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Corsair K70 RGB PROvsKinesis Advantage360 Professional

Corsair K70 RGB PRO leads all 5 Tech axes, 7.8 to 6.9. Kinesis Advantage360 Professional comes closest on Durability, 8.8 to 8.5.

Corsair K70 RGB PRO

Corsair

7.8

An aluminum-topped board built to outlive the software that drives it.

Price and availability change constantly, so we don't quote them here — the link opens the current Amazon listing.

Kinesis Advantage360 Professional

Kinesis

6.9

A split contoured board that fixes wrist posture and takes weeks of typing speed as payment.

Price and availability change constantly, so we don't quote them here — the link opens the current Amazon listing.

Where they diverge

The widest gap is Ease of use, Corsair K70 RGB PRO ahead 7.4 to 5.6. They come closest on Durability, 8.8 to 8.5. Left of center is Corsair K70 RGB PRO, right is Kinesis Advantage360 Professional.

Corsair K70 RGB PRO versus Kinesis Advantage360 Professional — axis scores out of 10Horizontal bar chart of editorial scores out of 10 across 5 axes. Bars for Corsair K70 RGB PRO run left from the axis labels, bars for Kinesis Advantage360 Professional run right. Corsair K70 RGB PRO: Performance 8.4, Value 7.2, Durability 8.8, Ease of use 7.4, Design 7.4. Kinesis Advantage360 Professional: Performance 8.0, Value 5.8, Durability 8.5, Ease of use 5.6, Design 6.8.Corsair K70 RGB PRO (left)Kinesis Advantage360 Professional (right)PerformanceCorsair K70 RGB PRO — Performance 8.4 out of 108.4Kinesis Advantage360 Professional — Performance 8.0 out of 108.0ValueCorsair K70 RGB PRO — Value 7.2 out of 107.2Kinesis Advantage360 Professional — Value 5.8 out of 105.8DurabilityCorsair K70 RGB PRO — Durability 8.8 out of 108.8Kinesis Advantage360 Professional — Durability 8.5 out of 108.5Ease of useCorsair K70 RGB PRO — Ease of use 7.4 out of 107.4Kinesis Advantage360 Professional — Ease of use 5.6 out of 105.6DesignCorsair K70 RGB PRO — Design 7.4 out of 107.4Kinesis Advantage360 Professional — Design 6.8 out of 106.8Editorial score out of 10 — higher is better

Which one to pick

Take the Corsair K70 RGB PRO

Leads on Performance, Value, Durability, Ease of use and Design.

  • A keyboard that will be on the same desk in eight years
  • You want genuine Cherry switches rather than a clone
  • A physical volume wheel is worth desk space to you

Take the Kinesis Advantage360 Professional

  • Your wrists already hurt and posture is the problem you are solving
  • You can absorb a slow few weeks while your hands relearn the layout
  • Firmware that belongs to you matters more than a familiar layout

What each one gets wrong

Corsair K70 RGB PRO

  • You do not want iCUE resident in the background
  • Desk space is tight — this is a full-size board with a wrist rest

Kinesis Advantage360 Professional

  • You move between this and a laptop keyboard all day
  • You need full typing speed from the first morning
  • Two large objects with palm rests will not fit the desk you have

Specs, side by side

SpecCorsair K70 RGB PROKinesis Advantage360 Professional
LayoutFull sizeSplit contoured keywells with thumb clusters
Top plateBrushed aluminum—
SwitchesCherry MX, solderedGateron Brown 45g or Kailh Box Pink 35g
ExtrasDetachable USB-C, media wheel—
Firmware—ZMK, open source
Connection—Bluetooth LE, up to five devices, or USB-C

Rankings they both appear in

Questions

Is there any case for Kinesis Advantage360 Professional?
Not from the scores. Corsair K70 RGB PRO leads all 5 axes and the closest Kinesis Advantage360 Professional gets is Durability, 8.8 to 8.5. The case, if there is one, is what the Corsair K70 RGB PRO gets wrong: You do not want iCUE resident in the background.
How wide is the gap?
Corsair K70 RGB PRO averages 7.8 and Kinesis Advantage360 Professional averages 6.9, 0.9 apart. The spread runs from 0.3 on Durability up to 1.8 on Ease of use.
Which one ranks higher in "Three things retire a mechanical keyboard"?
Corsair K70 RGB PRO sits at #3 in "Three things retire a mechanical keyboard", Kinesis Advantage360 Professional at #4.