Ducky Year of the Snake vs Steelseries Apex Pro Mini
Get the Ducky Year of the Snake for hot-swappable and qmk.
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Which one should you get?
Get the
Ducky Year of the Snake
Hot-swappable
Build quality in the top 15% of 75% boards under $200.
- South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
- No numpad.
Get the
Steelseries Apex Pro Mini
Build quality in the bottom 35% of 60% boards at any price.
- Switches are soldered. Swapping them means soldering.
- Compact layout only. No function row, dedicated arrow keys, or numpad.
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 Snake
Steelseries Apex Pro Mini
Layout size
75%
60%
Connection
Wired
Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz
Wireless for several devices and wired for lower latency
Hot-swappable
Yes
No
Switch changes without soldering
Case material
ABS
Metal
QMK
Yes
No
The deep option when you want to remap every key
- Ducky Year of the Snake
- Steelseries Apex Pro Mini
- Performance
- 8058
- Build quality
- 8155
- Productivity
- 9558
- Customizability
- 8946
- Portability
- 6683
- Keycaps: PBT
Ducky Year of the Snake vs Steelseries Apex Pro Mini specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
13 of 21 specs differ
Ducky Year of the Snake
Steelseries Apex Pro Mini
Switch options
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Sound dampening
Screw-in stabilizers
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Display
Connection
Max polling rate
USB-C
Case material
Plate material
Keycaps
Backlight
QMK
VIA
N-key rollover
Mac & Windows
Released
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