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PWM Ranking - The Best Displays for the Eyes

Typical PWM graph of the luminance, in this case from the HP EliteBook 840 G3 at 200 Hz
Typical PWM graph of the luminance, in this case from the HP EliteBook 840 G3 at 200 Hz

PWM is short for pulse-width modulation and describes a flickering of the background illumination to reduce the luminance. Sensitive users may see this flickering below a certain frequency and get tired eyes or headaches. These problems might not even be obvious. More than 500 Hz are generally not an issue, but there seem to be many users with problems below 250 Hz. Beware, there are even reports from readers that suffer from frequencies above 10k Hz. These users should look at the individual reviews and look out for completly flat lines in our measurements as small brightness changes may lead to sore eyes, headache ... for them.

We use the following table to show the measured frequency of the flickering. Some devices do not use PWM at all, but still showed a measurable brightness flickering during our review (e. g. poor shielding of the power adapter). Those devices are listed here as well. Devices listed with a "0" did not show big brightness fluctuations in our measurements. A detailed analysis and a screenshot of the measurement is available in the linked review.

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PosModelScreen ResolutionScreen TypeResponse Times PWM Frequency ↓
n.a.1920x1080
0
Philips 328P6VJEB3840x2160
0
Philips Brilliance 329P9H3840x2160
0
MSI Cubi 5 10M2560x1440
0
Dell XPS 13 9360 FHD i51920x1080IPS
0
Nokia 1854x480IPS
0
Nokia 1.31520x720IPS
0
HTC 102560x1440Super LCD 5
0
Honor 102280x1080IPS
0
Honor 10 Lite2340x1080IPS
0
Honor 10X Lite2400x1080IPS
0
HP 14-bs007ng1920x1080IPS
0
HP 14-dk0008ng1920x1080IPS
0
HP 14-ma0312ng1366x768TN LED
0
HP 14s-dq1431ng1920x1080IPS
0
HP 14s-fq1357ng1920x1080IPS
0
Alienware 15 R31920x1080TN
0
Aorus 15 W91920x1080IPS
0
Aorus 15 X91920x1080IPS
0
PosModelScreen ResolutionScreen TypeResponse Times PWM Frequency ↓
Aorus 15 XE52560x1440IPS
0n2
HP 15-ay116ng1920x1080TN LED
0
HP 15-bs103ng1920x1080TN LED
0
Aorus 15-SA1920x1080IPS
0
Aorus 15P WB1920x1080IPS
0
Aorus 15P YD1920x1080IPS
0
HP 15s-fq1440ng1920x1080TN
0
HP 15s-fq1556ng1920x1080IPS
0
Aorus 15X ASF2560x1440IPS
0
Monduo 16 Pro Duo2560x1600IPS
0
Monduo 16 Pro Duo2560x1600IPS
0
Alienware 17 R3 (A17-9935)1920x1080IPS
0
Alienware 17 R42560x1440TN LED
0
Alienware 17 R52560x1440TN
0
Aorus 17 XE41920x1080IPS
0n2
Aorus 17 YA1920x1080IPS
0
HP 17-bs103ng1600x900TN LED
0
HP 17-ca0013ng1920x1080IPS
0
HP 17-x066ng1920x1080IPS
0
HP 17-y044ng1600x900TN LED
0
PosModelScreen ResolutionScreen TypeResponse Times PWM Frequency ↓
Aorus 17G XB1920x1080IPS
0
Aorus 17G YD1920x1080IPS
0
Aorus 17X AZF2560x1440IPS
0
Aorus 17X XES1920x1080IPS
0
Alcatel 1S (2020)1520x720IPS
0
Alcatel 1S 20211600x720IPS
0
Alcatel 1T 101280x800IPS
0
Nokia 21280x720IPS
0
Nokia 2.41600x720IPS
0
Honor 202340x1080IPS
0
HP 250 G5 SP X0N33EA1920x1080TN
0
HP 250 G5 Y1V08UT1366x768TN LED
0
Innocn 27C1U Monitor3840x2160
0
Nokia 31280x720IPS
0
Nokia 3.11440x720IPS
0
Alcatel 3L 20201520x720IPS
