Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro vs TTC Ace
Money is the honest first difference between the Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro and the TTC Ace: one is budget friendly and the other mid priced, multiplied by a full board. Our switch library already points each of these at the other. Hear them back to back below with the trims matched before you read a single number.
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 | TTC Ace |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Linear | Linear |
| Brand rates force at | actuation | actuation |
| Actuation force | 50 g | 53 g |
| Bottom-out force | 55 g (our estimate) | 60 g |
| Pre-travel | 2 mm | 2 mm |
| Total travel | 3.3 mm | 4 mm |
| Silent (dampened) | No | No |
| Factory lubed | Yes | Yes |
| MX-compatible stem | Yes | Yes |
| Price tier | Budget | Mid-range |
| Street price | varies | varies |
Both makers rate these at actuation, which is the one case where the advertised numbers compare directly. Every other force row still has to be matched basis to basis. The figure marked "our estimate" is our own derivation and not a manufacturer number, because Akko publishes no bottom-out figure for the Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro. What actuation force actually measures .
Verdict
Both the Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro and the TTC Ace are linears, so this matchup comes down to weight, travel and sound rather than feel. The Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro is the cheaper board to fill by a full bracket, budget friendly against mid priced. The TTC Ace is the firmer of the two at actuation, 53 g to 50 g, though 3 g is not much to choose between. One pick, not three: the Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro takes gaming and typing, and it is the safer of the two in a shared room. The TTC Ace is the answer only to a question our scoring does not ask.
- Overall pick
- Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro
No use case rescues the TTC Ace 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.
TTC Ace
Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro or TTC Ace: the long answer
Cost is the honest headline on this pair, so take it first. The Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro is budget friendly, while the TTC Ace is mid priced. Factory lube on both, so the smoothness you hear in the player is roughly the smoothness you get.
On to the mechanical side. Actuation lands at 2.0 mm on both, but the Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro bottoms out 0.7 mm sooner, 3.3 mm against 4.0 mm. Akko and TTC are both selling you linears here, so neither one puts a bump or a click in the way of the press. At actuation they sit 3 g apart, 53 g against 50 g, close enough that lube and housing will decide the feel before the spring does. Nothing here is decisive on its own, which is why the sound comparison matters more than usual on this pair.
What the table cannot tell you is how either one lands in a room. The Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro sits at muted creamy thock, budget icon; the TTC Ace answers with refined muted clack, condensed and clean. These demos are synthesized from published specs and documented character rather than studio recordings, which every player on the site says plainly.
That leaves an unusually simple answer, because one switch wins on all three counts: 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, nothing about it gets tiring by the afternoon, which is the whole test for a writing switch. On noise, it makes the least fuss of the pair in a shared space. That leaves the TTC Ace to anyone who preferred its voice in the player above, which is a good enough reason on its own. None of this beats hearing them yourself, which the player above lets you do in about a minute.
For either one on its own terms, read the Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro page and the TTC Ace page, or test how your current keyboard performs with our free keyboard tester.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro or the TTC Ace the better gaming switch?
We pick the Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro for gaming. Honestly either is fine here. It takes the nod once the scoring is added up, and only just.
Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro or TTC Ace: which one is quieter?
They are close. Neither is a silent switch and neither clicks, so loudness depends mostly on how hard you bottom out and the board they sit in. Their character differs though: the Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro leans toward muted creamy thock, budget icon, while the TTC Ace is refined muted clack, condensed and clean.
Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro vs TTC Ace: which one is the heavier press?
The TTC Ace is heavier: 53 g against 50 g, both measured at actuation, so this is a fair like-for-like comparison.
Which is cheaper to fill a board with, the Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro or the TTC Ace?
The Akko V3 Cream Yellow Pro sits in the budget friendly bracket and the TTC Ace in the mid priced one. We do not hold a reliable per-switch price for both, so the bracket is the honest answer rather than a total.
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