Chilkey ND vs Keychron V3
Get the Chilkey ND for hall effect. Get the Keychron V3 for the 8,000 Hz polling rate.
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.
Chilkey ND
Keychron V3
Hall effect (magnetic)
Yes
No
Connection
Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired
Wired
Max polling rate
1,000 Hz
8,000 Hz
Case material
Aluminum, Polycarbonate
ABS, Plastic
Switch options
Linear
Clicky, Linear, Tactile
- Chilkey ND
- Keychron V3
- Performance
- 8591
- Build quality
- 8589
- Productivity
- 8998
- Customizability
- 9298
- Portability
- 7757
- Layout size: 80%
- Hot-swappable
- QMK
- VIA
- Sound dampening
What owners say
Ratings and quotes collected from verified store reviews, including the critical ones.
Chilkey ND
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…”
Chilkey ND vs Keychron V3 specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
16 of 28 specs differ
Chilkey ND
Keychron V3
Switch options
Hall effect (magnetic)
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Sound dampening
Screw-in stabilizers
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Knob
Display
Media keys
Connection
Max polling rate
Battery
USB-C
Case material
Plate material
Keycaps
Weight
Dimensions
Typing angle
Backlight
QMK
VIA
N-key rollover
Mac & Windows
Released
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