Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition 15 (2024) vs Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M5, 2025)
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Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition 15 (2024)
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Size
15"
Operating System
Windows 11
Size
"
Operating System
Our Verdict
Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition 15 (2024)
Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M5, 2025)
Full comparison details regarding individual product score sets can be found in the section below
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Variants
- Surface Laptop 7th Edition 15 (ZYT-00026) (Black - Snapdragon X Elite/16GB/1TB)
- Surface Laptop 7th Edition 15 (ZHH-00026) (Black - Snapdragon X Elite/16GB/512GB)
- Surface Laptop 7th Edition 15 (ZHQ-00026) (Black - Snapdragon X Elite/16GB/512GB)
- Surface Laptop 7th Edition 15 (ZHI-00001) (Black - Snapdragon X Elite/32GB/1TB)
- Surface Laptop 7th Edition 15 (ZYT-00001) (Platinum - Snapdragon X Elite/16GB/1TB)
- Surface Laptop 7th Edition 15 (ZYU-00001) (Platinum - Snapdragon X Elite/16GB/1TB)
- Surface Laptop 7th Edition 15 (ZHG-00001) (Platinum - Snapdragon X Elite/16GB/256GB)
- Surface Laptop 7th Edition 15 (ZHQ-00001) (Platinum - Snapdragon X Elite/16GB/256GB)
- Surface Laptop 7th Edition 15 (ZHP-00001) (Platinum - Snapdragon X Elite/16GB/256GB)
- Surface Laptop 7th Edition 15 (ZHH-00001) (Platinum - Snapdragon X Elite/16GB/512GB)
- MacBook Pro 14 (MDE54LL/A) (Silver - M5 (10-core CPU, 10-core GPU)/16GB/1TB)
- MacBook Pro 14 (MDE44LL/A) (Silver - M5 (10-core CPU, 10-core GPU)/16GB/512GB)
- MacBook Pro 14 (MDE64LL/A) (Silver - M5 (10-core CPU, 10-core GPU)/24GB/1TB)
- MacBook Pro 14 (MDE14LL/A) (Space Black - M5 (10-core CPU, 10-core GPU)/16GB/1TB)
- MacBook Pro 14 (MDE04LL/A) (Space Black - M5 (10-core CPU, 10-core GPU)/16GB/512GB)
- MacBook Pro 14 (MDE34LL/A) (Space Black - M5 (10-core CPU, 10-core GPU)/24GB/1TB)
Main Differences for
General Productivity
General Productivity
Threshold
General Productivity
8.5
Full Comparison
Design
Style
Style Photo
Form Factor
Traditional (Clamshell)
Build Quality
9.5
Build Quality Photo
Hinge
9.1
Hinge Photo
Range
135°
°
Stability
Good
One Finger Lift
Yes
Portability
8.3
Dimensions Photo
Size
15"
"
Thickness
0.7" (1.8 cm)
" ( cm)
Width
13.0" (33.1 cm)
" ( cm)
Depth
9.4" (24.0 cm)
" ( cm)
Volume
87.3 in³ (1,429.9 cm³)
in³ ( cm³)
Weight
3.6 lbs (1.6 kg)
lbs ( kg)
Charger Size
7.1 in³ (116.0 cm³)
in³ ( cm³)
Charger Weight
0.7 lbs (0.3 kg)
lbs ( kg)
Serviceability
5.8
Internals Photo
Ease Of Access
7.5
RAM Slots
0
Storage Slots
1
Replaceable Battery
Yes
Replaceable Wireless Adapter
No
In The Box
In The Box Photo
Display
Screen Specs
Display Photo
Resolution
2496 x 1664
Aspect Ratio
3:2
Pixel Density
200 PPI
PPI
Panel Type
IPS
Touch Screen
Yes
Screen-To-Body Ratio
88%
%
Refresh Rate
8.7
Motion Blur
Refresh Rate
120 Hz
Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
Dynamic Refresh Rate
Contrast
7.5
Contrast Photo
Native Contrast
1,404 : 1
: 1
Brightness
9.1
Maximum Brightness
601 cd/m²
cd/m²
Minimum Brightness
3 cd/m²
cd/m²
Reflections
6.3
Reflections Photo Off
Reflections Photo Max
Screen Finish
Glossy
Total Reflections
5.79%
%
Indirect Reflections
0.53%
%
Calculated Direct Reflections
5.26%
%
Black Uniformity
8.0
Black Uniformity Photo
Uniformity (Std. Dev.)
