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Head to head · Prices checked Nov 2, 2026

Ducky Year of the Horse vs Keychron Q6 Ultra

Get the Ducky Year of the Horse for the 4,200 mAh battery. Get the Keychron Q6 Ultra for the 8,000 Hz polling rate.

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Quick verdict

Which one should you get?

Get the

Ducky Year of the Horse

Battery

Build quality in the top 20% of 100% boards under $200.

Rules this board out

  • 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

Keychron Q6 Ultra

polling rate

Build quality in the top 10% of 100% boards under $300.

Rules this board out

  • South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.

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 Horse

Keychron Q6 Ultra

  • Battery

    4,200 mAh

    4,000 mAh

    A larger battery means fewer cables during the day

  • Max polling rate

    1,000 Hz

    8,000 Hz

    Higher polling helps competitive FPS and does nothing for typing

  • Case material

    ABS, Aluminum

    Aluminum

  • Switch options

    Linear

    Clicky, Linear, Tactile

  • Mount style

    Plate Mount

    Gasket Mount, Plate Mount

KeebFinder scores

How we score
  • Ducky Year of the Horse
  • Keychron Q6 Ultra
Performance
78
90
Build quality
68
80
Productivity
59
93
Customizability
68
83
Portability
52
55

What they share

  • Layout size: 100%
  • Connection: Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired
  • Hot-swappable
  • Keycaps: PBT
See every spec side by side

Full specs

Ducky Year of the Horse vs Keychron Q6 Ultra specs

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

14 of 27 specs differ

Ducky Year of the Horse

Keychron Q6 Ultra

Typing & switches

Switch options

Linear
Clicky, Linear, Tactile

Hot-swappable

Yes
Yes

Mount style

Plate Mount
Gasket Mount, Plate Mount

Sound dampening

No
Yes

Screw-in stabilizers

No
Yes

Layout

Layout size

100%
100%

Layout standard

ANSI
ANSI, ISO, ISO-DE, ISO-ES, ISO-FR

Ergonomics

Standard
Standard

Knob

No
Yes

Display

None
None

Media keys

No
Yes

Connectivity & battery

Connection

Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired
Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired

Max polling rate

1,000 Hz
8,000 HzBetter

Battery

4,200 mAhBetter
4,000 mAh

USB-C

Yes
Yes

Build & materials

Case material

ABS, Aluminum
Aluminum

Plate material

Aluminum
Polycarbonate

Keycaps

PBT
PBT

Weight

—
2,238 g

Dimensions

—
31 x 446 x 137 mm

Typing angle

—
5°

Backlight

RGB, south-facing
RGB, south-facing

Firmware & software

QMK

No
Yes

VIA

Yes
No

N-key rollover

Yes
Yes

Mac & Windows

No
Yes

Extras

Released

2026
2026

For EU buyers

ISO layouts by store

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

Ducky Year of the Horse

No ISO layout at the stores we track.

Keychron Q6 Ultra

  • Input Gear

    ISO-DE

    Out of stockShips to you

  • Keychron (DE)

    ISO-DE, ISO-FR, ISO-ES

    In stockDoes not ship to you

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