Are new 3D printers faster? Claimed speed by release year

On paper, yes until 2025 and no in 2026. Printers released in 2024 and 2025 claim a median top speed of 600 mm/s, against 500 mm/s for 2023 releases, and the 18 released in 2026 so far are back at 500 mm/s. The fastest of them, the Bambu Lab X2D, claims 1,000 mm/s. Every figure is the maker’s claim, not a measured print speed.

Are new 3D printers faster?

On paper, yes until 2025 and no in 2026. The median claimed top speed rose from 500 mm/s for printers released in 2023 to 600 mm/s for 2024 and 2025 releases, then fell back to 500 mm/s for 2026. Claims of 1,000 mm/s or more start in late 2024, and just one 2026 release reaches that level.

The table groups the 80 shipping or discontinued printers in the database that have a recorded release month by the year their first units shipped. Each cell gives the median, the range in parentheses and how many printers from that year publish the figure. A printer that publishes none is left out of that median, not counted as zero.

Released	Printers	Claimed top speed (mm/s)	Claimed acceleration (mm/s²)	Claimed flow (mm³/s)
2018	2	180 (180 to 180); 2 of 2	none; 0 of 2	none; 0 of 2
2020	3	200 (180 to 200); 3 of 3	none; 0 of 3	none; 0 of 3
2021	3	150 (150 to 150); 1 of 3	none; 0 of 3	9 (9 to 9); 2 of 3
2022	6	180 (120 to 500); 5 of 6	20,000 (20,000 to 20,000); 2 of 6	32 (32 to 32); 2 of 6
2023	14	500 (250 to 600); 12 of 14	20,000 (2,500 to 20,000); 12 of 14	32 (28 to 35); 5 of 14
2024	10	600 (300 to 1,200); 9 of 10	20,000 (5,000 to 40,000); 9 of 10	36 (30 to 110); 4 of 10
2025	24	600 (300 to 1,200); 21 of 24	20,000 (10,000 to 40,000); 21 of 24	40 (32 to 50); 12 of 24
2026	18	500 (300 to 1,000); 16 of 18	20,000 (8,000 to 30,000); 15 of 18	32 (28 to 40); 5 of 18

Read the early rows with care. The database holds current and recent desktop models, not every printer ever sold: 2018 to 2022 have 14 records between them, and 11 of those publish a top speed. The first well-covered year is 2023, with 12 top-speed claims and the same 500 mm/s median as 2026.

Claims of 1,000 mm/s or more come from none of the 23 printers released before 2024 that publish a top speed, 1 of 9 in 2024, 4 of 21 in 2025 and 1 of 16 in 2026. Acceleration moved less: the median claim is 20,000 mm/s² in every year from 2022. The median flow claim peaked at 40 mm³/s in 2025, but only 5 of the 18 printers released in 2026 publish one.

The table skips eight shipping or discontinued printers with no recorded release month, among them the FLSUN V2 Max at 1,200 mm/s and the FLSUN T1 Max at 1,000 mm/s. None of the five announced printers has shipped, so none appears.

The outliers:

• Oldest records: the Creality Ender-3 and Ender-3 Pro, both released in 2018, claim 180 mm/s and publish no acceleration or flow. The Original Prusa i3 MK3S+ and Original Prusa MINI+, released in November 2020, claim 200 mm/s. A few printers prove no trend, but the 2026 median claim is 2.5 to 2.8 times these figures.
• Earliest dated claim of 1,000 mm/s or more: the FLSUN S1 Pro, a delta released in November 2024, claims 1,200 mm/s with 40,000 mm/s² and 110 mm³/s. That flow figure is the highest in the database, shared with the V2 Max.
• 2025’s high claims: the Sovol Zero, released in March 2025 and now discontinued, matches the 1,200 mm/s with 40,000 mm/s² and 50 mm³/s. Three Bambu Lab models released that year claim 1,000 mm/s: the H2D, H2S and H2C.
• Lowest 2026 claims: the Flashforge Creator 5 and Creator 5 Pro, both released in May 2026, claim 300 mm/s. Their 30,000 mm/s² is the highest acceleration claim among 2026 releases.
• No figures: Prusa Research publishes no top speed, acceleration or flow for the Prusa CORE One+ (Gen 2) or the Original Prusa XL+, both released in August 2026. Prusa also made all three 2025 releases without a top-speed claim.

How fast are new 3D printers?

Printers released in 2026 claim a median top speed of 500 mm/s. The 16 of 18 that publish one range from 300 to 1,000 mm/s. The fastest 2026 claim comes from the Bambu Lab X2D (released April 2026): 1,000 mm/s, with 20,000 mm/s² acceleration and 40 mm³/s flow.

Six of those 16 claim 600 mm/s or more. The 2026 medians for acceleration and flow are 20,000 mm/s² (15 of 18 publish one) and 32 mm³/s (5 of 18).

Across all 42 printers released in 2025 or 2026, the median claim is 600 mm/s (37 publish one). The FLSUN S1 Pro, the Sovol Zero and the FLSUN V2 Max share the database’s highest claim: 1,200 mm/s. No 2026 release reaches it.

The new 3D printers of 2026 list shows every 2026 release, newest first, with its claimed speed and launch price.

Does a higher speed claim mean a faster print?

Not by itself. Top speed is how fast the toolhead can move, and a print is capped earlier by acceleration and by the hotend’s melt rate. Prusa’s knowledge base puts that cap at max volumetric speed divided by line cross-section: the 2026 median flow claim, 32 mm³/s, limits a 0.2 × 0.45 mm line to about 356 mm/s.

The guides to speed claims and volumetric flow explain how to read each figure. A companion guide sets out claimed speed by launch price.