A new leak reveals that Microsoft intends for its Surface Laptop 4 laptops to launch with Intel and AMD processors.
Twitter user “WalkingCat” has discovered two support pages on Microsoft's site that mention AMD CPUs for the Surface Laptop 4.
The 3DMark 11 listings from early 2020 were already showing that Microsoft was working on a Surface product equipped with a Ryzen 5 4500U APU and a Radeon RX 5300M GPU. Later, other Surface devices with a Ryzen 7 4800U also leaked.
Surface Laptop 4 with Intel Processor Drivers and Firmware (placeholder) https://t.co/y3ySqtIA7G
— WalkingCat (@_h0x0d_) April 7, 2021
The pages discovered in the last hours do not go into much detail about which is the chosen Ryzen generation or CPU models, but it is very possible that it is the new Ryzen 5000U 'Cezanne' APUs.
The last known specifications were published by WinFuture in the month of March and are as follows:
Specifications
| AMD | Intel | |
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5-4680U or Ryzen 7 4980U CPU | Intel Core 11th Gen i5-1145G7 or i7-1185G7 |
| GPU | Radeon Graphics | Iris Plus Graphics 950 |
| Memory | 8 or 16GB | 8, 16, or 32GB |
| Disk | 128, 256, 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD | 128, 256, 512GB or 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD |
| GPU | 13.5 ″: 2,256 x 1,504 / 15 ″: 2,496 x 1,664 | 13.5 ″: 2,256 x 1,504 / 15 ″: 2,496 x 1,664 |
| Ports | Surface Connect, USB A, USB C | Surface Connect, USB A, USB C |
| Battery | 6513 mAh, 49 Wh | 6513 mAh, 49 Wh |
| SW | Windows 10 Home | Windows 10 Home |
| Dimensions (WxDxH) | 13 ″: 308 x 223 x 14.5mm / 15 ″: 339.5 x 244 x 14.5mm | 13 ″: 308 x 223 x 14.5mm / 15 ″: 339.5 x 244 x 14.5mm |
| Weight | 13 ″: 1.25kg / 15 ″: Unknown | 13 ″: 1.31kg / 15 ″: 1.54kg |
Currently, Microsoft uses AMD processors only in the 15-inch variant of the Surface Laptop 3, and only one configuration of that model is currently available through the Microsoft Store. The prominence of Ryzen APU processors has increased in the notebook segment and Microsoft is trying to jump on the bandwagon.
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