0
Alcatel 3L 20211600x720IPS
0
Alcatel 3T 10 4G 20201280x800IPS
0
Alcatel 3V2160x1080IPS
0
Alcatel 3X1440x720IPS
0
PosModelScreen ResolutionScreen TypeResponse Times PWM Frequency ↓
Alcatel 3X 20201600x720IPS
0
Fairphone 42340x1080IPS
0
Nokia 4.21520x720IPS
0
Nokia 51280x720IPS
0
Alcatel 51440x720IPS
0
Aorus 5 KB1920x1080IPS
0
Nokia 5.1 Plus1520x720IPS
0
Nokia 5.31600x720IPS
0
Nokia 5.41560x720IPS LCD
0
Honor 50 Lite2376x1080TFT-LCD
0
Archos 50 Platinum 4G1280x720IPS
0
Archos 50 Power1280x720IPS
0
Archos 50 Saphir1280x720IPS
0
Archos 50e Neon854x480TFT
0
Honor 5C1920x1080IPS
0
Honor 5X1920x1080IPS
0
Nokia 61920x1080IPS
0
realme 62400x1080IPS
0
Honor 6C Pro1280x720
0
realme 6i1600x720IPS
0
PosModelScreen ResolutionScreen TypeResponse Times PWM Frequency ↓
Honor 6X1920x1080IPS
0
realme 72400x1080IPS
0
realme 7 5G2400x1080IPS
0
Aorus 7 KB1920x1080IPS
0
Nokia 7 Plus2160x1080IPS
0
Honor 7A 1440x720IPS
0
Honor 81920x1080IPS
0
realme 8 5G2400x1080IPS
0
Honor 8 Pro2560x1440IPS
0
Nokia 8.3 5G2400x1080IPS
0
Doro 8031854x450IPS
0
Honor 8A1520x720IPS
0
Honor 8X2340x1080LCD IPS
0
Honor 91920x1080IPS/LTPS
0
realme 9 5G2412x1080IPS
0
Honor 9 Lite2160x1080IPS
0
realme 9 Pro2412x1080IPS
0
Honor 9A1600x720IPS
0
realme 9i2412x1080IPS
0
Honor 9X2340x1080LCD IPS
0
PosModelScreen ResolutionScreen TypeResponse Times PWM Frequency ↓
Honor 9X Lite2340x1080IPS
0
Honor 9X Pro2340x1080IPS
0
Umidigi A1 Pro1440x720IPS
0
Oppo A16s1600x720LCD
0
Blackview A20960x480IPS
0
Elephone A52246x1080IPS
0
Gigabyte A5 K11920x1080IPS
0
Gigabyte A5 X11920x1080IPS
0
Oppo A522400x1080IPS
0
Blackview A521600x720IPS
0
Blackview A601280x600IPS
0
Gigabyte A7 X11920x1080IPS
0
Oppo A722400x1080IPS LCD
0
Oppo A73 5G2400x1080IPS
0
Oppo A761612x720IPS
0
Oppo A77 5G1612x720IPS
0
AGM A81280x720IPS
0
Blackview A8 Max1280x720IPS
0
Gretel A91280x720IPS
0
Blackview A9 Pro1280x720IPS
0
PosModelScreen ResolutionScreen TypeResponse Times PWM Frequency ↓
Gigabyte Aero 142560x1440IPS
0
Gigabyte Aero 14-K82560x1440IPS
0
Gigabyte Aero 15-X91920x1080IPS
0
Gigabyte Aero 15-Y93840x2160IPS
0
Gigabyte Aero 15X v81920x1080IPS
0
Gigabyte Aero 17 HDR XB3840x2160IPS
0
Gigabyte Aero 17 HDR YC3840x2160IPS-Level
0
Gigabyte Aero 17 HDR YD3840x2160IPS
0
Gigabyte Aero 17 XA RP773840x2160IPS
0
Medion Akoya E143071920x1080IPS
0
Medion Akoya P176051920x1080IPS
0
Medion Akoya P3401T 2in11920x1080IPS
0
Medion Akoya S3409 MD602261920x1080
0
Medion Akoya S3409-MD602343200x1800IPS
0
Leagoo Alfa 11280x720IPS
0
MSI Alpha 15 A3DDK1920x1080IPS
0
MSI Alpha 15 A3DDK-0341920x1080IPS
0
MSI Alpha 15 B5EEK-0081920x1080IPS
0
MSI Alpha 17 A4DEK1920x1080IPS
0
Maze Alpha X2160x1080IPS
0
PosModelScreen ResolutionScreen TypeResponse Times PWM Frequency ↓
BQ Aquaris U21280x720LCD IPS
0
BQ Aquaris V1280x720IPS
0
BQ Aquaris VS1280x720IPS
0
BQ Aquaris VS Plus1920x1080IPS
0
BQ Aquaris X1920x1080LTPS IPS
0
BQ Aquaris X Pro1920x1080IPS
0
BQ Aquaris X5 Plus1920x1080IPS
0
Alienware Area-51m i9-9900K RTX 20801920x1080IPS
0
Ulefone Armor 3T2160x1080IPS
0
Ulefone Armor 62246x1080IPS LCD
0
Ulefone Armor X1440x720IPS
0
Acer Aspire 3 A315-24P-R77Z1920x1080TN LED
0
Acer Aspire 3 A315-51-36YU1366x768TN-LED
0
