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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 (177 models with data).

Median1.8 mm
Median 20261.8 mm
Typical range1.8 mm – 1.8 mm
Models177
Distribution

How filament diameter is distributed

043851281701.82.831.8: 1702.8: 63: 1Median 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 Raise3D Forge1
Raise3D · 2022
Forge1
27 L150 mm/s300 °C
2.9 mm
3.8
2 UltiMaker S8
UltiMaker · 2025
S8
23.8 L500 mm/s
2.9 mm
4.9
3 UltiMaker S7
UltiMaker · 2023
S7
23.8 L24 mm/sEnclosed build chamber
2.9 mm
5.1
4 UltiMaker S6
UltiMaker · 2025
S6
23.8 L30 mm/s
2.9 mm
4.2
5 UltiMaker S7 Pro
UltiMaker · 2023
S7 Pro
23.8 LEnclosed build chamber
2.9 mm
6 QIDI Max4
QIDI · 2026
Max4
51.7 L800 mm/s370 °CEnclosed build chamber
1.8 mm
9.6
7 QIDI Plus4
QIDI · 2024
Plus4
26 L600 mm/s
1.8 mm
8.7
8 Elegoo OrangeStorm Giga
Elegoo · 2024
OrangeStorm Giga
512 L300 mm/s300 °C
1.8 mm
6.6
9 Anycubic Kobra 2 Neo
Anycubic · 2023
Kobra 2 Neo
12.1 L250 mm/s260 °C
1.8 mm
5.4
10 Creality K1C
Creality · 2023
K1C
12.1 L600 mm/s300 °CEnclosed build chamber
1.8 mm
5.6
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