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17 ranked products · Two to 4 at a time · Updated 13 Sept 2026

Pick any two to four of the 17 ranked gaming keyboards and read them side by side. This page opens on the board's top 3, Wooting 80HE, Wooting 60HE v2 and Lemokey P1 HE.

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Gaming Keyboards compared side by side. Each column is one product, each row is one measure taken from the same research that built the board.
Measure Wooting 80HE Wooting Wooting 80HE Wooting 60HE v2 Wooting Wooting 60HE v2 Lemokey P1 HE Lemokey Lemokey P1 HE SteelSeries Apex Pro TKL Gen 3 SteelSeries SteelSeries Apex Pro TKL Gen 3 Razer Huntsman V3 Pro TKL Razer Razer Huntsman V3 Pro TKL Keychron K2 HE Keychron Keychron K2 HE Asus ROG Azoth 96 HE Asus Asus ROG Azoth 96 HE Logitech G Pro X TKL Rapid Logitech Logitech G Pro X TKL Rapid Corsair Vanguard Pro 96 Corsair Corsair Vanguard Pro 96 Gamakay x NaughShark NS68 Gamakay Gamakay x NaughShark NS68 MonsGeek FUN60 Ultra MonsGeek MonsGeek FUN60 Ultra Asus ROG Falcata Asus Asus ROG Falcata Logitech G515 Lightspeed TKL Logitech Logitech G515 Lightspeed TKL SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini SteelSeries SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini Razer BlackWidow V4 Pro Razer Razer BlackWidow V4 Pro Corsair K100 RGB Corsair Corsair K100 RGB Logitech G915 Lightspeed Logitech Logitech G915 Lightspeed
Tier S A A B B B B C C D D D D F F F F
Rank on this board 1 of 17 2 of 17 3 of 17 4 of 17 5 of 17 6 of 17 7 of 17 8 of 17 9 of 17 10 of 17 11 of 17 12 of 17 13 of 17 14 of 17 15 of 17 16 of 17 17 of 17
Ladder points 1118 LP 813 LP 749 LP 643 LP 584 LP 538 LP 506 LP 452 LP 401 LP 350 LP 348 LP 303 LP 295 LP 136 LP 86 LP 4 LP 3 LP
Our verdict The most versatile Hall-effect deck with the lowest latency and fully adjustable actuation. Compact version that keeps the same low-latency performance. Best overall for gamers who want a solid build and wireless flexibility. Excellent TKL with adjustable actuation and low latency. Optical switches give the fastest response for competitive play. Great budget option with Hall-effect switches and solid build. Strong 96-percent layout with low latency. Rapid-trigger switches and 8000 Hz polling make it a solid TKL. Good 96-percent choice, but slightly heavier build. Best 68-key option, but still behind the 96-percent and TKL leaders. Unreliable key registration and double-clicking make it a poor choice for gamers. Top-shelf HE performance kneecapped by a flagship price and a niche split layout. The 80HE does the core job for half the money. Higher latency and lack of rapid-trigger feel make it less competitive. Small layout and higher latency make it less suitable for serious gaming. Mechanical switches and weight lag behind Hall-effect competitors. A five-year-old flagship with iCUE baggage and no analog features still asking premium money. The clearest do-not-buy on this board. Best wireless, low-profile.