Acer Aspire 3 A315-51-55E41920x1080TN LED
0
Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R4R11920x1080IPS
0
Acer Aspire 5 A515-51G-51RL1920x1080IPS
0
Acer Aspire 5 A515-54G1920x1080IPS
0
Acer Aspire 5 A515-56-511A1920x1080IPS
0
Acer Aspire 5 A515-56-P8NZ1920x1080IPS
0
Acer Aspire 5 A515-57G-53N81920x1080IPS
0
PosModelScreen ResolutionScreen TypeResponse Times PWM Frequency ↓
Acer Aspire 5 A517-52G-79Z51920x1080IPS
0
Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G-R0XB1920x1080IPS
0
Acer Aspire 7 A715-72G-704Q1920x1080IPS
0
Acer Aspire 7 A715-74G-50U51920x1080IPS
0
Acer Aspire E5-552G-F62G1920x1080TN LED
0
Acer Aspire E5-574-53YZ1920x1080TN
0
Acer Aspire E5-575G-549D1920x1080TN
0
Acer Aspire ES1-533-P7WA1920x1080TN LED
0
Acer Aspire Nitro 5 AN515-54-53Z21920x1080IPS
0
Acer Aspire Nitro 5 AN515-55-57GF1920x1080IPS
0
Acer Aspire Nitro 5 AN517-51-78871920x1080IPS
0
Acer Aspire Nitro BE VN7-793G-58111920x1080IPS
0
Acer Aspire One Cloudbook 11 AO1-131-C58K1366x768TN LED
0
Acer Aspire R13 R7-372T1920x1080IPS
0
Acer Aspire R14 R5-471T-79GQ1920x1080IPS
0
Acer Aspire S 13 S5-371-71QZ1920x1080IPS
0
Acer Aspire Spin 5 SP515-51GN-82SS1920x1080
0
Acer Aspire Switch 10V SW5-014-17421920x1200IPS
0
Acer Aspire Switch 12S SW7-272-M3A01920x1080IPS
0
Acer Aspire V 15 Nitro VN7-572G-54YG1920x1080IPS
0
PosModelScreen ResolutionScreen TypeResponse Times PWM Frequency ↓
Acer Aspire V Nitro Black Edition VN7-792G-74Q41920x1080IPS
0
Acer Aspire V Nitro VN7-572G-54YG1920x1080
0
Acer Aspire V15 Nitro BE VN7-593G-742C3840x2160
0
Acer Aspire V17 Nitro BE VN7-793-738J3840x2160IPS
0
Acer Aspire V17 Nitro BE VN7-793G-52XN1920x1080a-Si TFT-LCD, WLED
0
Acer Aspire V3-372-50LK1920x1080IPS
0
Acer Aspire V3-372-57CW1920x1080IPS
0
Acer Aspire Vero AV14-51-72DL1920x1080IPS
0
Acer Aspire VN7-572G-72L01920x1080AH-IPS, Normally Black, Transmissive
0
Acer Aspire VN7-593G-73HP V15 Nitro BE1920x1080AH-IPS, Normally Black, Transmissive
0
Acer Aspire VX5-591G-75C4 VX151920x1080IPS
0
Asus ASUS ROG Strix SCAR III G731GW-XB741920x1080IPS
0
Asus ASUSPRO Advanced B8430UA-FA0084E1920x1080TN WLED
0
Asus ASUSPRO B9440UA-GV0100T1920x1080IPS
0
ZTE Axon M1920x1080IPS
0
Lenovo B854x480TN LED
0
Sharp B101440x720IPS
0
Lenovo B50-50 80S2000QGE1366x768TN LED
0
F150 Bison 20211520x720IPS
0
Doogee BL50001920x1080IPS
0
PosModelScreen ResolutionScreen TypeResponse Times PWM Frequency ↓
Doogee BL90002160x1080IPS
0
Razer Blade (2016) FHD1920x1080IPS
0
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 6900HX2560x1440IPS
0
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 RTX 30702560x1440IPS
0
Razer Blade 15 20181920x1080IPS
0
Razer Blade 15 20222560x1440IPS
0
Razer Blade 15 Advanced (Mid 2021)1920x1080IPS
0
Razer Blade 15 Advanced Model Early 20211920x1080IPS
0
Razer Blade 15 Advanced Model Early 20221920x1080IPS
0
Razer Blade 15 GTX 10601920x1080IPS
0
Razer Blade 15 RTX 2070 Max-Q1920x1080IPS
0
Razer Blade 15 RTX 2070 Super Max-Q1920x1080IPS
0
Razer Blade 15 RTX 2080 Super Max-Q1920x1080IPS
0
Razer Blade 15 Studio Edition3840x2160OLED
0
Razer Blade 15 Studio Edition 20203840x2160OLED
0
Razer Blade 16 Early 2023
Mobile GeForce RTX 4080 debut: Razer Blade 16 Early 2023 laptop review
