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The Surface Pro 11 is the PC I recommend to anyone with deeper pockets.
It ultimately offers superior performance, better typing and pointing, and quality camera and speakers.
The Surface Pro 11 with attached Pro Flex keyboard and Surface Slim Pen 2
Optional 5G connectivity just adds to the package.
The ASUS Pen 2.0 sells separately forabout $70 at Amazon.
you gotta have the keyboard attached to use it with the tablet.
The Pro Flex’s touchpad useshaptics, whereas the PZ13’s touchpad is standard fare.
Port selection is similar across devices, with the two tablets relying mainly on dualUSB4.
The Pro 11 has a proprietary Surface Connect port and an optional NanoSIM slot for models with 5G connectivity.
The Surface Pro 11 with attached Pro Flex keyboard and Surface Slim Pen 2
The Pro 11 otherwise hasWi-Fi 7and Bluetooth 5.4 for wireless connectivity, the same as the PZ13.
It’s an elegant way to keep the pen ready to go whenever you need it.
It measures 13 inches with a tall 3:2 aspect ratio, resulting in a crisp 2880x1920 resolution.
“Overall, its an incredible 13-inch display.
The OLED panel hits 550 nits of brightness but can reach up to 900 nits with HDR.
It also includesDolby Visionsupport.
It’s easy to mistake the ProArt PZ13 (pictured here) with the Surface Pro 11
In Ben Wilson’s review, he saw an average of about 12 hours of real-world use.
The Surface Pro 11, tested by Daniel Rubino, averaged around 10 hours of real-world use.
That’s not a huge difference, and both laptops can easily get through a standard eight-hour workday.
you’re free to see in the following benchmark graphs how much of a difference that makes.
Both devices ultimately keep their cool under load, which isn’t surprising for the ARM64 platform.
SSD performance is a different story.
A top-down look at the ProArt PZ13
Surface Pro 11 vs. ASUS ProArt PZ13: Which should you buy?
You’re going to spend more on the Surface gadget, but it’s easy to see why.
It’s the PC I recommend if your budget allows.
An angled view of the Pro 11’s OLED touch display
The ProArt PZ13 supports inking on its OLED touch display
The ProArt PZ13’s Windows battery report
The ProArt PZ13’s X Plus SoC scores quite a bit lower than the X Elite chip in the Pro 11(Image credit: Ben Wilson | Windows Central)
Cinebench 2024 also shows the performance gap in the 8-core X Plus and 12-core X Elite(Image credit: Ben Wilson | Windows Central)
