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Keychron K8 V2 vs LUMINKEY Luminkey98 V2

Get the LUMINKEY Luminkey98 V2 for the 6,000 mAh battery and the 8,000 Hz polling rate.

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Keychron K8 V2

Keychron K8 QMK Wireless Mechanical Keyboard ISO Layout Collection (Version 2)

5.0 (1)5.0 · 1 reviews

from$89at Keychron

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LUMINKEY Luminkey98 V2

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from$268at MK

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Quick verdict

Which one should you get?

Get the

Keychron K8 V2

Build quality in the top 10% of 80% boards under $100.

Rules this board out

North-facing LEDs. Cherry-profile keycaps can hit the switch housing.
South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
No numpad.

$89 at Keychron

Get the

LUMINKEY Luminkey98 V2

Battery

Build quality in the bottom 45% of 98% boards under $300.

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.
Compact full-size layout. The numpad is present, the gaps of a full-size board are not.

$268 at MK

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.

Keychron K8 V2

LUMINKEY Luminkey98 V2

Layout size
80%
98%
Connection
Bluetooth, Wired
Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired
Wireless for several devices and wired for lower latency
Battery
4,000 mAh
6,000 mAh
A larger battery means fewer cables during the day
Ergonomics
Standard
Southpaw
Max polling rate
1,000 Hz
8,000 Hz
Higher polling helps competitive FPS and does nothing for typing

KeebFinder scores

How we score

Keychron K8 V2
LUMINKEY Luminkey98 V2

Performance: 82
83
Build quality: 81
62
Productivity: 89
79
Customizability: 89
67
Portability: 73
65

What they share

Hot-swappable
Sound dampening

See every spec side by side

Full specs

Keychron K8 V2 vs LUMINKEY Luminkey98 V2 specs

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

15 of 25 specs differ

Spec

Keychron K8 V2

LUMINKEY Luminkey98 V2

Typing & switches

Switch options

Clicky, Linear, Tactile

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Hot-swappable

Yes

Mount style

PCB Mount, Plate Mount

Gasket Mount

Sound dampening

Yes

Layout

Layout size

80%

98%

Layout standard

ANSI, ISO, ISO-CH, ISO-DE, ISO-ES, ISO-FR, ISO-Nordic, ISO-UK

ANSI

Ergonomics

Standard

Southpaw

Display

None

Media keys

Yes

Connectivity & battery

Connection

Bluetooth, Wired

Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired

Max polling rate

1,000 Hz

8,000 HzBetter

Battery

4,000 mAh

6,000 mAhBetter

USB-C

Yes

Build & materials

Case material

ABS, Aluminum

Aluminum

Plate material

Aluminum, Plastic

Plastic

Keycaps

PBT, PC

PBT

Weight

800 g

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Dimensions

22 x 354 x 124 mm

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Typing angle

11°, 4°

7°

Backlight

RGB, south-facing

Firmware & software

QMK

Yes

VIA

Yes

N-key rollover

Yes

Mac & Windows

Yes

Extras

Released

2024

2026

For EU buyers

ISO layouts by store

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

Keychron K8 V2

Keychron
ISO-DE, ISO-UK, ISO-Nordic, ISO-FR, ISO-ES, ISO-CH
In stockShips to you

LUMINKEY Luminkey98 V2

No ISO layout at the stores we track.

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