The Surface and Surface Pro lineups will get Lunar Lake models in 2025, a report from Windows Central claims.
Citing his sources, Windows Central senior editor Zac Bowden claims Microsoft is set to launch a slew of new Surface devices, including Lunar Lake-powered Surface and Surface Pro laptops, a new Surface Laptop Studio model sporting a Snapdraon X Plus, and a new Surface device with an 11-inch screen.
The Lunar Lake variant of the latest Surface Laptop 7 has been anticipated since October when a model sporting the Core Ultra 7 268V was spotted on Chinese e-tailer Goofish. Intel’s Lunar Lake will also make its way to the Surface Pro 11, the report alleges. These Lunar Lake models will be pretty much the same as their Snapdragon counterparts, except for sporting an anti-reflective display, a feature that the previous Surface Laptop 6 and Surface Pro 10 had. Bowden believes that the Lunar Lake Surface Laptop could even sport 5G connectivity.
These new Surface devices would be Microsoft’s first Copilot+ PCs powered by Intel CPUs and will arrive in the first quarter of 2025, the report says. If true, then that may mean Microsoft plans to reveal these Lunar Lake laptops at CES in January.
Bowden says Microsoft is also working on a Copilot+ version of the Surface Laptop Studio. Although the Surface Laptop Studio 2 only came out last year, it’s in need of an upgrade because it uses one of Intel’s 13th Gen CPUs based on Raptor Lake, and those were already out of date by then. Raptor Lake has already been succeeded thrice over, by Raptor Lake Refresh, Meteor Lake, and now Lunar Lake.
It’s unclear to Bowden what processor Microsoft will choose for the new Surface Laptop Studio, but since it’s a Copilot+ PC, that means there are not a ton of options. It may use a Lunar Lake-based Core Ultra 200 CPU, but AMD’s Ryzen AI 300 APUs powered by Strix Point are also on the table, as are Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X processors. Depending on how far out this Surface Laptop Studio is, Microsoft may even choose processors set to launch in 2025 like Panther Lake.
There’s also a new Surface device in the works, with a screen size of 11 inches; it’s apparently similar to the Surface Laptop Go but more premium. According to the report, Qualcomm has scored this one, as Microsoft is using the Snapdragon X Plus for the upcoming Surface device. The cut-down version of Qualcomm’s high-end Snapdragon X Elite chip, the X Plus ranges from 8 to 10 cores rather than 12 and is equipped with a much weaker integrated GPU, but still has the same NPU capable of 45 TOPS and is more optimal for devices with reduced thermal headroom.
The new Surface Laptop Studio and the upcoming 11-inch Surface are expected to land in 2025 as well, but Bowden says they could arrive as late as fall.