Surface Laptop Screen Sizes

What screen size is each Surface Laptop?

Source: Microsoft spec pages and fact sheets, linked from each model name. Sharpest is the pixel density of the model's highest resolution panel.

Which screen sizes does Surface Laptop use?

Surface Laptop screens come in six sizes in this list, from 12.4 to 15 inches. The most common is 13.5 inches, offered on 4 of the 9 models. Next comes 15 inches, on 3 models.

In all, three models are sold in more than one size, so check the exact code before you buy a screen or sleeve.

• 12.4 inch: 2 models, from the Surface Laptop Go (1st Gen) (2020) to the Surface Laptop Go 3 (2023).
• 13 inch: 1 model, the Surface Laptop 13-inch (2025).
• 13.5 inch: 4 models, from the Surface Laptop (1st Gen) (2017) to the Surface Laptop 5 (2022).
• 13.8 inch: 1 model, the Surface Laptop 7th Edition (2024).
• 14.4 inch: 1 model, the Surface Laptop Studio 2 (2023).
• 15 inch: 3 models, from the Surface Laptop 3 (2019) to the Surface Laptop 7th Edition (2024).

When did Surface Laptop move to taller screens?

The first Surface Laptop here with a taller screen is the Surface Laptop (1st Gen) from 2017. Its panel is 3:2, and since then 9 of 9 models offer a screen taller than 16:9. The only model from 2025 has one.

A 16:10 screen is about 11% taller than a 16:9 screen of the same width. That shows a few more lines of a document or web page.

Which Surface Laptop has the sharpest screen?

The sharpest screen here is the 2256 × 1504 panel on the Surface Laptop (1st Gen), at 201 pixels per inch on 13.5 inches. Single pixels on it vanish from about 17 inches away, closer than most people sit to a laptop. The least sharp is 1536 × 1024 on the 12.4 inch Surface Laptop Go (1st Gen), at 149 PPI.

Single pixels on it stay visible from up to 23 inches away.

Which resolutions do Surface Laptop screens use?

Many models are sold with a choice of panels, so one model can count under several resolutions here.

• 2256 × 1504: 3:2, on 4 models, first on the Surface Laptop (1st Gen) (2017).
• 2496 × 1664: 3:2, on 3 models, first on the Surface Laptop 3 (2019).
• 1536 × 1024: 3:2, on 2 models, first on the Surface Laptop Go (1st Gen) (2020).
• 1920 × 1280: 3:2, on 1 model, first on the Surface Laptop 13-inch (2025).
• 2304 × 1536: 3:2, on 1 model, first on the Surface Laptop 7th Edition (2024).
• 2400 × 1600: 3:2, on 1 model, first on the Surface Laptop Studio 2 (2023).

Every Surface Laptop model by series

Surface Laptop

6 models, with screens from 13 to 15 inches.

• Surface Laptop (1st Gen) (2017): 13.5 inch, 2256 × 1504.
• Surface Laptop 2 (2018): 13.5 inch, 2256 × 1504.
• Surface Laptop 3 (2019): 13.5 inch or 15 inch, 2256 × 1504 or 2496 × 1664.
• Surface Laptop 5 (2022): 13.5 inch or 15 inch, 2256 × 1504 or 2496 × 1664.
• Surface Laptop 7th Edition (2024): 13.8 inch or 15 inch, 2304 × 1536 or 2496 × 1664.
• Surface Laptop 13-inch (2025): 13 inch, 1920 × 1280.

Surface Laptop Go

2 models, with all 12.4 inch screens.

• Surface Laptop Go (1st Gen) (2020): 12.4 inch, 1536 × 1024.
• Surface Laptop Go 3 (2023): 12.4 inch, 1536 × 1024.

Surface Laptop Studio

One model, with all 14.4 inch screens.

• Surface Laptop Studio 2 (2023): 14.4 inch, 2400 × 1600.

How do I tell which Surface Laptop I have?

Surface Laptop is Microsoft's clamshell line, first sold in 2017. Laptop Go is the smaller, lower cost model, and Laptop Studio has a screen that pulls forward over the keyboard. From 2024 Microsoft names each model by edition instead of a number.

Open the Surface app and choose Device info to see the exact model. The serial number is also printed on the bottom of a Surface Laptop and under the kickstand of a Surface Pro.

How big is each Surface Laptop screen size?

Each size page shows the screen to scale, with its width and height and the viewing distance that suits it.

What about other Microsoft laptops?