Keychron Q14 Max vs Q6 HE
Get the Keychron Q6 HE for hall effect and rapid trigger.
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4.6 · 14 reviews
from$229at Keychron
4.5 · 20 reviews
from$229at MK
Which one should you get?
Get the
Keychron Q14 Max
Build quality in the top 15% of 96% boards under $300.
- 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.
Get the
Keychron Q6 HE
Hall effect
Build quality in the top 5% of 100% boards under $300.
- 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.
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 Q14 Max
Keychron Q6 HE
Layout size
96%
100%
Hall effect (magnetic)
No
Yes
Adjustable actuation helps in games and not in normal typing
Rapid trigger
No
Yes
Faster resets help in games and not in normal typing
Connection
Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired
Wired, Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz
Wireless for several devices and wired for lower latency
Ergonomics
Southpaw, Alice
Standard
- Keychron Q14 Max
- Keychron Q6 HE
- Performance
- 81100
- Build quality
- 8788
- Productivity
- 10097
- Customizability
- 9695
- Portability
- 5655
- Hot-swappable
- Battery: 4,000 mAh
- Knob
- QMK
- VIA
- Sound dampening
What owners say
Ratings and quotes collected from verified store reviews, including the critical ones.
Keychron Q14 Max
14 owner reviews
“I've a Keychron Q13 Pro that I purchased over a year ago, and I've been pleased with it, so when I started reading reviews about the Q13/14 Max, I wasn't convinced it would be noticeably better. I took a chance and purchased a Q14 Max even though I'm not…”
Keychron Q6 HE
20 owner reviews
“could have had better packaging for the shipment but it being damaged the actual product was as described highly recommend”
“For a $240 keyboard that is only wired, you would think that the least they could do was make a good USB port... No instead every minute, or couple of seconds, it just decides to disconnect. Through every fix I could do and they recommend, like changing…”
Keychron Q14 Max vs Q6 HE specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
15 of 28 specs differ
Keychron Q14 Max
Keychron Q6 HE
Switch options
Hall effect (magnetic)
Rapid trigger
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Sound dampening
Screw-in stabilizers
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Knob
Display
Connection
Max polling rate
Battery
USB-C
Case material
Plate material
Keycaps
Weight
Dimensions
Typing angle
Backlight
QMK
VIA
N-key rollover
Mac & Windows
Released
ISO layouts by store
Which stores sell ISO-DE, UK, and the other regional layouts.
Keychron Q14 Max
No ISO layout at the stores we track.
Keychron Q6 HE
Keychron
ISO-DE, ISO-UK, ISO-Nordic, ISO-SW
Out of stockShips to you
Keychron (DE)
ISO-DE, ISO-UK, ISO-FR, ISO-ES, ISO-SW
In stockDoes not ship to you
Keychron (DE)
ISO-DE, ISO-FR, ISO-ES
In stockDoes not ship to you
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