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Extruder & hotend

Filament diameter: typical values for 3d printers

Half of 3d printers in the catalog have filament diameter below 1.8 mm, and 80% fall between 1.8 mm and 1.8 mm (194 models with data).

Median1.8 mm
Median 20261.8 mm
Typical range1.8 mm – 1.8 mm
Models194
Distribution

How filament diameter is distributed

047931401861.82.831.8: 1862.8: 63: 2Median 1.8 mm
Percentile10 %25 %50 %75 %90 %
Filament diameter1.8 mm1.8 mm1.8 mm1.8 mm1.8 mm

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

Trends

Median filament diameter by year

0 mm0.5 mm1 mm1.5 mm2 mm20192020202120222023202420252026
Recent leaders

Highest filament diameter

1 Flashforge Creator 3 Pro V2
Flashforge · 2022
Creator 3 Pro V2
15 L150 mm/s320 °CEnclosed build chamber
3 mm
4.4
2 Raise3D Forge1
Raise3D · 2022
Forge1
27 L150 mm/s300 °C
2.9 mm
3.8
3 UltiMaker S6
UltiMaker · 2025
S6
23.8 L30 mm/s
2.9 mm
4.2
4 UltiMaker S7 Pro
UltiMaker · 2023
S7 Pro
23.8 LEnclosed build chamber
2.9 mm
5 UltiMaker S8
UltiMaker · 2025
S8
23.8 L500 mm/s
2.9 mm
4.9
6 UltiMaker S7
UltiMaker · 2023
S7
23.8 L24 mm/sEnclosed build chamber
2.9 mm
5.3
7 Creality Ender 3 S1 Plus
Creality · 2022
Ender 3 S1 Plus
27 L150 mm/s
1.8 mm
6.5
8 Prusa MK4S
Prusa · 2024
MK4S
11.6 L290 °C
1.8 mm
6.0
9 QIDI Plus 4
QIDI · 2024
Plus 4
26 L600 mm/s370 °CEnclosed build chamber
1.8 mm
8.9
10 CraftBot Flow
CraftBot · 2022
Flow
15 L200 mm/s300 °CEnclosed build chamber
1.8 mm
4.6
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