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Colour depth: typical values for displays & pen tablets

Half of displays & pen tablets in the catalog have colour depth below 10 bit, and 80% fall between 8 bit and 10 bit (159 models with data).

Median10 bit
Median 202610 bit
Typical range8 bit – 10 bit
Models159
Distribution

How colour depth is distributed

02653791058108: 5410: 105Median 10 bit
Percentile10 %25 %50 %75 %90 %
Colour depth8 bit8 bit10 bit10 bit10 bit

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

Trends

Median colour depth by year

0 bit3 bit6 bit9 bit12 bit2020202120222023202420252026
Recent leaders

Highest colour depth

1 Dell UltraSharp UP2720QA
Dell · 2023
UltraSharp UP2720QA
27″3840 × 2160100%98%
10 bit
7.8
2 LG UltraFine 27UP850K
LG · 2025
UltraFine 27UP850K
27″3840 × 216090 W98%
10 bit
8.5
3 Asus ProArt PA32USD
Asus · 2026
ProArt PA32USD
31.5″3840 × 216096 W99%
10 bit
9.0
4 Lenovo ThinkVision P27u-20
Lenovo · 2022
ThinkVision P27u-20
27″3840 × 216099.5%99.1%
10 bit
9.0
5 BenQ MA320U
BenQ · 2024
MA320U
31.5″3840 × 216090 W97%
10 bit
7.4
6 EIZO ColorEdge CG2700S
EIZO · 2022
ColorEdge CG2700S
27″2560 × 144099%92 W
10 bit
7.0
7 BenQ PD2706UA
BenQ · 2023
PD2706UA
27″3840 × 216090 W95%
10 bit
6.2
8 Dell UltraSharp U4924DW
Dell · 2023
UltraSharp U4924DW
49″5120 × 144090 W98%
10 bit
6.0
9 Lenovo ThinkVision P40wd-40
Lenovo · 2026
ThinkVision P40wd-40
39.7″5120 × 216015 W98%
10 bit
6.3
10 LG UltraFine 27US50Z
LG · 2026
UltraFine 27US50Z
27″3840 × 216090%
10 bit
4.2
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