Nvidia Ada RTX 40 Laptop GPU analysis: 175 W RTX 4090 Laptop GPU surpasses a 350 W RTX 3090 in performance and power efficiency		2560x1600IPS
0
Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti)2560x1440IPS
0
Razer Blade 17 Early 20223840x2160IPS
0
Razer Blade 17 RTX 30701920x1080IPS
0
Razer Blade 17 RTX 3080 Ti2560x1440IPS
0
PosModelScreen ResolutionScreen TypeResponse Times PWM Frequency ↓
Razer Blade 18 RTX 40702560x1600IPS
0
ZTE Blade A4521280x720IPS
0
ZTE Blade A5101280x720IPS
0
Razer Blade Pro 17 2021 (QHD Touch)3840x2160IPS
0
Razer Blade Pro 17 4K UHD 120 Hz3840x2160IPS
0
Razer Blade Pro 17 RTX 20601920x1080IPS
0
Razer Blade Pro 17 RTX 2070 Max-Q 300 Hz1920x1080IPS
0
Razer Blade Pro 17 RTX 2080 Max-Q1920x1080IPS
0
Razer Blade Pro RZ09-02201920x1080IPS
0
Razer Blade Stealth 13, Core i7-1065G73840x2160IPS LED
0
Razer Blade Stealth Core i7 GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q 4K3840x2160IPS
0
Razer Blade Stealth i7-1165G7 GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q1920x1080IPS
0
Razer Blade Stealth UHD i7-6500U3840x2160IPS IGZO
0
ZTE Blade V102280x1080IPS
0
ZTE Blade V10 Vita1520x720TFT-LCD
0
ZTE Blade V71920x1080IPS
0
ZTE Blade V7 Lite1280x720IPS
0
Odake BladeX 4K UHD3840x2160
0
MSI Bravo 15 A4DCR1920x1080IPS-Level
0
MSI Bravo 15 B5DD-010US1920x1080IPS
0
PosModelScreen ResolutionScreen TypeResponse Times PWM Frequency ↓
MSI Bravo 17 A4DDR1920x1080IPS
0
Blackview BV52001600x720IPS
0
Blackview BV5800 Pro1440x720IPS
0
Blackview BV59001520x720IPS
0
Blackview BV8000 Pro1920x1080IPS
0
Blackview BV9000 Pro1440x720IPS
0
Blackview BV91002340x1080IPS
0
Blackview BV9800 Pro2340x1080IPS
0
Oukitel C13 Pro996x480IPS LCD
0
Oukitel C15 Pro1280x600IPS LCD
0
Lenovo C21280x720IPS
0
Lepow C21920x1080
0
Lepow C2S 15.41920x1080
0
realme C31600x720IPS
0
realme C301600x720IPS
0
realme C311600x720IPS
0
realme C352408x1080IPS
0
Fujitsu Celsius H7601920x1080IPS LED
0
Fujitsu Celsius H9701920x1080IPS LED
0
C-Force CF011C1920x1080
0
PosModelScreen ResolutionScreen TypeResponse Times PWM Frequency ↓
C-Force CF015C3840x2160
0
Asus Chimera G703GI1920x1080IPS
0
Dell Chromebook 11 31811366x768TN LED
0
Dell Chromebook 11 3181 2-in-11366x768IPS
0
Acer Chromebook 14 CP5-471-53QV1920x1080IPS
0
Acer Chromebook 314 CB314-1H-C7SJ1366x768TN
0
Acer Chromebook 514 CB514-1HT-P1BM1920x1080IPS
0
Acer Chromebook 715 CB715-1WT-527F1920x1080IPS
0
Lenovo Chromebook C330-81HY0000US1366x768IPS
0
Acer Chromebook C910-354Y1920x1080IPS
0
Asus Chromebook Flip C434TA-AI02641920x1080IPS
0
Asus Chromebook Flip CX5 CX5500FEA1920x1080IPS
0
Asus Chromebook Flip CX5 CX5601FB1920x1200IPS
0
Acer Chromebook R 11 CB5-132T-C4LB1366x768IPS
0
Acer Chromebook R 11 CB5-132T-C8ZW1366x768IPS
0
Acer Chromebook R13 CB5-312T-K0YK1920x1080IPS
0
Lenovo Chromebook S340-14T 81V30002GE1920x1080IPS
0
Acer Chromebook Spin 311 CP311-3H-K2RJ1366x768IPS
0
HP Chromebook x2 11-da0023dx2160x1440IPS
0
HP Chromebook x360 14 G11920x1200IPS
0
PosModelScreen ResolutionScreen TypeResponse Times PWM Frequency ↓
Schenker Compact 173840x2160IPS
0
Acer ConceptD 3 Ezel CC314-72G-75131920x1080IPS LED
0
Acer ConceptD 3 Pro CN315-71P-73W11920x1080I