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browser-based benchmarks for comparison.
We ran several tests comparing various
products, mostly from Microsoft. (Skip ahead
for our tests running Windows 10 Home on a
broader suite of devices.)
From a real-world perspective, the
WebXPRT tests are meaningful, both the
current WebXPRT 3 as well as the older
WebXPRT 2015. Both perform similar tasks:
graphing data, manipulating and tagging
photos, and similar, relatively modern Web-
based activities. We have a large database of

JetStream

JavaScript performance

As in many of these benchmarks, the Surface
Laptop Go performs adequately.

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

Apple 15-inch MacBook Pro (2018) Core i9-8950HK

Apple 12-inch MacBook (Mid-2017) Intel Core m3-7Y32

Microsoft Surface Pro (2017) Core i7-7660U

Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 Core i7-1065G7

HP Pavilion x360 14 Core i5-1035G1

Microsoft Surface Book (2015) Core i7-6600U

Apple 15-inch MacBook Pro (2017) (Core i7-7820HQ)

Microsoft Surface Pro 7 (Core i7-1065G7)

Microsoft Surface Laptop Go (Core i5-1035G1)

Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 (Core i5-8250U)

Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (Ryzen 5 3580U Surface Edition)

Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (Ryzen 7 3780U Surface Edition)

Microsoft Surface Go 2(Core m3-8100Y)

Microsoft Surface Pro X(Microsoft SQ1)

274.6

323.6

225.6

258

210.2

218

200.6

200.6

173.3

194.7

159.5

164.9

139.9

144.3

Good news: the Surface Laptop Go finishes in the

upper third here.

Speedometer

Speedometer 2.0 Speedometer 1.0

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

HP Pavilion x360 14 (Core i5-1035G1)

Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (Core i7-1065G7)

Microsoft Surface Pro 7 (Core i7-1065G7)

Microsoft Surface Laptop Go (Core i5-1035G1)

Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 (Core i5-8250U)

Apple 15-inch MacBook Pro (2017) (Core i7-7820HQ)

Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (Ryzen 7 3780U Surface Edition)

Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (Ryzen 5 3580U Surface Edition)

Microsoft Surface Go 2 (Core m3-8100Y)

Microsoft Surface Pro X (Microsoft SQ1)

Apple 12-inch MacBook (Mid-2017) (Core m3-7Y32)

Apple 15-inch MacBook Pro (2018) (Core i9-8950HK)

Microsoft Surface Pro (2017) (Core i7-7660U)

Microsoft Surface Book (2015) (Core i7-6600U)

118

208.8

112

203.6

92.78

167.4

86.9

155

86.5

151.5

76.2

135.6

66.2

123.7

36.4

66.5

212.3

122

192.9

105.6

86.3

27.5

WebXPRT scores, though the developer,

Principled Technologies, has also published a

Chromebook-specific version. Unfortunately,

it requires ChromeOS to run. The Surface

Laptop Go posted a good upper-middle

score against the competition.

164.8

N/A

118.3

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107

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