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Keyboard & camera

Key travel: typical values for gaming laptops

Half of gaming laptops in the catalog have key travel below 1.7 mm, and 80% fall between 1.4 mm and 1.9 mm (872 models with data).

Median1.7 mm
Median 20261.7 mm
Typical range1.4 mm – 1.9 mm
Models872
Distribution

How key travel is distributed

08016024032011.21.41.51.71.821: 221.1: 31.2: 31.3: 231.4: 11.4: 481.5: 2371.6: 321.7: 3201.8: 71.8: 881.9: 262: 62Median 1.7 mm
Percentile10 %25 %50 %75 %90 %
Key travel1.4 mm1.5 mm1.7 mm1.7 mm1.9 mm

A model at the 75th percentile beats three quarters of the catalog on this spec.

Trends

Median key travel by year

0 mm0.5 mm1 mm1.5 mm2 mm2020202120222023202420252026
Recent leaders

Highest key travel

1 Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 AI RTX 5060 (2026)
Acer · 2026
Predator Helios Neo 16 AI RTX 5060 (2026)
Core i5-14450HX115 W16″2.5 kg
2 mm
8.5
2 Gigabyte G5 RTX 4050 (2024)
Gigabyte · 2024
G5 RTX 4050 (2024)
Core i5-13500H75 W15.6″2.08 kg
2 mm
6.4
3 Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 RTX 3060 (2022)
Asus · 2022
ROG Strix Scar 17 RTX 3060 (2022)
Core i7-12700H140 W17.3″2.9 kg
2 mm
8.0
4 Asus ROG Strix SCAR 16 G634 RTX 4080 (2024)
Asus · 2024
ROG Strix SCAR 16 G634 RTX 4080 (2024)
Core i9-14900HX175 W16″2.65 kg
2 mm
9.5
5 Gigabyte G6 RTX 4050 (2023)
Gigabyte · 2023
G6 RTX 4050 (2023)
Core i7-13620H75 W16″2.3 kg
2 mm
4.0
6 Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 AI RTX 5070 Ti (2025)
Acer · 2025
Predator Helios Neo 16 AI RTX 5070 Ti (2025)
Core Ultra 7 255HX140 W16″2.66 kg
2 mm
9.1
7 Acer Predator Helios 16 AI RTX 5070 (2025)
Acer · 2025
Predator Helios 16 AI RTX 5070 (2025)
Core Ultra 7 255HX170 W16″2.7 kg
2 mm
9.3
8 Gigabyte G6 RTX 4050 (2024)
Gigabyte · 2024
G6 RTX 4050 (2024)
Core i7-13620H75 W16″2.3 kg
2 mm
6.2
9 Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 AI RTX 5090 (2025)
Acer · 2025
Predator Helios Neo 16 AI RTX 5090 (2025)
Core Ultra 7 255HX165 W16″2.66 kg
2 mm
9.4
10 Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 AI RTX 5070 (2026)
Acer · 2026
Predator Helios Neo 16 AI RTX 5070 (2026)
Core i5-14450HX115 W16″2.5 kg
2 mm
8.8

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