Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro vs Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro
Stroke depth is the widest real gap between the Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro and the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro, 0.5 mm of it, and it shapes the bottom-out you hear in the player below. Our switch library cross-links them because this matchup keeps coming up. Start with the A/B bursts below, then take the spec table and the picks in order.
Hear them back to back
simulated from real specssound loads on your first tapShortcuts: press A or B anywhere outside a text box to fire that burst. Use the volume trims to loudness-match the pair before judging which sounds better.
Spec by spec
| Spec | Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro | Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Linear | Linear |
| Brand rates force at | actuation | actuation |
| Actuation force | 50 g | 50 g |
| Bottom-out force | 55 g (our estimate) | 58 g (our estimate) |
| Pre-travel | 2 mm | 2 mm |
| Total travel | 3.3 mm | 3.8 mm |
| Silent (dampened) | No | No |
| Factory lubed | Yes | Yes |
| MX-compatible stem | Yes | Yes |
| Price tier | Budget | Budget |
| Street price | varies | varies |
Akko advertises an actuation force for both of these, so the two headline figures in this table are measured at the same point and can be read against each other. The two figures marked "our estimate" are our own derivation and not a manufacturer number, because Akko publishes no bottom-out figure for either of these. How that derivation works .
Verdict
Stroke character is a tie. Two linears feel alike under a finger, which pushes the decision onto the rows below the type row. The Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro also stops sooner, 3.3 mm of total travel against 3.8 mm. Weight is nearly even at bottom-out: 58 g for the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro against 55 g, a gap most fingers will barely register. Akko publishes no bottom-out figure at all, so both of those are our estimates. The Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro comes out ahead of the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro for gaming and for typing, and it is the safer of the two in a shared room, so this comparison has one answer instead of a set of them.
- Overall pick
- Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro
No use case rescues the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro here. The Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro wins gaming, typing and the office question alike, so the block collapses to one.
Force curves
Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro
Akko publishes no bottom-out force for this switch, so the 55 g at the end of the stroke is our estimate and the run into it is dashed. Everything up to actuation comes from the published numbers. How we derive it.
Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro
Akko publishes no bottom-out force for this switch, so the 58 g at the end of the stroke is our estimate and the run into it is dashed. Everything up to actuation comes from the published numbers. How we derive it.
Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro or Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro: the long answer
Take the mechanical side first, since that is where this pair separates. They register at the same 2.0 mm, then part company on depth: 3.8 mm on the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro against 3.3 mm on the Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro. These are two Akko linears, so nothing sits between the top of either key and the bottom. Spring weight barely separates them, 3 g at bottom-out with the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro on the firmer side, which most fingers will not register. Akko publishes no bottom-out figure at all, so both of those are our estimates. None of these gaps is large. Stack them up and they still point somewhere, but gently.
Sound decides more of these arguments than force curves do. Two different voices: muted creamy thock, budget icon on the Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro, smooth muted glide, understated bottom-out on the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro. The usual caveat applies. Nothing here is a studio recording; both packs are synthesized from published specs, and the players say so.
On what they cost to fill a board, both are budget friendly. Both arrive lubed from the factory, which is one project you can skip either way.
So who should buy which? The same switch wins every way we score it: the Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro is our pick for gaming, for typing and for a shared desk. On speed, the two are close enough here that either works, and our scoring gives it the nod by a hair. On typing feel, it holds the same feel from the first hour of writing to the last. On noise, it is the quieter of the two once the room is listening. That leaves the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro to anyone who preferred its voice in the player above, which is a good enough reason on its own. Whichever way you land, listen to both above with the volume trims matched before you spend anything.
There is more on both than a head-to-head can carry. Start with the Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro page and the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro page. Or leave switches aside for a minute and run your current keyboard through the free keyboard tester.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro or the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro the better gaming switch?
We pick the Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro for gaming. This is close to a coin toss. The scoring hands it over by a margin you would not feel in a match.
Which of the Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro and the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro is quieter in a shared room?
Volume is roughly a wash: no dampening and no click mechanism on either, so your typing force and your case decide the level. The character is not a wash, with the Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro reading as muted creamy thock, budget icon against smooth muted glide, understated bottom-out from the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro.
Which switch is heavier, the Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro or the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro?
The Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro on the figures this page carries, 58 g to 55 g at bottom-out, but the comparison is not manufacturer against manufacturer: Akko publishes no bottom-out figure at all, so both of those numbers are our own derivation from the forces it does publish.
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