the small core. Compared to the Surface Pro 8’s Core i7-1185G7, single-core performance is up 12%, according to benchmarks.
It is reported that the Surface Pro 9 has 16GB of memory. Depending on the model, the onboard PCIe NVMe SSD can reach up to 1TB, and the screen display has not changed from the previous generation.
The sources also said that Microsoft is planning to launch two new color schemes for Surface Pro 9. In addition to the current regular silver and black, there will also be green named “Forest” and blue named “Sapphire”.
It is reported that the cheapest i5 + 8 GB + 256GB version of Surface Pro 9 is priced at 1300 euros, while the previous generation is 1179 euros, so if the news is true, then the new generation of Surface Pro will be more expensive.
In addition, the sources also said that Surface Laptop 5 will also launch new products equipped with the same core i5-1235U and i7-1255U processors. The 13.5-inch version is priced at 1,200 euros, and the 15-inch version is priced at 1,500 euros.
According to previous reports, the ARM version of the Surface Pro 9 will be equipped with a Snapdragon 8cx Gen3 processor, equipped with 16GB of memory, with a single-core running score of 1,005 points and a multi-core score of 5,574 points.
