Microsoft - Surface Pro 11 vs Lenovo - Tab Extreme Gen 2

These two are nearly even on the Mars Score (59.6 vs 59.8). The decision is not about overall quality — both clear the bar — it is about which specific trade-offs fit your use.

Pick the Surface Pro 11 if you push the hardware — gaming, on-device AI, heavy multitasking — and the extra compute headroom is worth the trade-offs. The biggest gaps in its favor are storage, ram. The single most decisive one: Storage — 100.00% more. 512 GB vs 256 GB.

Pick the Tab Extreme Gen 2 if the display is what you stare at all day — refresh rate, brightness, or sharpness is where the difference will be most visible. Its strongest claims are weight, screen size. The single most decisive one: Weight — 163.00 g less. 732 vs 895.

Both ship with comparable refresh rate, stylus support, peak brightness, so those specs do not separate the two — focus on the differences below.

Bottom line: there is no wrong answer here — match the spec advantages to how you actually use the product. The Mars Score parity says both are well-rounded; the differences are about trade-offs, not quality.