When you’re paying over $2,000 for a laptop you’re hardly going to be pinching the pennies, but it’s still a hefty cost to bear. There’s a massive gulf in class between these two processors, but with great performance comes great expense. The i9-equipped MacBook Pro 15 is $500 pricier than the i7 Surface Book 2 when kitted out with identical memory and storage. Opting for that high-end i9 processor makes the MacBook Pro noticeably more expensive than the Surface Book 2. Although we haven’t been able to test this in the latest model yet, the fact that it’s a six-core chip should still give it the edge over the Surface Book 2’s quad-core i7 processor.īut let’s be fair. The MacBook Pro 15 doesn’t come with the i9 by default instead, you’ll get an i7. Things like video processing will benefit hugely from its i9 processor. What does that mean, in practice? Although the two devices are fairly close in terms of single-core performance, the MacBook Pro blasts the Surface Book 2 out of the water when it comes to multi-core workloads. The Surface Book 2’s 8th-generation processor hits 4,547 in single-core performance, and 13,900 in multi-core performance. According to Geekbench, the MacBook Pro 15’s processor earns a score of 5,423 in single-core performance and 29,708 in multi-core performance. We reviewed the MacBook Pro 15 with Intel’s 9th-generation i9 chip inside.
Looking at processor performance, the MacBook Pro 15 actually has a leg up on the Surface Book 2. The MacBook Pro 15 offers an excellent desktop and laptop user experience, but you can’t exactly pop its screen off and read a book while lying in bed. Lying on a couch, or sitting at desk, the Surface Book 2 is designed to fit your needs.
This versatility means the Surface Book 2 works how you want it to. When used as such it offers full support for the Surface Pen and Surface Dial. The display detaches from the base to become a fully featured Surface tablet. The Surface Book 2 has a trick up its sleeve, though.
Both devices feature strong, stable hinges, and killer build quality. There’s no give, no flex, nothing moves when it shouldn’t. The Surface Book 2, on the other hand, looks like something from the future.īoth devices feel solid and sturdy, like they were machined from a single solid piece of aluminum - or in the Surface Book’s case, magnesium. The MacBook Pro exemplifies a slimmed down streamlined elegance, an artistic refinement of the traditional laptop. Sitting on a table, closed, both laptops are striking. Up to eighth-generation Intel Core i7-8650Uġ5.4-inch LED-backlit display with IPS technologyġ5-inch LED-backlit display with IPS technologyĢx USB-A ports, 1 USB-C port, 3.5mm headphone jack, 2x Surface Connect ports, SDXC card readerĥ.0MP 1080p front-facing camera, 8.0MP 1080p rear-facing autofocus camera
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