0.864%
%
Out-Of-The-Box Color Accuracy
8.7
White Balance Screencap
Gamma Curve Screencap
Color Screencap
Avg. White Balance dE
2.81
Avg. Gamma
2.14
Avg. Color dE
1.58
Avg. Color Temperature
6,411.9 K
K
Color Gamut
8.3
Gamut SDR
sRGB xy
98.35%
%
sRGB uv
98.9%
%
Adobe RGB xy
72.95%
%
Adobe RGB uv
84.98%
%
Gamut HDR
DCI-P3 xy
73.15%
%
DCI-P3 uv
79.9%
%
Rec. 2020 xy
52.48%
%
Rec. 2020 uv
58.23%
%
Flicker
10
Flicker Graph
Flicker-Free
Yes
Flicker Frequency
No Flicker
Flicker Active Below
0%
%
Interface
Keyboard
8.5
Keyboard Photo
Typing Quality
8.5
Numpad
No
Backlighting
Adjustable
Key Switch Actuation Graph
Operating Force
64 gf
gf
Actuation Force
31 gf
gf
Pre-Travel
0.96 mm
mm
Total Travel
1.37 mm
mm
Touchpad
8.8
Touchpad Photo
Tracking Quality
9.0
Size
14.9 in² (96.0 cm²)
in² ( cm²)
Material
Glass
Dedicated Buttons
No
Speakers
8.7
Frequency Response Plot
Max Volume
82 dB SPL
dB SPL
Standard Error @ Normal Vol. (65 dB)
5.0 dB
dB
Slope @ Normal Vol. (65 dB)
-1.4
Bass Extension (Low-Frequency Ext.)
334 Hz
Hz
Treble Extension (High-Frequency Ext.)
16 kHz
kHz
Dynamic Range Compression @ Max Vol.
0.7 dB
dB
Webcam & Microphone
8.7
Webcam Video Sample
Video Quality
9.0
Resolution
1080p
Position
Top Center
Privacy Cover
No
Face Unlock
Yes
Connectivity
Ports
6.5
Ports Photo
USB-A Ports
1
USB-C Ports
2
Thunderbolt
No
USB-C Charging
Yes
USB-C Display Out
Yes
HDMI
No
DisplayPort
No
3.5mm Jack
Combo mic/headphone
Card Reader
MicroSD UHS 2
Ethernet
No
Proprietary Port
Surface Connect
Security Lock
No
Wireless Communication
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth
5.4
Configuration
CPU
Brand
Qualcomm
Model
Snapdragon X Elite X1E80100
Core Count
12
Thread Count
12
GPU
Brand
Qualcomm
Model
Adreno GPU X1E80100
Dedicated/Integrated
Integrated
VRAM Size
N/A
N/A
GPU Total Graphics Power (TGP)
N/A
N/A
RAM
Capacity
16 GB
GB
Modules
1 (Soldered)
Type
LP-DDR5x
Speed
8,448 MHz
MHz
Storage
Advertised Capacity
512 GB
GB
Usable Capacity
452 GB
GB
Drive 1
WD SDDPTQD-512G-1124
Drive 1 Type
SSD
Drive 2
No 2nd Drive
Drive 2 Type
No 2nd Drive
Performance
CPU/RAM Performance
7.8
Cinebench 2024 - Single Core
126 points
points
Cinebench 2024 - Multi Core
939 points
points
Geekbench 6 - Single Core
2,778
Geekbench 6 - Multi Core
14,239
Blender - CPU (Avg)
90 samples/min
samples/min
PassMark PT - CPU Mark
26,637
PassMark PT - Memory Mark
4,301
PassMark PT - Memory Mark (Android)
N/A
N/A
Mozilla Kraken
398 ms
ms
Low Tier Graphics
7.4
Geekbench 6 - GPU Compute
27,488
Basemark Web 3.0
1,746
PassMark PT - 2D Mark
424
N/A
PassMark PT - 2D Mark (Android)
