28 TECH ADVISOR • MAY 2020
REVIEW
sharp difference between the Surface Laptop 3 and
the Surface Pro 7. Stay focused on the real message,
though:TheSurfacePro7 outperformsallother
tabletswe’ve tested by a substantial amount.
Finally,welookatbatterylife.Wechargetofull
andthen pull the plug as we loop a 4K video, with
volumesettoabout 50 percent,untilthebattery
dies.At a design capacity of 43.2Wh, it’s a tad
smaller than the Surface Pro 6’s 45Wh battery. (Full
charge capacity on the SP7 was 46.4Wh, indicating
somevariationin themanufacturing.)Theolder
Corei5-8250Ucanrunaslowas 10 watts,whilethe
i7-1065G7 runs as low as 12 watts. Did that make
The Sky Diver benchmark shows sharp differences between
the Surface Laptop 3 and the Surface Pro 7, but there is also a
pronounced performance improvement over the older tablets
