Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro vs TTC Ace
The Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro and the TTC Ace sit in different price brackets, which across the 70-odd switches a board needs is a bigger difference than most of the spec sheet. 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 Matcha Green Pro | TTC Ace |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Linear | Linear |
| Brand rates force at | actuation | actuation |
| Actuation force | 50 g | 53 g |
| Bottom-out force | 58 g (our estimate) | 60 g |
| 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 | 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. Akko publishes no bottom-out figure for the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro, so the figure marked "our estimate" is our own derivation from the forces that are published rather than a rating. How we derive a bottom-out figure .
Verdict
The Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro and the TTC Ace are both linears, so nothing separates them at the fingertip until you look at springs and acoustics. Budget also has a say, since the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro is budget friendly and the TTC Ace is mid priced. Weight is nearly even at actuation: 53 g for the TTC Ace against 50 g, a gap most fingers will barely register. The scoring splits them: the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro for gaming and a shared office, the TTC Ace for typing.
- Gaming pick
- Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro
- Typing pick
- TTC Ace
- 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.
TTC Ace
Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro or TTC Ace: the long answer
Cost is the honest headline on this pair, so take it first. The Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro is budget friendly, while the TTC Ace is mid priced. Both arrive lubed from the factory, which is one project you can skip either way.
The specs are the smaller half of this pair, but they are not nothing. Type is not the difference here. Both are linears, and nothing sits between the top of either key and the bottom. The TTC Ace is nominally firmer at actuation, 53 g to 50 g, but 3 g is not a gap you buy a switch for. 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. Neither one out-feels the other on type, so the small differences in the table are where the decision lives.
Now the part spec sheets cannot carry: the voice. Two different voices: smooth muted glide, understated bottom-out on the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro, refined muted clack, condensed and clean on the TTC Ace. Worth repeating: the audio here is a simulation built from specs and community descriptions, not a recording of either switch.
Answer the use case and the switch follows. Games point at the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro, because the two are close enough here that either works, and our scoring gives it the nod by a hair. Writing points at the TTC Ace, since it holds the same feel from the first hour of writing to the last. A shared room points at the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro, as it is the one of these two you would not apologize for. 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 Matcha Green Pro page and the TTC Ace 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 Matcha Green Pro or the TTC Ace the better gaming switch?
We pick the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro for gaming. The two are close enough for gaming that either works; our scoring defaults to it by a small margin.
Which of the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro and the TTC Ace is quieter in a shared room?
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.
Which has the heavier spring, the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro or the TTC Ace?
The TTC Ace, and the comparison is clean: actuation on both sides, 53 g to 50 g.
Which is cheaper to fill a board with, the Akko V3 Matcha Green Pro or the TTC Ace?
The Akko V3 Matcha Green 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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