Microsoft's Surface Book 3 Leaks In New Benchmarks With Ice Lake, GeForce GTX Max-Q GPUs

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It's been over two years since Microsoft unveiled the Surface Book 2, and it looks as though the company is ready to move on with a new generation. The Surface Book 2 is running some seriously outdated -- by modern standards -- hardware including 7th generation Intel Core processors Pascal-based NVIDIA GeForce GTX graphics.

However, the next-generation Surface Book 3 is finally coming into focus thanks to 3DMark benchmark leaks. The listings were found by reliable leaker _rogame, who a number of configurations for the convertible. The first configuration features an Intel Ice Lake-based Core i7-1065G7 processor (4 cores/8 threads) and a GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q GPU.

Another configuration pairs the same processor with a more performant GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q GPU. Interestingly, both of these are relatively low-powered CPUs with a 15W TDP. We're typically used to seeing Microsoft putting beefier processors in its Surface Book family of devices (which are available in 13.5-inch or 15-inch form-factors). We would have expected Microsoft to use something like Comet Lake in the Surface Book 3, or perhaps even Tiger Lake.

As to that last point, _rogame found another potential entry for the Surface Book 3 with Tiger Lake-U and a GeForce GTX 1660 Ti: