The Go 3 feels like another "refresh" rather than a major upgrade for Windows 11, while Alder Lake seems to be the best Intel has ever made in terms of design and efficiency for this class of devices. Intel has introduced Alder Lake (12th Gen) and it seems like production is already under way and samples are available for OEMs, thus leading to the ironic situation that the Surfaces launched yesterday are running CPUs that are at the very end of their time in the limelight before being replaced. Microsoft seems to be out of sync with Intel: Surface Pro 7 "sans suffixe" arrived with 10th Gen, thus creating the need to refresh it just a few months later by introducing 7+ "for business" (to not upset customers who just bought the standard model when the new one landed suddenly). The 6500Y is a huge leap compared to the 4425Y however, the 6500Y has identical specs as the m3-8100Y! Perhaps the i3 is actually quad-core, because otherwise the extra $80 for 200MHz base and 500MHz boost is questionable value. These are not big improvements on paper unless the power consumption has gone down to let the Go 3 stay in boost longer.Ĭan you confirm with Microsoft? They list the i3 as quad-core, and that would be a big jump in performance, but I am skeptical when Intel's own specs say it's still dual-core. And GPU max freq increased from 900MHz to 1GHz. Base clock increased from 1.1GHz to 1.3Ghz, and max boost increased from 3.4GHz to 3.9GHz. It's nearly identical, they are both dual-core Amber Lake-Y. Microsoft's Surface Go 3 website lists the i3-10100y as a quad-core CPU, but Intel's Ark disagrees.
I think you need to check on that m3 -> i3 refresh to see if it's actually faster. We won't know how well the Surface Go 3 performs in practice until we get our hands on it, but all signs point to a significantly faster and smoother user experience. The issue was that Microsoft couldn't find a way to get more CPU horsepower into the 10-inch chassis, but that problem has now been solved - on paper, at least. The fact that Microsoft isn't making any significant changes to the design of the Surface Go with this latest model may disappoint some, but did the Surface Go need any changes? As my colleague Daniel Rubino noted in his Surface Go 2 review, the design of the device was already impeccable. LTE Advanced Qualcomm Snapdragon X16 LTE Modemġx USB-C, 1x Surface Connect, microSDXC card reader, 3.5mm headphone jackĢW stereo speakers with Dolby Audio Premiumĩ.65 x 6.9 x 0.33 inches (245mm x 175mm x 8.3mm)
Wi-Fi 6: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible, Bluetooth Wireless 5.0
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