Battery LifeĮasily the best thing about the Surface Pro 6 is its improved endurance. That beats the ThinkPad X1 (74 fps) and the Samsung Notebook 9 Pen (47 fps). On the Dirt 3 racing game, for example, this 2-in-1 hit 80.9 frames per second. The Intel UHD 620 graphics card inside the Surface Pro 6 is certainly powerful enough to handle casual games. MORE: Laptops with the Best Productivity Performance The premium laptop average is even higher at 488.4 MBps. By comparison, the ThinkPad X1 hit 318 MBps and the Notebook 9 pen notched 283 MBps. On our file copy test, which measures SSD performance, it took the new Surface Pro 22 seconds to copy 4.9GB worth of files, which equals a rate of 231 MBps. By comparison, the iPad Pro's keyboard has only 0.5mm of travel. The layout offers 1.3 mm of key travel, which is cushy given how thin the Type Cover is. The typing experience on the Surface Pro 6's keyboard is remarkably good for a 2-in-1. Microsoft's tablet easily filled the room with Beyonce's Halo her vocals soared without getting harsh at max volume and the piano sounded crisp.

In fact, the sound is so good I gave my Amazon Echo Show a rest and used the Surface Pro 6 to rock out to some early-2000 hits in my kitchen. The two front-firing speakers on the Surface Pro 6 deliver loud and clear audio. That's about the same as last year's Surface (0.5). MORE: Laptops with the Best Display BrightnessĮxpect accurate colors from this screen, as it scored a Delta-E rating of 0.56 (0 is perfect). The 12.9-inch iPad Pro notched 128.4 percent, and the Galaxy Tab S4 destroyed them all at 219 percent.

That's better than the ThinkPad X1 Tablet (118 percent) and the XPS 13 (117 percent at 1080p,130 percent at 4K). When I watched the Aquaman trailer on the Surface Pro 6's screen, Jason Momoa's scaly gold superhero uniform gleamed, and the red laser beams coming from Black Manta popped off the screen.Īccording to our colorimeter, the Surface Pro 6's display covers a good 136 percent of the sRGB color gamut. The Galaxy Tab S4's OLED screen reached 463 nits and the new 12.9-inch iPad Pro reached 484 nits. That beats the Surface Pro 5 (396 nits) but the ThinkPad X1 Tablet reached a higher 415 nits. Our lab results mostly backed up my immersive viewing experience, starting with a brightness reading of 408 nits.

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