Getting yourself a Surface Pro 6 and wondering if the Core i7 model is going to be worth the extra money? For most people, the answer is no. Here's why.

Reports of Microsoft's top-spec Surface Pro 3 tablet suffering heat problems have begun circulating, with some owners of the Core i7 models claiming to have experienced repeated problems.

Intel Core i7, 512 GB storage and 8 GB of RAM—$1,949 You can find more nitty-gritty numbers in Surface Pro 3 by the numbers: a deep dive into configuration details.

For my review, I used the Surface Pro 3 with a Core i5 (1.9 – 2.5 GHz) and 256 GB of storage versus the newer Core i7 (1.7 – 2.3 GHz). There are two main differences between the two.

While the Surface Pro 8 isn’t meant to be a mobile workstation, it still pumps out respectable performance thanks to its range of 11th-gen Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors (our review unit ...

Over the weekend, Microsoft added a sixth variant to its Surface Pro 3 lineup. The new one features a 1.7GHz Intel Core i7 processor with 8GB of memory and offers 128GB of onboard storage.

The difference between Core i5 and Core i7 is small when it comes to the Pro 8, as there’s no GPU. A Core i5 option is cheaper at $1,100, and jumping to a Core i7 is $1,600.

First, that 7th-gen Core i7 in the HP Spectre x360 13 is indeed faster in lighter loads, outpacing the Surface Book i7 and the Core i5-equipped MacBook Pro 13 with Touch Bar.

On Wednesday, Microsoft unveiled several Surface systems -- an updated Surface Book with a Core i7 processor starting at $2,399, and a 28-inch AIO (all-in-one) that'll start at an eye-watering $3,000.

Also, the mid-tier Surface Pro doesn't have Iris Plus graphics—those are reserved only for the top-tier Core i7 models—whereas each Spectre x2 model comes standard with Iris Plus graphics.