Monitor for PS5 and Xbox: the Hz, resolution and ports that matter

Look in the specs for 120 Hz or more, 25″ to 32″, with an HDMI port. The PS5 reaches 120 Hz at Full HD, 1440p and 4K when the game supports it. The HDMI version is rarely listed in the specs, so check the manual. Check "Casual gaming and console" in "Help me choose" and the chart shows the models.

The rule is the same as for the PS5: 120 Hz or more, 25″ to 32″, with HDMI. The Xbox Series reaches 120 Hz at Full HD, 1440p and 4K when the game supports it. The Radar reads the spec sheet and doesn’t claim that a model runs at 120 Hz on your console.

For 4K at 120 Hz, you usually do. At Full HD and 1440p, 120 Hz may work over a simpler HDMI, depending on the monitor. The port version is rarely listed in the store’s spec sheet, so the way to go is to check the manufacturer’s manual.

It does, and the console runs games at 60 frames per second on it. The extra Hz only show up in games that reach 120 frames. If the budget is tight and you play 60-frame games, the 60 Hz monitor does the job.

A monitor fits on a desk, up close, and has Hz and response time stated in the spec sheet; a big living room TV helps people who sit far away. The Radar of Monitors only compares monitors and gives no opinion on other types of screens.

It depends on the resolution. The Radar shows the median price of monitors that pass the console rule, 120 Hz or more and 25″ to 32″, in the 06/11/2026 catalog. Today there are 415 monitors in the catalog, from $63.00.

Each dot is a new monitor. The further right, the more expensive; the higher up, the better the spec sheet score. The price uses a logarithmic scale: each step is worth more dollars than the one before, so the cheaper ones don’t get bunched together. The line connects the monitors that no other, among those filtered, beats on both score and price at once. Compare monitors of the same size: pick the inch range in the top bar.

From the monitor’s spec sheet, with public weights (image, smoothness, connections, ergonomics and recency). The score compares within the type: the Hz of an office monitor are measured against the office yardstick, those of a gaming monitor against the gaming one. It shows what the spec sheet states, not the calibration or the measured brightness. Size doesn’t count toward the score. The full calculation is in How we calculate the score.

Because the store’s spec sheet doesn’t give enough information: we need at least three components of the score. We’d rather leave a monitor without a score than make one up. Those monitors stay off the chart and remain in the table, with the price and the button to compare stores.

For a work desk, 24″ at Full HD and 27″ at QHD are the sizes where text looks sharp without scaling up. At 27″ Full HD the density drops to 82 pixels per inch and the text looks less defined; 32″ calls for QHD or 4K. Each monitor’s page shows the pixel density calculated by the Radar.

This is the lowest price from Amazon.com, a direct store, the manufacturer’s official store or a seller rated 4.0 with 100 or more sales, usually paying upfront, on the date we checked. It changes without notice, and the color can change the price. The buy button goes straight to the store, where the price of the day applies.