Monitors a PS5 or Xbox Drives at 4K 120 Over HDMI

A console outputs over HDMI and nothing else, which makes the HDMI port the spec that decides the purchase — and "HDMI 2.1" on a box is not the same claim as 48 gigabits on the port. Every row below was checked by arithmetic rather than by badge: the pixels the panel needs per second, times the bits each one carries, plus blanking overhead, against the usable data rate of the input. Anything that only reaches its headline numbers over DisplayPort is a PC monitor, however good the panel is.

How this list is ordered: Every 4K-or-higher monitor at 120 Hz or more whose HDMI input carries the panel's full resolution, refresh and bit depth — computed from link rate, not from the HDMI version number. 19 of the catalog’s monitors qualify. 1 of them is no longer listed by its maker in the US — Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 G80SD — so this list includes models you cannot currently buy new.

  1. Acer Predator X32 X3 monitor

    1Acer

    ~$880

    Acer Predator X32 X3

    Dual mode is the argument for this panel.

    Panel maximum
    3840×2160 at 240 Hz
    Panel
    31.5″ WOLED
    HDR
    Real HDR
  2. Alienware AW2725Q monitor

    2Alienware

    ~$900

    Alienware AW2725Q

    Fourth-generation QD-OLED at 27 inches and 4K, which works out to 165 pixels per inch — the highest density on any OLED in this catalog and the panel that finally makes an OLED reasonable to write code on.

    Panel maximum
    3840×2160 at 240 Hz
    Panel
    26.7″ QD-OLED
    HDR
    Real HDR
  3. MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED monitor

    3MSI

    ~$950

    MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED

    A 32-inch 4K QD-OLED at $950 that still finds room for 90 watts of USB-C and a KVM sits at the value end of this field.

    Panel maximum
    3840×2160 at 240 Hz
    Panel
    31.5″ QD-OLED
    HDR
    Real HDR
  4. Alienware AW3225QF monitor

    4Alienware

    ~$1,000

    Alienware AW3225QF

    A gentle 1700R curve on a 32-inch 4K QD-OLED, which sounds like a contradiction and works better than it reads — the curve is shallow enough to be invisible on a desktop and just enough to even out the viewing distance at the edges.

    Panel maximum
    3840×2160 at 240 Hz
    Panel
    31.6″ QD-OLED
    HDR
    Real HDR
  5. ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDM monitor

    5ASUS

    ~$1,199

    ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDM

    Among the wave of 32-inch 4K OLEDs that arrived in 2024, this is the one that bothered with the desk: 90 watts of USB-C, a KVM and a three-port hub.

    Panel maximum
    3840×2160 at 240 Hz
    Panel
    31.5″ QD-OLED
    HDR
    Real HDR
  6. Gigabyte AORUS FO32U2P monitor

    6Gigabyte

    ~$1,199

    Gigabyte AORUS FO32U2P

    The only 32-inch 4K OLED here with DisplayPort 2.1 at the full UHBR20 rate, which carries 4K at 240 Hz in 10-bit without compression — every rival does the same job through DSC.

    Panel maximum
    3840×2160 at 240 Hz
    Panel
    31.5″ QD-OLED
    HDR
    Real HDR
  7. Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 G80SD monitor

    7Samsung

    ~$1,300

    Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 G80SDNo longer listed by Samsung

    Tizen, the smart-TV platform off Samsung's televisions, ships on this 32-inch 4K QD-OLED and cuts both ways: apps and streaming with no PC attached, and an interface that would rather be a television.

    Panel maximum
    3840×2160 at 240 Hz
    Panel
    32″ QD-OLED
    HDR
    Real HDR
  8. LG UltraGear 32GS95UE monitor

    8LG

    ~$1,400

    LG UltraGear 32GS95UE

    A button on the joystick drops the panel from 4K at 240 Hz to 1080p at 480 Hz, using the same physical pixels four at a time rather than scaling them — LG calls it Dual Mode, and it is what lets one screen serve both a cinematic single-player library and a competitive shooter.

    Panel maximum
    3840×2160 at 240 Hz
    Panel
    31.5″ WOLED
    HDR
    Real HDR
  9. Acer Nitro XV275K V3 monitor

    9Acer

    ~$400

    Acer Nitro XV275K V3

    VESA DisplayHDR 1000 on a 4K 160 Hz panel at four hundred dollars is the pitch, and the certification is the evidence behind it: VESA does not award that tier without real local dimming, however many zones do the work — Acer publishes no count for this version.

