Installed as the secondary GPU on most Surface Book 3 models, Intel Iris Plus Graphics functions as the singular GPU in the Core i5, 13.5-inch model. The integrated GPU (iGPU) included on all Surface Book 3 models incorporates a wider graphics engine and a redesigned memory controller with support for LPDDR4X. For configuration details of all models, refer to Appendix A: Surface Book 3 SKUs. This section describes the integrated and discrete GPUs across Surface Book 3 models. This article also describes how to optimize app utilization of GPUs by specifying which apps should use the integrated iGPU versus the discrete NVIDIA GPU. In addition to the integrated Intel GPU built into all models, all but the entry-level 13.5-inch Core i5 device also feature a discrete NVIDIA GPU with Max-Q Design, which incorporates features that optimize energy efficiency for mobile form factors.īuilt into the keyboard base, the additional NVIDIA GPU provides advanced graphics rendering capabilities and comes in two primary configurations: GeForce® GTX® 1650/1660 Ti for consumers or creative professionals and Quadro RTX 3000 for creative professionals, engineers, and other business professionals who need advanced graphics or deep learning capabilities. This article explains the major differences between the GPU configurations across 13-inch and 15-inch models of Surface Book 3.Ī significant differentiator across Surface Book 3 models is the GPU configuration. Led by the quad-core 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 and NVIDIA® Quadro RTX™ 3000 graphical processing unit (GPU) on the 15-inch model, Surface Book 3 comes in a wide range of configurations for consumers, creative professionals, architects, engineers, and data scientists. Surface Book 3, the most powerful Surface laptop yet released, integrates fully modernized compute and graphics capabilities into its famous detachable form factor.

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