The Artist Pro 27 is the latest tablet with a 4K flagship display from XP-Pen

XP-Pen has launched a new drawing tablet with a 27-inch display that rivals the visual performance of Wacom’s beloved Cintiq Pro series, but at a fraction of the cost. the Artist Pro 27 Available starting today for $1,899.99, it offers a 4K display with a 120Hz refresh rate and superior color accuracy, according to XP-Pen Web Store Listing.

These specifications are similar to the more expensive Wacom Cintiq Pro 27which launched four years ago for $3,499. Wacom has long established itself as the leading maker of tablets for creative professionals, but products launched by more affordable competitors like the XP-Pen and Huion have caught up in the past few years, making Wacom’s steep prices more difficult for some consumers to justify.

Both the 27-inch tablets support ten-point multi-touch features. Color accuracy is also similar, with the Artist Pro 27 covering 99 percent of Adobe RGB, 99 percent of sRGB, and 97 percent of DCI-P3, but each has its own strengths.

The XP-Pen Artist Pro 27’s 5ms response time is faster than the Cintiq Pro’s 10ms response time, for example, and the tablet supports 16,384 levels of pressure sensitivity compared to the Wacom’s 8,192 levels (although I imagine most users won’t experience much difference between them). Artist Pro 27 is also supported on more operating systems – Windows, macOS, Android, Chrome, and Linux – compared to just Windows and macOS for Wacom.

Unlike the Cintiq Pro 27, the Artist Pro 27 doesn’t support HDR, and the Wacom offering has a brighter 400 nits display compared to the 350 nits display available on the new XP-Pen tablet. The pens are special too. While the Wacom Pro Pen 3 that comes with the Cintiq Pro 27 allows users to customize the thickness, weight and buttons of the grip, the Artist Pro 27 includes two separate styluses – the Slim Pen X3 Pro Slim And more feature packed X3 Pro smart chip pen.

At around $2,000, the Artist Pro 27 isn’t cheap, but for that, you’ll get a prime drawing monitor for roughly half the price of the closest Wacom alternative. It will be up to the creative professionals to decide how valuable their brand loyalty is.