    Panel maximum
    3840×2160 at 160 Hz
    Panel
    27″ IPS
    HDR
    Real HDR
  10. Gigabyte M27U monitor

    10Gigabyte

    ~$530

    Gigabyte M27U

    Gigabyte's habit of fitting a KVM to mid-priced gaming monitors is what separates this from LG's 27GR93U, which is otherwise the same proposition: 27-inch 4K, two HDMI 2.1 ports and an edge-lit IPS panel, with no way to share one keyboard between two machines.

    Panel maximum
    3840×2160 at 160 Hz
    Panel
    27″ Fast IPS
    HDR
    Real HDR
  11. Sony INZONE M9 II monitor

    11Sony

    ~$800

    Sony INZONE M9 II

    Sony built this one around the PlayStation as much as the PC: both HDMI ports are 2.1, the monitor recognises a PS5 and switches picture modes with it, and the case is styled to sit beside one.

    Panel maximum
    3840×2160 at 160 Hz
    Panel
    26.9″ IPS
    HDR
    Real HDR
  12. Dough Spectrum One monitor

    12Dough

    ~$349

    Dough Spectrum One

    It ships without a stand, and that is the clearest statement of intent on this page — the assumption is that you already own an arm.

    Panel maximum
    3840×2160 at 144 Hz
    Panel
    27″ IPS
    HDR
    Real HDR
  13. LG UltraGear 27GR93U monitor

    13LG

    ~$500

    LG UltraGear 27GR93U

    Two HDMI 2.1 inputs are what separates this one from the rest of LG's 27-inch 4K line, and they are the reason it keeps turning up in console threads: a PS5 or a Series X drives it at 4K120 without compression or a fallback mode.

    Panel maximum
    3840×2160 at 144 Hz
    Panel
    27″ IPS
    HDR
    Accepts an HDR signal
  14. Gigabyte M32U monitor

    14Gigabyte

    ~$550

    Gigabyte M32U

    Five years after launch, the combination it offers has barely been beaten: 32-inch 4K, 144 Hz, two HDMI 2.1 ports and a KVM, for well under six hundred dollars.

    Panel maximum
    3840×2160 at 144 Hz
    Panel
    31.5″ Fast IPS
    HDR
    Accepts an HDR signal
  15. LG UltraGear 32GR93U monitor

    15LG

    ~$600

    LG UltraGear 32GR93U

    The 27GR93U's larger sibling, and the size where 4K stops being a luxury and starts being the only sensible resolution — 140 pixels per inch at 32 inches is what makes Windows usable at 100% scaling instead of 150%.

    Panel maximum
    3840×2160 at 144 Hz
    Panel
    31.5″ IPS
    HDR
    Accepts an HDR signal
  16. BenQ MOBIUZ EX3210U monitor

    16BenQ

    ~$700

    BenQ MOBIUZ EX3210U

    Sixteen dimming zones is not many, and BenQ never pretended otherwise — what they buy is enough highlight headroom to clear DisplayHDR 600 on a 4K 144 Hz panel that covers 98% of Display P3.

    Panel maximum
    3840×2160 at 144 Hz
    Panel
    31.5″ IPS
    HDR
    Real HDR
  17. Dell S2725QS monitor

    17Dell

    ~$300

    Dell S2725QS

    About $300 buys 4K at 120 Hz here, with a stand that moves every way a $900 monitor's does.

    Panel maximum
    3840×2160 at 120 Hz
    Panel
    27″ IPS
    HDR
    No HDR
  18. Dell UltraSharp U2725QE monitor

    18Dell

    ~$850

    Dell UltraSharp U2725QE

    Dell's IPS Black panel technology exists to fix the one thing IPS has always been bad at, and it works: 3000:1 static contrast is triple a normal IPS panel and puts it within sight of VA without giving up the viewing angles.

    Panel maximum
    3840×2160 at 120 Hz
    Panel
    27″ IPS
    HDR
    Accepts an HDR signal
  19. Dell UltraSharp U4025QW monitor

    19Dell

    ~$2,400

    Dell UltraSharp U4025QW

    The 5K2K ultrawide brought up to date — LG's 40WP95C established this panel size at 72 Hz, and Dell's version runs it at 120 with IPS Black contrast, 140 watts of Thunderbolt and a KVM.

    Panel maximum
    5120×2160 at 120 Hz
    Panel
    39.7″ IPS
    HDR
    Accepts an HDR signal

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