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Print quality

Thickest layer height: typical values for 3d printers

Half of 3d printers in the catalog have thickest layer height below 0.3 mm, and 80% fall between 0.2 mm and 0.4 mm (161 models with data).

Median0.3 mm
Median 20250.3 mm
Typical range0.2 mm – 0.4 mm
Models161
Distribution

How thickest layer height is distributed

0122537490.10.20.30.40.510.1: 110.2: 150.2: 150.2: 20.3: 390.4: 230.4: 20.4: 490.5: 20.6: 21: 1Median 0.3 mm
Percentile10 %25 %50 %75 %90 %
Thickest layer height0.2 mm0.2 mm0.3 mm0.4 mm0.4 mm

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

Trends

Median thickest layer height by year

0 mm0.1 mm0.3 mm0.4 mm0.5 mm2020202120222023202420252026
Recent leaders

Highest thickest layer height

1 PioCreat G5 Ultra
PioCreat · 2025
G5 Ultra
100 L220 mm/s420 °C
1 mm
7.4
2 Raise3D Pro3 Plus HS
Raise3D · 2024
Pro3 Plus HS
46.3 L500 mm/s320 °C
0.6 mm
8.3
3 WASP 4070 HDP
WASP · 2022
4070 HDP
150 mm/s280 °C
0.5 mm
5.2
4 Creality Hi
Creality · 2025
Hi
20.3 L500 mm/s300 °C
0.5 mm
7.1
5 QIDI Max4
QIDI · 2026
Max4
51.7 L800 mm/s370 °CEnclosed build chamber
0.4 mm
9.6
6 Elegoo OrangeStorm Giga
Elegoo · 2024
OrangeStorm Giga
512 L300 mm/s300 °C
0.4 mm
6.6
7 CraftBot Flow XL
CraftBot · 2022
Flow XL
30 L200 mm/s300 °CEnclosed build chamber
0.4 mm
6.8
8 Voron Trident
Voron · 2022
Trident
15.6 L250 mm/sEnclosed build chamber
0.4 mm
4.4
9 UltiMaker S8
UltiMaker · 2025
S8
23.8 L500 mm/s
0.4 mm
4.9
10 Flashforge Adventurer 5M Pro
Flashforge · 2023
Adventurer 5M Pro
8.8 L600 mm/sEnclosed build chamber
0.4 mm
5.8

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