SteelSeries Apex Pro vs Wooting 80HE / 60HE v2: what AI actually recommends
The same buying questions, run after run, to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity: the record of which of these two they name first. No opinions, no scores we invented: what the models said.
AI currently favors SteelSeries Apex Pro. Ahead in 1 of 1 shared category on consensus rank.
That is the latest close, not a verdict for all time. The model-by-model board below shows where they agree, where they split, and how both brands moved.
At the latest close, SteelSeries Apex Pro leads 1 and Wooting 80HE / 60HE v2 leads 0 across the 1 category they both appear in.
Beyond this pairing, SteelSeries Apex Pro is ranked in 1 category; Wooting 80HE / 60HE v2 is ranked in 1 category. The board below is the shared slice, where the four models place these two side by side.
The record, category by category.
Consensus rank · latest close- #18SteelSeries Apex ProNew entry at the last closespread 10PPLX#11
- #19Wooting 80HE / 60HE v2New entry at the last closespread 11PPLX#12
On consensus rank, SteelSeries Apex Pro leads here, #18 to Wooting 80HE / 60HE v2's #19. 5 to 4 on the 0-100 score. Every model that separates the two ranks SteelSeries Apex Pro ahead. SteelSeries Apex Pro is new to the board at this close.
What the models actually said.
The ranking is the answer; these are the words behind it. Every quote is from a recorded model answer — follow the category to read it whole.
SteelSeries Apex Pro
SteelSeries Apex Pro — Worth considering mainly if you also care about gaming, but it is less typing-pure than the best enthusiast and office-focused picks.
Perplexity
Wooting 80HE / 60HE v2
Wooting 80HE / 60HE v2 — Excellent for speed and gaming, but I would rank them below the dedicated typing-first boards because their standout strengths are competitive-input features rather than traditional typing comfort.
Perplexity
Where the models split.
Across the 1 category SteelSeries Apex Pro and Wooting 80HE / 60HE v2 both appear in, the models never break ranks: in each one, the same brand leads on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity alike.
No model runs against the grain here: each of the four ranks SteelSeries Apex Pro ahead at least as often as not, with Perplexity the most lopsided.
- ChatGPTsplit 0-0
- Claudesplit 0-0
- Geminisplit 0-0
- Perplexityfavors SteelSeries Apex Pro 1-0