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Keychron Q6 HE vs LUMINKEY Luminkey98

Get the Keychron Q6 HE for hall effect and rapid trigger. Get the LUMINKEY Luminkey98 for the 4,400 mAh battery.

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 Q6 HE

LUMINKEY Luminkey98

  • Layout size

    100%

    98%

  • Hall effect (magnetic)

    Yes

    No

  • Rapid trigger

    Yes

    No

  • Connection

    Wired, Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz

    Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired

  • Battery

    4,000 mAh

    4,400 mAh

KeebFinder scores

How we score
  • Keychron Q6 HE
  • LUMINKEY Luminkey98
Performance
100
41
Build quality
88
61
Productivity
97
77
Customizability
95
70
Portability
55
58

What they share

  • Hot-swappable
See every spec side by side

From real owners

What owners say

Ratings and quotes collected from verified store reviews, including the critical ones.

Keychron Q6 HE

4.5

20 owner reviews

Praise
“could have had better packaging for the shipment but it being damaged the actual product was as described highly recommend”
ToddVerified buyer· via Keychron
Critique
“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…”
StewartVerified buyer· via Keychron

LUMINKEY Luminkey98

No owner reviews collected yet.

Full specs

Keychron Q6 HE vs LUMINKEY Luminkey98 specs

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

23 of 28 specs differ

Keychron Q6 HE

LUMINKEY Luminkey98

Typing & switches

Switch options

Clicky, Linear, Magnetic, Tactile
Linear

Hall effect (magnetic)

Yes
No

Rapid trigger

Yes
No

Hot-swappable

Yes
Yes

Mount style

Gasket Mount, Plate Mount
Top Mount

Sound dampening

Yes
No

Screw-in stabilizers

Yes
Yes

Layout

Layout size

100%
98%

Layout standard

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

Ergonomics

Standard
Southpaw

Knob

Yes
No

Display

None
None

Connectivity & battery

Connection

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

Max polling rate

8,000 HzBetter
1,000 Hz

Battery

4,000 mAh
4,400 mAhBetter

USB-C

Yes
Yes

Build & materials

Case material

Aluminum, Metal
Aluminum, Plastic

Plate material

Aluminum
Aluminum, Plastic, Polycarbonate

Keycaps

ABS, PBT
PBT

Weight

2,268 g
2,600 g

Dimensions

31 x 446 x 137 mm
20 x 136 x 400 mm

Typing angle

5°
7°

Backlight

RGB, south-facing
None

Firmware & software

QMK

Yes
No

VIA

Yes
No

N-key rollover

Yes
No

Mac & Windows

Yes
Yes

Extras

Released

2025
2024

Where to buy

Compare prices

Live prices from the stores we track, cheapest in-stock offer first.

Lowest price across stores, Amazon excluded.

  • MKUS

    In stock
    $229Visit
  • KeychronHK

    In stock
    $239Visit
  • Keychron (DE)DE

    In stock
    $275Visit
  • AmazonGlobal

    Check price
    Visit
  • AmazonGlobal

    Check price
    ~$199Visit
  • MKUS

    Out of stock
    $199Visit
  • WhatGeekCN

    Out of stock
    $215Visit
  • MechkeysCN

    Out of stock
    $225Visit

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