Cherry MX Green
ClickyMX Blue's heavyweight sibling: same click-jacket snap, but with an 80 g spring that makes every keystroke deliberate. Originally a spacebar switch, now a cult pick for typists who like resistance.
Sound & feel
MX Green takes the Blue click-jacket mechanism and pairs it with a much stiffer spring: 80 g at the click, over 100 g by bottom-out. Cherry originally used Greens on spacebars to balance the feel of Blue boards, but full Green boards found an audience among heavy-handed typists. Green never moved to the MX2A line, so there is no current Cherry spec table for it, and sources split the way they do on Clear: Cherry publishes 80 cN outright, while Wikipedia's switch table reads 80 as the click peak and puts contact closure at 70 cN.
The extra spring weight slightly deepens the click and makes the stroke feel more controlled; there's less of the loose flutter light clickies can have. Fatigue is real, though. Greens over a long workday are a forearm workout.
Choose Greens if Blues feel flimsy and you want authority behind every click. For an even more forceful clicky experience, Kailh's thick-bar BOX Navy is the modern rival.
Sound on this page is synthesized from the switch's published specs and community-documented character: an honest simulation, not a recording. We're progressively replacing simulations with our own studio recordings. How our sounds are made
Compare it
- Cherry MX Green vs Cherry MX Blue MX2A , or jump to Cherry MX Blue MX2A
- Cherry MX Green vs Kailh BOX Navy , or jump to Kailh BOX Navy
- Cherry MX Green vs Gateron Green , or jump to Gateron Green
- Cherry MX Green vs IBM Model M Buckling Spring , or jump to IBM Model M Buckling Spring
Frequently asked questions
What does the Cherry MX Green sound like?
loud, slightly deeper click than Blue with a firm landing. Use the player on this page to hear simulated press and release sounds derived from its real specifications.
Is the Cherry MX Green good for gaming or typing?
Clicky switches like this are typing-first: the click is satisfying but loud for shared spaces and voice chat. For quiet environments, look at silent tactiles instead.
How heavy is the Cherry MX Green?
80g actuation, 105g bottom-out (our estimate). Note that Cherry officially rates actuation force and publishes no bottom-out, so the bottom-out above is our derivation. Brands differ, so check the basis when comparing switches.