Who is the Microsoft - Surface Pro 12 for?
Budget-tier tablet. The 61.7 score sits in C-tier (58-67) — the formula flags meaningful weaknesses against premium peers.
Reasonable if cost is the deciding factor and the spec weaknesses don't matter for your use. Check the spec table below carefully before buying.
Mars Score is computed from 11 measured specs against the transparent formula for the tablets category. No editorial picks, no paid placement.
Pros and cons at a glance
No spec lands in the top quartile of the category normalization window. Strengths sit in untracked specs (build quality, ecosystem, etc.) rather than weighted axes.
- ▼Storage: 256 GB (below category average).
- ▼Refresh rate: 90 Hz (below category average).
Pros are specs scoring ≥75% of the category normalization range. Cons are ≤35%. Derived from the Mars Score formula — no hand-curated lists.
At a glance
- Screen size
- 12"
- RAM
- 16GB
- Storage
- 256GB
- Refresh rate
- 90Hz
All specifications
Display
- Screen size?
- 12 "
- Refresh rate?
- 90 Hz
- Peak brightness?
- 400 nits
Design
- Weight
- 686 g
- Stylus support
- true
- Cellular
- false
- OS
- Windows
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