Microsoft released a new ad on YouTube yesterday called “Microsoft Surface Pro 7: The Better Choice,” in which the company compares its tablet computer to Apple’s 13-inch MacBook Pro M1, as noted MSPoweruser.
The ad highlights the touch screen of the Surface Pro 7 and contains a pen, unlike just a “small bar” (Touch Bar) on the MacBook Pro. Other advantages of the Surface Pro 7 mentioned in the announcement include the removable keyboard, a cheaper price and the statement that the tablet is “a much better gaming device” than the MacBook Pro.
The results uploaded to Geekbench show that the Surface Pro 7 equipped with Intel Core i3 with 4 GB of RAM has single-core and multi-core scores of 769 and 1,851, respectively. In addition, the Surface Pro 7 equipped with Intel Core i5 with 8 GB of RAM has single-core and multi-core scores of 1,210 and 4,079, respectively. By comparison, the M1 chip running on a 13-inch MacBook Pro with 8 GB of unified memory outperformed both Surface models with single-core and multi-core scores of 1,735 and 7,686, respectively.
The 12.3-inch Surface Pro 7 starts at $ 749.99 with 128 GB of storage and 4 GB of RAM and grows to $ 2,299.99 with 1 TB of storage and 16 GB of RAM. In comparison, the current 13-inch MacBook Pro M1 starts at $ 1,299 with 256 GB of storage and 8 GB of unified memory and increases to $ 2,299 for 2 TB of storage and 16 GB of unified memory.
Microsoft has long positioned its Surface devices as an ideal combination of both tablet and computer experience. In recent years, Microsoft has launched several ads promoting its range of surfaces on the line of Apple MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and iPad.