zFrontier Smoke vs Pwnage Zenblade
Get the Pwnage Zenblade for hall effect and rapid trigger.
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Which one should you get?
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Pwnage Zenblade
Hall effect
Build quality in the bottom 50% of 65% boards under $300.
- Magnetic switches only. Standard MX switches will not fit.
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.
zFrontier Smoke
Pwnage Zenblade
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
Screw-in stabilizers
No
Yes
Easier to tune than the plate-mount stabs you get prebuilt
Backlight
None
RGB
RGB for looks and low light rather than speed
USB-C
No
Yes
- zFrontier Smoke
- Pwnage Zenblade
- Performance
- 4679
- Build quality
- 6163
- Productivity
- 5864
- Customizability
- 4864
- Portability
- 8772
- Layout size: 65%
- Hot-swappable
- Case material: Aluminum
- Sound dampening
- Plate material: Aluminum
zFrontier Smoke vs Pwnage Zenblade specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
5 of 21 specs differ
zFrontier Smoke
Pwnage Zenblade
Switch options
Hall effect (magnetic)
Rapid trigger
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Sound dampening
Screw-in stabilizers
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Display
Connection
USB-C
Case material
Plate material
Keycaps
Weight
Dimensions
Typing angle
Backlight
Released
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