Microsoft · 2024
Microsoft Surface Pro 11 (Snapdragon X Elite)
A 0.9 kg Arm tablet with a 120 Hz OLED-class panel and 12-hour battery, excellent on Windows. On Linux it does not boot to a usable desktop, so for this site it scores low on the one axis we care about.
Compiled from public sources and community data, not hands-on tested. What that means.
Best on debian. Confidence: high
Scores
Specs
| CPU | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-80-100 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Qualcomm Adreno (integrated) |
| RAM | 16 GB (soldered) |
| Storage | 512 GB |
| Screen | 13" 2880x1920 @ 120Hz |
| Weight | 0.9 kg |
| Battery (real) | ~12 h |
Linux compatibility
- debian Poor support
- Wi-Fi
- broken
- Bluetooth
- broken
- Fingerprint
- broken
- Webcam
- broken
- Audio
- broken
- Suspend
- broken
debian: This is an Arm Snapdragon X device. Mainline Linux on Snapdragon X laptops is early: the community effort gets some X Elite reference and Lenovo hardware booting, but the Surface Pro 11 is a tablet with Surface-specific touch, pen, camera and the type-cover stack on top of the Arm bring-up problem. There is no usable desktop Linux here. Windows on Arm only in practice. This area moves, so check the live status before assuming anything changed. linux-surface: supported devices and feature matrix →