Kailh Speed Silver vs TTC Speed Silver

The Kailh Speed Silver and the TTC Speed Silver are often cross-shopped. The main differences: the TTC Speed Silver is lighter to actuate (37g versus 40g); travel is 3.5 mm on the Kailh Speed Silver and 3.4 mm on the TTC Speed Silver; stock they sound different: light, clacky versus short speed linear.

Kailh Speed Silver Linear · 40g
TTC Speed Silver Linear · 37g

Choose the Kailh Speed Silver if

  • you want a switch popular for competitive gaming.
  • you want a switch popular for fast actuation.
  • you want a heavier, more deliberate press (40g).

Choose the TTC Speed Silver if

  • you want a switch popular for gaming.
  • you want a switch popular for speed linear.
  • you want a lighter keystroke (37g).

Kailh Speed Silver vs TTC Speed Silver, spec by spec

Kailh Speed SilverTTC Speed Silver
Type Linear Linear
Compatibility Standard MX sockets Standard MX sockets
Actuation force 40g 37g
Bottom-out force n/a n/a
Pre-travel 1.1 mm 1.1 mm
Total travel 3.5 mm 3.4 mm
Stem POM n/a
Top housing PC n/a
Bottom housing nylon n/a
Spring single-stage n/a
Factory lube none n/a
Pins 3-pin 5-pin
Price / switch $0.35 $0.35
Sound profile light, clacky short speed linear
Released 2016 2020

Highlighted rows are where the two differ; a check marks the objectively stronger spec (price, battery, modability). Feel and preference rows never get a check. Fields marked n/a are unpublished by the maker; we list only verifiable numbers.

Where they sit among all 227 switches we track

Actuation force lightest heaviest
Kailh Speed Silver 40g
TTC Speed Silver 37g

7% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the Kailh Speed Silver; 4% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the TTC Speed Silver.

Total travel shortest longest
Kailh Speed Silver 3.5 mm
TTC Speed Silver 3.4 mm

16% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the Kailh Speed Silver; 13% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the TTC Speed Silver.

Price per switch cheapest priciest
Kailh Speed Silver $0.35
TTC Speed Silver $0.35

30% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the Kailh Speed Silver; 30% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the TTC Speed Silver.

Where to buy the Kailh Speed Silver

Where to buy the TTC Speed Silver

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