Microsoft has refreshed its Surface lineup with the launch of Surface Laptop 4. The company is offering a choice between Intel and AMD processors for both the models — 13.5-inch and 15-inch display.

The devices come powered by Intel‘s latest 11th-generation processors or AMD’s Ryzen 4000 series chips. The devices will go on sale in the United States, Canada, and Japan from 15th April, for a starting price of $999.

It’s noteworthy that Microsoft is not using the latest AMD Ryzen 5000 series but is using the older AMD Zen 2 architecture chips for the AMD Ryzen Surface Edition chip. But, the performance could be similar to the Intel version.

Apart from the internals, nothing much has changed for the Surface Laptop 4. It comes with a single USB-C port, one USB-A port, a headphone jack, and Microsoft’s Surface Connect port for charging.

With these new processors, the company is promising up to 70 percent more performance compared to its predecessor. Microsoft is also promising 19 hours of battery life on the 13.5-inch model and up to 17.5 hours on the 15-inch model.

The base model, priced at $999, comes packed with an AMD Ryzen 5 4680U processor, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage. On the Intel side, the base model has a Core i5 1135G7 processor with 8GB RAM and 512GB of storage.

The Intel-powered models go up to $2,299 with a Core i7 processor, 32GB RAM, and 1TB storage. There’s also an AMD model with 16GB RAM and 256GB storage that is expected to launch after a couple of months for the price of $1,199.

As for the 15-inch models, the AMD-powered option starts at $1,299 that packs an AMD Ryzen 7 4980U model with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. It can go up to 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage for $1,699. On the Intel side, it starts at $1,799 for the Core i7 1185G7 with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, with the option for 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage for $2,399.

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