6k display comparison
It’s very clear that Apple were going for peak brightness above all else. Nobody else has even tried to make a bright 6k display – in fact, every non-Apple 6k display is outright dim by modern display standards – they’re barely brighter than the original 5k display in the 2015 iMac!1
For the price of one Apple Pro Display XDR you can get five Asus ProArt 6k displays. And it’s worth noting that the 2nd-hand price for the XDR has risen dramatically since it was discontinued, with some ‘retailing’ on eBay for more than their original purchase price! So forget about the 2nd-hand market.
I suspect there’s only three 6k panel models in existence – the one used by Apple, the AUO one used by Asus2, Acer, & ALOGIC, and the LG one used by LG, Dell, & Kuycon.
It’s strange to me that Dell haven’t dropped the price of their 6k display given that LG are offering the same panel in a much svelter package for 33% less (and you can get the very similar Asus display for 56% less!).
| Pro Display XDR | LG UltraFine™evo 6K Nano IPS Black Monitor with Thunderbolt™ 5 (32U990A-S) | Dell UltraSharp 32 6K (U3224KB) | Asus ProArt Display 6K (PA32QCV) | Acer ProCreator3 31.5″ 6K (PE320QXT)4 | Kuycon G32P | Meirro Pro | ALOGIC Clarity 32″ 6K Multi-Touch (32C6KPDTF) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screen diagonal | 81 cm | 80 cm | 80 cm | 80 cm | 80 cm | 80 cm | 80 cm | 81 cm |
| Resolution | 6,016 ⨉ 3,384 | 6,144 ⨉ 3,456 | 6,144 ⨉ 3,456 | 6,016 ⨉ 3,384 | 6,016 ⨉ 3,384 | 6,144 ⨉ 3,456 | 6,144 ⨉ 3,456 | 6,016 ⨉ 3,384 |
| Pixel count | 20,358,144 | 21,233,664 | 21,233,664 | 20,358,144 | 20,358,144 | 21,233,664 | 21,233,664 | 20,358,144 |
| Backlight zones | 576 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pixels per backlight zone | 35,344 | 21,233,664 | 21,233,664 | 20,358,144 | 20,358,144 | 21,233,664 | 21,233,664 | 20,358,144 |
| Pixel density | 218 | 224 | 224 | 218 | 218 | 224 | 224 | 216 |
| Contrast ratio | 1,000,000 : 1 | 2,000 : 1 5 | 2,000 : 1 6 | 1,500 : 1 7 | ? 8 | 2,000 : 1 9 | 2,000 : 1 | 2,000 : 1 |
| Peak sustained brightness | 1,600 (≤ 25℃) | 45010 | 450 | 35011 | 40012 | 500 | 45013 | 40014 |
| Maximum “black” luminence | ? | ≤ 0.115 | ≤ 0.116 | ≤ 0.117 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Bit depth | 10 | 10 | 10 | 818 | 819 | 10 | 10 | 820 |
| Rec 2020 coverage | ? | 82% | ? | 73% | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Display P3 coverage | 98.7% 21 | 98% 22 | 99% | 98% | 99% | 99% | 98% | 99%23 |
| Adobe RGB coverage | 96.… |