Royal Kludge C87 vs Keychron V3
Get the Royal Kludge C87 for hall effect and rapid trigger. Get the Keychron V3 for hot-swappable and knob.
The differences that matter
Skip the 40-row spec sheet. These are the specs that change how each board feels, sounds, and fits your desk.
Royal Kludge C87
Keychron V3
Hall effect (magnetic)
Yes
No
Rapid trigger
Yes
No
Hot-swappable
No
Yes
Switch options
Magnetic
Clicky, Linear, Tactile
Knob
No
Yes
- Royal Kludge C87
- Keychron V3
- Performance
- 9391
- Build quality
- 4589
- Productivity
- 7198
- Customizability
- 4998
- Portability
- 5657
- Layout size: 80%
- Connection: Wired
- Max polling rate: 8,000 Hz
- Sound dampening
What owners say
Ratings and quotes collected from verified store reviews, including the critical ones.
Royal Kludge C87
No owner reviews collected yet.
Keychron V3
17 owner reviews
“Mainly bought this keyboard for the russian layout, despite this I prefer it over my steelseries apex pro, its nice feel and sounds nice”
“I bought this keyboard in March 2023 and genuinely liked it at first. It's solid, heavy, well-built, sounds great. Keychron clearly knows what they're doing in terms of design and firmware. The problem is the switches. After about a year and a half of normal…”
Royal Kludge C87 vs Keychron V3 specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
16 of 28 specs differ
Royal Kludge C87
Keychron V3
Switch options
Hall effect (magnetic)
Rapid trigger
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Sound dampening
Screw-in stabilizers
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Knob
Display
Media keys
Connection
Max polling rate
USB-C
Case material
Plate material
Keycaps
Weight
Dimensions
Typing angle
Backlight
QMK
VIA
N-key rollover
Mac & Windows
Released
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