N/A
N/A
PassMark PT - 3D Mark
3,519
N/A
PassMark PT - 3D Mark (Android)
N/A
N/A
Novabench 5 - GPU
164.0
mprep - Stress My GPU
23,046
High Tier Graphics
4.5
3DMark - Steel Nomad (DX12)
499
N/A
3DMark - Steel Nomad (Vulkan/Metal)
447
Basemark GPU (DX12)
30,820
N/A
Basemark GPU (Vulkan/Metal)
N/A
GFXBench - High Level Test (Vulkan/Metal)
3,637 Frames
Frames
Professional 3D (GPU Accelerated)
0.0
Blender - GPU (Avg)
N/A
samples/min
Cinebench 2024 - GPU
N/A
points
CPU-Intensive Game Performance
4.3
Civilization VII - AI
N/A
s/turn
Civilization VII - Graphics (Avg)
N/A
fps
Civilization VII - Graphics (1% Low)
N/A
fps
Total War: Warhammer III (Avg)
14.5 fps
fps
Baldur's Gate 3 (Avg)
21.9 fps
fps
Baldur's Gate 3 (1% Low)
14.0 fps
fps
Previous Methodology Score
4.0
N/A
Previous Methodology Score Converted
3.5
N/A
GPU-Intensive Game Performance
2.5
Cyberpunk 2077 (Avg)
12.3 fps
fps
Cyberpunk 2077 (Min)
9.9 fps
fps
Assassin's Creed Shadows (Avg)
N/A
fps
Assassin's Creed Shadows (1% Low)
N/A
fps
GTA V (Avg)
26.4 fps
N/A
GTA V (1% Low)
17.8 fps
N/A
Black Myth: Wukong (Avg)
5 fps
N/A
Black Myth: Wukong (5% Low)
5 fps
N/A
Resident Evil 4 (Avg)
12.1 fps
fps
Resident Evil 4 (1% Low)
9.7 fps
fps
Previous Methodology Score
3.4
N/A
Previous Methodology Score Converted
1.3
N/A
Ray Tracing Performance
0.0
Cyberpunk 2077 (Avg)
N/A
fps
Cyberpunk 2077 (Min)
N/A
fps
Assassin's Creed Shadows (Avg)
N/A
fps
Assassin's Creed Shadows (1% Low)
N/A
fps
Black Myth: Wukong (Avg)
N/A
N/A
Black Myth: Wukong (5% Low)
N/A
N/A
Storage Drive Performance
9.0
Sequential Write Speed
1,363.6 MB/s
MB/s
Sequential Read Speed
2,680.7 MB/s
MB/s
Random Write Speed
78.0 MB/s
MB/s
Random Read Speed
39.6 MB/s
MB/s
Battery
9.7
Capacity
66 Wh
Wh
Battery Life (Web Browsing)
17.0 hrs
hrs
Battery Life (Video Playback)
16.4 hrs
hrs
Battery Life (Gaming)
3.5 hrs
hrs
Charge Time
2.1 hrs
hrs
Thermals And Noise
7.4
Keyboard Temps Picture
Keyboard Temp While Idle
29 °C (84 °F)
°C ( °F)
Keyboard Temp Under Load
49 °C (121 °F)
°C ( °F)
Fan Noise While Idle
25.0 dBA
dBA
Fan Noise Under Load
39.5 dBA
dBA
Power & Fan Control App
No
Performance Over Time
0.0
Performance Over Time Graph
CPU Temp (Cinebench)
N/A
°C
CPU Perf. Loss (Cinebench)
N/A
% loss
GPU Temp (Heaven)
N/A
°C
GPU Perf. Loss (Heaven)
N/A
% loss
Additional Features And Software
Software
Operating System
Windows 11
Additional Software
None
Extra Features
Biometrics
Face Recognition
RGB Illumination
No
Touch Pen Support
No Stylus Support
Secondary Display
No
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