Microsoft Surface Screen Sizes
Current Microsoft Surface screens run from 12 to 15 inches (30.5 to 38.1 cm). Here is the screen size, resolution and pixel density of each model. The width and height of each screen come from Microsoft’s specs.
What screen size is each Microsoft Surface laptop?
Source: Microsoft’s published spec sheets, linked in the table. Screen width and height are worked out from the diagonal and resolution.
Which Microsoft Surface laptop has the biggest screen?
The Surface Laptop 7th Edition 15 in, at 15 inches (38.1 cm). Its screen has 56% more area than the Surface Pro 12-inch, the smallest in the table at 12 inches.
Sit farther away than the last column and you will not see single pixels, with 20/20 vision.
Which screen sizes does Microsoft Surface use?
Our Microsoft Surface list covers one of the nine sizes in our chart. The Surface Laptop 7th Edition 13.8 in (13.8 in) is a little smaller than its chart size. Six of these screens fall between the sizes in our chart, from 12 to 15 inches.
All seven models use a shape a little taller than 16:10. At a typical 18 in46 cm, single pixels show on two of them and stay hidden on the other five.
- 14 inch: the Surface Laptop 7th Edition 13.8 in, at 2304 × 1536.
What Microsoft Surface laptop lines are there?
Microsoft sells Surface Laptop as a clamshell and Surface Pro as a tablet with a detachable keyboard. Newer models are named by edition, such as 7th Edition, and some by rounded size, such as 13-inch. Every Surface screen here is 3:2, taller than most laptops.
Which Microsoft Surface laptop has the sharpest screen?
They split between 2196 × 1464, 1536 × 1024, 1920 × 1280, 2880 × 1920, 2304 × 1536, 2400 × 1600 and 2496 × 1664. The Surface Pro 11th Edition has the sharpest screen, at 266 PPI. The Surface Laptop Go 3 has the softest, at 149 PPI.
From 23 in58 cm away, even the softest of them hides its pixels to 20/20 vision. Of the eight brand lists on this site, Microsoft Surface comes second for average sharpness, at 202 PPI.
How big is each Microsoft Surface screen size?
Each size page shows the screen to scale, with the viewing distance and the resolution that suit it.
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The table above lists current models. Our Microsoft Surface line pages cover 21 models, old and new, with every screen size and resolution Microsoft lists for each one.
What about other laptop brands?
How we measure
Screen width and height come from the diagonal and the resolution of each model: width = diagonal × resolution width ÷ √(resolution width² + resolution height²). Pixel density is the diagonal in pixels divided by the diagonal in inches.