Steelseries Arctis 3 (2019) vs BENGOO X-40 (2018)

The Steelseries Arctis 3 (2019) makes for a great purchase at the $35 budget. The BENGOO X-40 (V-4), however, is a bad choice for most people and isn't worth its asking price.

The Steelseries Arctis 3 (2019) managed to impress reviewers from two reliable and unbiased sources that conduct their own hands-on testing, namely Techradar and iMore. It performed great in their roundups - it earned the "Most versatile budget gaming headset" title from Techradar and "Ranked 2 out of 7" from iMore, which makes it a product worthy of consideration.

As for the BENGOO X-40 (V-4) - TechGearLab, a source that conducts reliable hands-on testing, has featured it in its BENGOO X-40 Review roundup. However, it didn't make it to any of the top spots.

We tried doing a direct Steelseries Arctis 3 (2019) vs. BENGOO X-40 (V-4) review score comparison but couldn't find any sources that tested both.

Next, we took a look at which sources liked them best and found that the Steelseries Arctis 3 (2019) most impressed the reviewers at tweaktown.com, who gave it a score of 9.3, whereas the BENGOO X-40 (V-4) did best in its TechGearLab review - it scored 2 points.

Finally, we compared their average scores to all other Gaming Headsets on the market. We found that the Steelseries Arctis 3 (2019) got reviewed considerably better than most of its competitors - it earned an average of 8.2, compared to the 7.2 out of 10 overall rating of other Gaming Headsets - while the BENGOO X-40 (V-4) performed worse than most of its competition, with an average score of 2.0.