Windows Hello facial recognition is available via the 1080p webcam. You'll get the same crisp touchscreen (with up to 120Hz refresh rate), and integrated kickstand. The new version is a pinch lighter, though it's still almost 900g. Credit: Vincent Chang/Can Buy or NotĪs for the design and hardware, the Surface Pro 9 is almost identical to last year's Surface Pro 8. However, the built-in media player did freeze on one occasion during my week-long test. They aren't blazing fast, but neither did they feel slower than usual. The Microsoft Edge browser, and Netflix app worked well, too. But I managed to run Civilization VI, and Gris without any issues or lag on the Surface Pro 9. Now you're probably not buying a Surface Pro tablet for gaming. That means you're losing a significant chunk of performance with the SQ3-powered Surface Pro 9 compared to the Intel version.

In comparison, Cinebench estimates that a mobile Intel processor from last year, such as the Core i7-1165G7 would score 3,769. For a rough gauge on where this Surface Pro 9 stands, it scored 3,022 (multicore) in the Cinebench R23 rendering test.

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