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Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac vs Neo Neo65

Get the Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac for hall effect. Get the Neo Neo65 for sound dampening.

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Quick verdict

Which one should you get?

Get the

Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac

Hall effect

Build quality in the top 25% of 65% boards under $300.

Rules this board out

  • Magnetic switches only. Standard MX switches will not fit.
  • South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
  • No ISO layout. ISO-DE, UK, and other ISO variants are not offered.

Get the

Neo Neo65

Sound dampening

Build quality in the top 5% of 65% boards under $300.

What actually differs

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.

Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac

Neo Neo65

  • Hall effect (magnetic)

    Yes

    No

    Adjustable actuation helps in games and not in normal typing

  • Connection

    Wired

    Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired

    Wireless for several devices and wired for lower latency

  • Case material

    Aluminum

    Aluminum, Brass, Copper

  • Sound dampening

    No

    Yes

  • Layout standard

    ANSI

    ANSI, ISO

    ISO and JIS exist so regional layouts fit

KeebFinder scores

How we score
  • Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac
  • Neo Neo65
Performance
82
83
Build quality
77
94
Productivity
65
83
Customizability
82
90
Portability
73
86

What they share

  • Layout size: 65%
  • Hot-swappable
  • Mount style: Gasket Mount
  • QMK
  • VIA
See every spec side by side

Full specs

Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac vs Neo Neo65 specs

Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.

8 of 24 specs differ

Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac

Neo Neo65

Typing & switches

Hall effect (magnetic)

Yes
No

Hot-swappable

Yes
Yes

Mount style

Gasket Mount
Gasket Mount

Sound dampening

No
Yes

Screw-in stabilizers

No
Yes

Layout

Layout size

65%
65%

Layout standard

ANSI
ANSI, ISO

Ergonomics

Standard
Standard

Display

None
None

Connectivity & battery

Connection

Wired
Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired

Max polling rate

—
4,000 Hz

Battery

Wired only
4,400 mAh

USB-C

Yes
Yes

Build & materials

Case material

Aluminum
Aluminum, Brass, Copper

Plate material

FR4
Aluminum, CarbonFiber, Polycarbonate

Keycaps

PBT
—

Weight

—
400 g

Dimensions

—
40 x 320 x 120 mm

Typing angle

—
8°

Backlight

RGB, south-facing
RGB

Firmware & software

QMK

Yes
Yes

VIA

Yes
Yes

N-key rollover

Yes
Yes

Extras

Released

2024
2024

For EU buyers

ISO layouts by store

Which stores sell ISO-DE, UK, and the other regional layouts.

Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac

No ISO layout at the stores we track.

Neo Neo65

Listed on the product, not split by store: ISO.

Where to buy

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