

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. Our usual PCMark 10 benchmark isn't compatible either.
