The Surface Pro 9 comes with Intel CPUs or a 5G ARM chip

By Naveen October 12, 2022

The Surface Pro 8 is one of the biggest design upgrades for Microsoft's tablet PC.

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It adds long-awaited features like Thunderbolt 4 and surprising upgrades like a 120hz display.

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But it's the Surface Pro 9, in contrast, that's the same and a dramatic departure.

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The Surface Pro 9 has a simple chip refresh.

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It also includes a new 5G-equipped model with Intel's far superior 12th-generation CPUs but a custom SQ 3 ARM chip.

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The last time we saw it was the company's SQ chip in the 2020 Surface Pro X, which was disappointing even as it looked good on a computer.

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The Surface Pro 9 will start at $999 for the Core i5 model with 8GB of RAM and as little as 128GB of storage.

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