But the 15-inch Surface Laptop 5 clamshell is now all 12th Gen Intel, all the time, jettisoning the AMD-based option in the previous-gen Surface Laptop 4, which spent a long time on our Best Ultrabooks and Premium Laptops list. Plus, those Intel 12th Gen and AMD Ryzen 6000 chips are going to make the Surface Laptop 5 quite the powerhouse.Microsoft's Surface Pro 9 2-in-1 is now available with either an Arm or an Intel CPU. The new chips, higher-refresh rate display, an additional USB-C port, and Thunderbolt 4 (although, just USB 4.0 for the AMD version as Thunderbolt 4 is an Intel technology) will be much welcomed additions to the device. Overall, it's looking like the next Surface Laptop will be a relatively nice upgrade over the Surface Laptop 4, albeit with somewhat minor changes to the external design. The Surface Pro 8 and Surface Laptop Studio both feature 120Hz displays, so it would make sense to see the Surface Laptop 5 join the fray in that department. On that subject, the leaked specs do mention a higher-refresh 120Hz Dynamic Refresh display, which would be a big upgrade over the Surface Laptop 4 and its 60Hz panel.
The "new and improved" design may simply be referring to the additional ports and 120Hz display. If the overall dimensions are the same, and the screen sizes remain at 13.5 and 15 inches respectively, that unfortunately means we're not getting thinner bezels on the Surface Laptop 5. The spec sheet also mentions that the Laptop 5 will have two USB-C ports, one more than the current device, meaning there may be some very minor changes to the external chassis.
The leaked spec-sheet mentions a "new and improved" design for the Surface Laptop 5, though the dimensions of the product on the same spec sheet suggest it's going to be basically the same shape and size as the previous versions.
Of course, we'll also see updated chips, this time using the latest from both Intel and AMD in the 13.5-inch and 15-inch variants. The most notable changes here over the Surface Laptop 4 are a significantly bigger battery, the inclusion of an extra USB-C port, both of which are now Thunderbolt 4 (Intel)/USB 4.0 (AMD) compatible, and a 120Hz display panel for smoother animations.
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