Microsoft - Surface Pro 12 vs Lenovo - Tab Extreme Gen 2

These two are nearly even on the Mars Score (58.7 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 12 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 weight, ram. The single most decisive one: Weight — 46.00 g less. 686 vs 732.

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 peak brightness, refresh rate, screen size. The single most decisive one: Peak brightness — 125.00% more. 900 nits vs 400 nits.

Both ship with comparable storage, stylus support, 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.