Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro vs Gateron Milky Yellow Pro
Weight is the real gap here: 4 g between the Gateron Milky Yellow Pro and the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro at bottom-out, which is enough to change how a long session ends. Our full 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 Matcha Green Pro | Gateron Milky Yellow Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Linear | Linear |
| Brand rates force at | actuation | actuation |
| Actuation force | 50 g | 50 g |
| Bottom-out force | 58 g (our estimate) | 62 g (our estimate) |
| Pre-travel | 2 mm | 2 mm |
| Total travel | 3.8 mm | 4 mm |
| Silent (dampened) | No | No |
| Factory lubed | Yes | Yes |
| MX-compatible stem | Yes | Yes |
| Price tier | Budget | Budget |
| Street price | varies | varies |
Akko and Gateron both advertise an actuation force, 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 neither Akko nor Gateron publishes a bottom-out figure. How we derive a bottom-out figure .
Verdict
Stroke character is a tie. Two linears feel alike under a finger, which pushes the decision onto the rows below the type row. Their springs sit close together, just 4 g apart at bottom-out, with the Gateron Milky Yellow Pro the marginally firmer press. Neither Akko nor Gateron publishes a bottom-out figure, so both of those are our estimates. Stroke depth separates them too: 4.0 mm on the Gateron Milky Yellow Pro against 3.8 mm on the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro, which you hear at the bottom as much as you feel it. The scoring splits them: the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro for gaming and a shared office, the Gateron Milky Yellow Pro for typing.
- Gaming pick
- Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro
- Typing pick
- Gateron Milky Yellow Pro
- Office pick
- Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro
Force curves
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.
Gateron Milky Yellow Pro
Gateron publishes no bottom-out force for this switch, so the 62 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 or Gateron Milky Yellow Pro: the long answer
The table above already holds the answer. Here is what it means under a finger. Akko and Gateron are both selling you linears here, so both give you spring resistance and nothing else. The Gateron Milky Yellow Pro is nominally firmer at bottom-out, 62 g to 58 g, but 4 g is not a gap you buy a switch for. Neither Akko nor Gateron publishes a bottom-out figure, so both of those are our estimates. Actuation lands at 2.0 mm on both, but the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro bottoms out 0.2 mm sooner, 3.8 mm against 4.0 mm. Same family of stroke, so read the detail rather than the headline.
What the table cannot tell you is how either one lands in a room. Played back to back, the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro is smooth muted glide, understated bottom-out against deeper, muted, creamy bottom-out from the milky nylon housing from the Gateron Milky Yellow Pro. Worth repeating: the audio here is a simulation built from specs and community descriptions, not a recording of either switch.
On cost and convenience, both are budget friendly. Both come factory lubed, so neither needs work out of the box.
This one genuinely splits. The Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro for games, because the honest answer is that either would do, and it wins on a margin too small to feel. The Gateron Milky Yellow Pro for writing, since its keystroke stays consistent and comfortable across a full day of writing. The Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro for an office, as it makes the least fuss of the pair in a shared space. The player above is the cheapest part of this decision, so use it before your wallet is involved.
For either one on its own terms, read the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro page and the Gateron Milky Yellow Pro page. Or leave switches aside for a minute and run your current keyboard through the free keyboard tester.
Frequently asked questions
For gaming, should I buy the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro or the Gateron Milky Yellow Pro?
We pick the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro for gaming. Honestly either is fine here. It takes the nod once the scoring is added up, and only just.
Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro or Gateron Milky Yellow Pro: which one is quieter?
Nothing in either one is built to reduce noise, so on raw volume this is a tie decided by your keyboard rather than your switch. What you will actually hear is a difference of pitch and texture, which the player above shows better than a sentence can.
Is the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro heavier than the Gateron Milky Yellow Pro?
The Gateron Milky Yellow Pro on the figures this page carries, 62 g to 58 g at bottom-out, but the comparison is not manufacturer against manufacturer: neither Akko nor Gateron publishes a bottom-out figure, so both of those numbers are our own derivation from the forces they do publish.
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