Over-Ear
Bose QuietComfort SE Headphones
Not yet scored
$300
Full review dataBose QuietComfort SE Headphones vs Sony WH-1000XM5: which should you buy?
Specs, scores and condensed review verdicts for the Bose QuietComfort SE Headphones vs Sony WH-1000XM5, side by side. Where a product has no HearWiki score yet, not enough reviews have been aggregated to rate it.
Score breakdown
Each axis is a 0–10 blend of what reviewers scored, not a lab measurement.
Sony WH-1000XM5 leads on 7 of 7 measures.
- Bose QuietComfort SE Headphones
- Sony WH-1000XM5
HearWiki score
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87
Sound
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8.0
Noise cancelling
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9.0
Battery
-
8.0
Calls
-
7.0
Value
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7.0
Price (USD)
$300
$250
Generation & platform
The scores rank quality. This is the other question: is the newer one actually newer technology, or the same platform in a new shell?
Same generation
Bose QuietComfort SE Headphones (2023) against Sony WH-1000XM5 (2022). These are the same generation of hardware - nothing in the radio, the codecs or the noise cancelling separates them. Nothing separates them on convenience features either, so the choice comes down to tuning and price.
- QuietComfort SE Headphones20231 yr newer
- WH-1000XM52022
Specifications
QuietComfort SE HeadphonesWH-1000XM5
- Type
- Over-Ear
- Over-Ear
- Price (USD)
- $300
- $250
- HearWiki score
- Not scored
- 87
- Released
- 2023
- 2022
- Driver
- -
- 30 mm dynamic
- Driver type
- -
- dynamic
- Driver size
- -
- 30 mm
- Drivers per side
- -
- 1
- Frequency response
- -
- 4 Hz - 40 kHz
- Impedance
- -
- 48 Ω
- Sensitivity
- -
- 102 dB/mW
- Bluetooth
- -
- 5.2
- Codecs
- -
- SBC, AAC, LDAC
- Multipoint pairing
- -
- Yes
- Latency
- 100 ms
- -
- Wireless range
- -
- 10 m
- Battery life
- -
- 30 h
- Full charge time
- -
- 210 min
- Quick charge
- -
- 3 min → 1 h
- Wireless charging
- -
- No
- Active noise cancelling
- Yes
- Yes
- ANC type
- -
- adaptive
- Companion app
- -
- Yes
- Custom EQ
- -
- Yes
- Wear detection
- -
- Yes
- Controls
- -
- touch
- Voice assistant
- -
- Alexa, Google Assistant
- Weight
- -
- 250 g
- Water resistance
- none
- none
- Foldable
- -
- No
- Detachable cable
- -
- Yes
- USB-C
- -
- Yes
- Clamp force
- 300 g
- -
- Connector
- 3.5 mm
- -
- Microphones
- -
- 8
What reviewers said
Bose QuietComfort SE Headphones
No summary yet - we haven't aggregated enough reviews.
Sony WH-1000XM5
The Sony WH-1000XM5 is a premium over-ear wireless headphone built for immersive listening, featuring top-tier active noise cancellation and support for high-resolution audio via LDAC. With a lightweight frame and up to 40 hours of playback, it's designed for long, comfortable sessions, though it lacks water resistance and a foldable design.
- Pro:Excellent noise cancellation
- Pro:Long 40-hour battery life
- Pro:High-resolution LDAC support
- Con:No water resistance
- Con:Non-foldable design
- Con:Premium price point
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