Surface Pro Screen Sizes
This list covers 12 Surface Pro models from 2013 to 2025, with screens from 10.6 to 13 inches. Each size and resolution is copied from Microsoft's own spec sheet for that model, linked in the table.
What screen size is each Surface Pro?
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 Pro use?
Surface Pro screens come in four sizes in this list, from 10.6 to 13 inches. The most common is 13 inches, offered on 5 of the 12 models. Next comes 12.3 inches, on 4 models.
- 10.6 inch: 1 model, the Surface Pro 2 (2013).
- 12 inch: 2 models, from the Surface Pro 3 (2014) to the Surface Pro 12-inch (2025).
- 12.3 inch: 4 models, from the Surface Pro 4 (2015) to the Surface Pro 7 (2019).
- 13 inch: 5 models, from the Surface Pro X (2019) to the Surface Pro 11th Edition (2024).
When did Surface Pro move to taller screens?
The first Surface Pro here with a taller screen is the Surface Pro 3 from 2014. Its panel is 3:2, and since then 11 of 11 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 Pro has the sharpest screen?
The sharpest screen here is the 2736 × 1824 panel on the Surface Pro 4, at 267 pixels per inch on 12.3 inches. Single pixels on it vanish from about 13 inches away, closer than most people sit to a laptop. The least sharp is 1920 × 1080 on the 10.6 inch Surface Pro 2, at 208 PPI.
Single pixels on it stay visible from up to 17 inches away.
Which resolutions do Surface Pro screens use?
Many models are sold with a choice of panels, so one model can count under several resolutions here.
- 2880 × 1920: 3:2, on 5 models, first on the Surface Pro X (2019).
- 2736 × 1824: 3:2, on 4 models, first on the Surface Pro 4 (2015).
- 1920 × 1080: 16:9, on 1 model, first on the Surface Pro 2 (2013).
- 2160 × 1440: 3:2, on 1 model, first on the Surface Pro 3 (2014).
- 2196 × 1464: 3:2, on 1 model, first on the Surface Pro 12-inch (2025).
Every Surface Pro model by series
Surface Pro
11 models, with screens from 10.6 to 13 inches.
- Surface Pro 2 (2013): 10.6 inch, 1920 × 1080.
- Surface Pro 3 (2014): 12 inch, 2160 × 1440.
- Surface Pro 4 (2015): 12.3 inch, 2736 × 1824.
- Surface Pro (5th Gen) (2017): 12.3 inch, 2736 × 1824.
- Surface Pro 6 (2018): 12.3 inch, 2736 × 1824.
- Surface Pro 7 (2019): 12.3 inch, 2736 × 1824.
- Surface Pro 8 (2021): 13 inch, 2880 × 1920.
- Surface Pro 9 (2022): 13 inch, 2880 × 1920.
- Surface Pro 10 for Business (2024): 13 inch, 2880 × 1920.
- Surface Pro 11th Edition (2024): 13 inch, 2880 × 1920.
- Surface Pro 12-inch (2025): 12 inch, 2196 × 1464.
Surface Pro X
One model, with all 13 inch screens.
- Surface Pro X (2019): 13 inch, 2880 × 1920.
How do I tell which Surface Pro I have?
Surface Pro is Microsoft's tablet with a kickstand and a keyboard cover sold separately. Pro X was an Arm based model sold alongside the Pro 7 and Pro 8. From 2024 the line is named by edition, plus a smaller 12-inch model.
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 Pro 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?
How we measure
Sizes and resolutions are copied from Microsoft's spec sheet for each model. Pixel density is the diagonal in pixels divided by the diagonal in inches.