What reviewers rate
  • Hall-effect magnetic switches
  • 8000 Hz polling
  • fully adjustable actuation
  • low latency
  • Hall-effect magnetic switches
  • 8000 Hz polling
  • compact 60-percent layout
  • low latency
  • Hall-effect switches
  • solid build
  • wireless and wired options
  • versatile
  • Adjustable actuation
  • rapid-trigger switches
  • 8000 Hz polling
  • low latency
  • Optical switches
  • 8000 Hz polling
  • low latency
  • competitive performance
  • Hall-effect switches
  • solid build
  • 60-percent layout
  • budget friendly
  • Hall-effect switches
  • low latency
  • 96-percent layout
  • magnetic switches
  • Rapid-trigger switches
  • 8000 Hz polling
  • low latency
  • TKL layout
  • Hall-effect switches
  • low latency
  • 96-percent layout
  • magnetic switches
  • Low latency
  • magnetic switches
  • 68-key layout
  • compact
  • Aluminum case, 8K polling, and rapid trigger at a budget price
  • Akko/MonsGeek web driver
  • Hardware value is unmatched
  • Failure reports no worse than boards costing twice as much
  • Excellent split Hall-effect board with top-shelf performance
  • Slim and attractive
  • A fine office-adjacent board
  • OmniPoint 2.0 adjustable switches
  • Backed by SteelSeries' relatively good warranty handling
  • Tom's Hardware still recommends it as the premium full-size pick
  • Realistically cross-shopped by anyone wanting a numpad
  • Honestly better-built than the weak picks ranked below it
  • A genuine flagship in its era
  • Residual fan goodwill ('I actually like Corsair...')
  • 1 ms latency
  • 8000 Hz polling rate
  • Low-profile design and magnetic switches
Where it falls short Nothing recorded
  • Chassis less refined than the 80HE's gasket-mount aluminum build
  • QMK-flavored launcher software is functional but less polished than Wooting's
  • Long-term support less proven than Wooting's
  • GG/Sonar software carries a heavy footprint
  • Past Apex Pro generations had a higher rate of reported switch-stem and stabilizer issues than the Wooting/Lemokey boards
  • Synapse is a resident, account-requiring app with a long history of update breakage
  • Razer's support reputation remains the weakest of the majors
  • Keychron's support reputation is middling; slow ticket responses are a known complaint
  • Armoury Crate remains genuinely bad software
  • ASUS pricing is a known sore spot; a widely read community thread calls ASUS 'the most overpriced' of the majors
  • G HUB is infamous for broken updates and profile loss
  • Community sentiment skews negative: 'Logitech I completely avoid'
  • Heavier build
  • Pricing sits close to proven alternatives with better software
  • Has not yet proven it beats the established options at its price
  • Brand's long-term firmware commitment and warranty pipeline are unproven
  • Unreliable key registration
  • double-clicking
  • Firmware support less proven than Wooting's
  • QC variance is real at this price
  • Flagship money for a split layout most gamers do not want
  • The 80HE delivers the same core rapid-trigger performance for half the price
  • Community consensus flags ASUS as the most overpriced
  • Higher latency
  • no rapid-trigger feel
  • Low-profile conventional mechanical board at a mid-range price with none of the Hall-effect features this category is defined by
  • G HUB baggage
  • Awkward key placement
  • higher latency
  • 60-key layout forces function layers
  • Adds latency and reduces typing comfort
  • Slower mechanical switches
  • heavier build
  • Mechanical switches increase latency
  • 1 ms latency higher than best magnetic options
  • Optical-mechanical switches: not analog, no rapid trigger
  • iCUE's notoriously heavy footprint
  • Feature set outclassed two product generations ago
  • Still sold at a premium price; even fans call Corsair pricey
  • Oldest product here still sold at a flagship price
  • Low-profile mechanical with no HE and no rapid trigger
  • Aging wireless implementation
  • Outclassed at every price point; buy a Wooting 60HE v2 or Keychron K2 HE instead
Evidence behind it 26 sources across 22 outlets 60 sources across 51 outlets 22 sources across 21 outlets 22 sources across 21 outlets 60 sources across 48 outlets 58 sources across 47 outlets 30 sources across 27 outlets 5 sources across 5 outlets 39 sources across 35 outlets 19 sources across 16 outlets 10 sources across 10 outlets 28 sources across 25 outlets 32 sources across 28 outlets 19 sources across 18 outlets 51 sources across 45 outlets 41 sources across 34 outlets 50 sources across 41 outlets
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Every column is the same research that built the board. Nothing here is a specification sheet copied from a maker. Read how we rank for what a tier and a ladder point mean.