Gateron Blue vs Gateron Green
Weight is the real gap here: 20 g between the Gateron Green and the Gateron Blue at actuation, which is enough to change how a long session ends. Our switch library links the two to each other for that reason. Play the A/B bursts below to hear them back to back, match the volumes, then read the spec table and the verdict.
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 | Gateron Blue | Gateron Green |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Clicky | Clicky |
| Brand rates force at | actuation | actuation |
| Actuation force | 60 g | 80 g |
| Bottom-out force | not published | not published |
| Pre-travel | 2.3 mm | 2.3 mm |
| Total travel | 4 mm | 4 mm |
| Silent (dampened) | No | No |
| Factory lubed | No | No |
| MX-compatible stem | Yes | Yes |
| Price tier | Budget | Budget |
| Street price | varies | varies |
Both of these are rated 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.
Verdict
Stroke character is a tie. Two clickies feel alike under a finger, which pushes the decision onto the rows below the type row. Weight separates them clearly: measured at actuation, the Gateron Green is 20 g heavier than the Gateron Blue, which changes both fatigue and sound. With the numbers this close, the honest tiebreak is the voice: bright, slightly rattly click-jacket snap on the Gateron Blue, louder, deeper click backed by a heavy spring on the Gateron Green. One pick, not three: the Gateron Blue takes gaming and typing, and it is the less punishing of the two in a shared room, though neither really belongs in one. The Gateron Green is the answer only to a question our scoring does not ask.
- Overall pick
- Gateron Blue
This pair does not split by use case: the Gateron Blue comes out ahead of the Gateron Green on all three, so there is one pick here rather than three.
Force curves
Gateron Blue
Gateron publishes no bottom-out force for this switch, so the dashed end of the curve is an estimate, not a spec. Everything up to actuation comes from the published numbers.
Gateron Green
Gateron publishes no bottom-out force for this switch, so the dashed end of the curve is an estimate, not a spec. Everything up to actuation comes from the published numbers.
Gateron Blue or Gateron Green: the long answer
Specs first, since the feel gap is what you notice in the first minute of typing. The spread at actuation is 20 g, 80 g on the Gateron Green against 60 g on the Gateron Blue, which puts them in different weight brackets rather than two shades of one. The stroke itself is shared: both fire an audible click alongside the bump. Travel is a straight match, 2.3 mm of pre-travel and 4.0 mm in full on both. With the stroke shared, that spring gap does most of the deciding here.
Now the part spec sheets cannot carry: the voice. The Gateron Blue sits at bright, slightly rattly click-jacket snap; the Gateron Green answers with louder, deeper click backed by a heavy spring. A click you love at your own desk can still be the loudest thing in someone else’s meeting. 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. Neither ships lubed, so budget an evening with a brush if you want either at its best.
So who should buy which? The same switch wins every way we score it: the Gateron Blue is our pick for gaming and for typing, and the quieter of two switches that both announce themselves. On speed, it wins on a lighter spring at actuation. On typing feel, the click turns a long writing session into a rhythm, if your room allows it. On noise, neither of these belongs in a quiet shared room, and this is only the less punishing of the two clicks. That leaves the Gateron Green 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 Gateron Blue page and the Gateron Green page. Or leave switches aside for a minute and run your current keyboard through the free keyboard tester.
Frequently asked questions
Which is better for gaming, the Gateron Blue or the Gateron Green?
We pick the Gateron Blue for gaming. The scoring gives it a lighter spring at actuation against the Gateron Green, and both of those show up in a fast game.
Gateron Blue or Gateron Green: which one is quieter?
Both are loud, so choosing between them is choosing a tone and not a volume. If the room is the constraint, neither of these is the answer and a silent tactile is.
Is the Gateron Blue heavier than the Gateron Green?
The Gateron Green, and the comparison is clean: actuation on both sides, 80 g to 60 g.
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