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Colour

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 (177 models with data).

Median10 bit
Median 202610 bit
Typical range8 bit – 10 bit
Models177
Distribution

How colour depth is distributed

02957861148108: 6310: 114Median 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 bit20192020202120222023202420252026
Recent leaders

Highest colour depth

1 Asus ProArt PA329CRV
Asus · 2023
ProArt PA329CRV
31.5″3840 × 216096 W98%
10 bit
6.8
2 Dell UltraSharp U4025QW
Dell · 2024
UltraSharp U4025QW
40″5120 × 2160140 W99%
10 bit
9.0
3 EIZO ColorEdge CG2400S
EIZO · 2025
ColorEdge CG2400S
24.1″1920 × 120099%70 W
10 bit
6.1
4 Samsung ViewFinity S8 S32D800U
Samsung · 2025
ViewFinity S8 S32D800U
32″3840 × 216090 W
10 bit
4.9
5 Asus ProArt PA32UCXR
Asus · 2024
ProArt PA32UCXR
32″3840 × 216099%90 W
10 bit
6.2
6 BenQ MA320UP
BenQ · 2025
MA320UP
31.5″3840 × 216090 W97%
10 bit
6.8
7 EIZO ColorEdge CS2400S
EIZO · 2023
ColorEdge CS2400S
24.1″1920 × 120099%70 W
10 bit
7.1
8 Asus ProArt PA32UCE
Asus · 2025
ProArt PA32UCE
31.5″3840 × 216096 W98%
10 bit
8.1
9 Dell UltraSharp U2725QE
Dell · 2025
UltraSharp U2725QE
27″3840 × 2160140 W99%
10 bit
9.6
10 Dell UltraSharp U3423WE
Dell · 2022
UltraSharp U3423WE
34″3440 × 144090 W98%
10 bit
7.2
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