Royal Kludge F99 AI vs Keychron R5
Get the Royal Kludge F99 AI for usb passthrough. Get the Keychron R5 for qmk and media keys.
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Which one should you get?
Get the
Royal Kludge F99 AI
USB passthrough
Build quality in the bottom 20% of 96% boards under $100.
- South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
Get the
Keychron R5
QMK
Build quality in the bottom 50% of 96% boards under $100.
- South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
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 F99 AI
Keychron R5
Connection
Wired
Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired
Wireless for several devices and wired for lower latency
Switch options
Linear
Linear, Tactile
QMK
No
Yes
The deep option when you want to remap every key
USB passthrough
Yes
No
Media keys
No
Yes
- Royal Kludge F99 AI
- Keychron R5
- Performance
- 6278
- Build quality
- 5063
- Productivity
- 7783
- Customizability
- 6078
- Portability
- 4554
- Layout size: 96%
- Hot-swappable
- Sound dampening
- Keycaps: PBT
Royal Kludge F99 AI vs Keychron R5 specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
7 of 24 specs differ
Royal Kludge F99 AI
Keychron R5
Switch options
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Sound dampening
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Display
Media keys
Connection
Max polling rate
Battery
USB passthrough
USB-C
Case material
Plate material
Keycaps
Weight
Dimensions
Backlight
QMK
N-key rollover
Mac & Windows
Released
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