The Surface Pro 9 can power dual 4K displays in addition to its own display, and that amount of processing should be enough for Photoshop, Premiere, and the rest of the standard editing tools used by photographers and videographers. That’s something we’ll evaluate when review units arrive, but it seems to track.

I also asked Microsoft about the integrated graphics on the Surface Pro 9 versus using a separate mobile GPU and they said that the 12th Gen Intel processor’s integrated graphics provide enough power for the target user. There are no ARM native versions of Premiere or other mainstay Adobe tools.įor clarity, future references in this article to Surface Pro 9 are referring to the Intel version of the product line unless stated otherwise. One company representative indicated that he travels for work constantly and uses both Photoshop and Lightroom extensively on that computer and that the performance is more than enough for remote work, provided you’re using the native versions of those apps.

So there are pros and cons on both sides. I asked Microsoft about the performance of the two systems, and while they made it clear that the Surface Pro 9 is aimed at the higher-end photographer or video editor, the Surface Pro 9 5G can now run ARM native versions of both Photoshop and Lightroom. The main Surface Pro has a price between $1,000 and $2,600 depending on the configuration, the Surface Pro 5G starts at $1300, and the highest model is $1,900. The Intel-based Surface Pro 9 has Intel’s integrated X3 graphics processor, and it supports Bluetooth 5.1 and Wi-Fi 6E. The Snapdragon version has only USB-C 3.2 ports and it is lacking Thunderbolt. The Intel version of the Surface Pro 9 has four USB-C ports, two of which are Thunderbolt 4.

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