Sony WH-1000XM3 vs Sony WH-CH720N

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WH-1000XM3 compared with WH-CH720N

	SonyWH-1000XM3	SonyWH-CH720N
Overview
Released
Released	September 2018	March 2023
Sound
Type
Type	Over-ear	Over-ear
Noise cancelling
Noise cancelling	Yes	Yes
Transparency mode
Transparency mode	Yes	Yes
Driver size
Driver size	40 mm	30 mm
Back
Back	Closed	–
Bluetooth codecs
Bluetooth codecs	SBC, AAC, aptX, aptX HD and LDAC	SBC and AAC
Lossless over USB-C
Lossless over USB-C	–	No
Chip
Chip	HD Noise Cancelling Processor QN1	V1
Drivers
Drivers	40 mm dome drivers with aluminium-coated liquid crystal polymer diaphragms, CCAW voice coils and neodymium magnets; wired frequency response 4 Hz–40 kHz. Impedance is 47 ohms powered on and 16 ohms off; sensitivity 104.5 dB/mW on and 101 dB/mW off.	30 mm dynamic driver; 7 Hz to 20,000 Hz (JEITA, wired, switched on); sensitivity 108 dB/mW switched on, 99 dB/mW switched off; impedance 325 Ω switched on, 31 Ω switched off (1 kHz, wired)
Chip
Chip	–	Integrated Processor V1
Noise cancelling detail
Noise cancelling detail	QN1 processor and dual noise sensors; Personal NC Optimizer and Atmospheric Pressure Optimizing; Ambient Sound Mode, Quick Attention and Adaptive Sound Control	Dual Noise Sensor technology, with two microphones on each ear cup; Ambient Sound Mode adjustable in 20 levels in the app
Audio features
Audio features	DSEE HX upscaling; Bluetooth frequency response 20 Hz–20 kHz at 44.1 kHz sampling, or 20 Hz–40 kHz with LDAC at 96 kHz and 990 kbps; QN1 includes a DAC and amplifier	DSEE upscaling; 360 Reality Audio; equaliser in the app
Battery
Listening time (maker's claim)
Listening time (maker's claim)	Up to 30 hours	Up to 35 hours
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Maximum 30 hours with noise cancelling or 38 hours off uses AAC with DSEE HX off. The manual lists 24 hours with noise cancelling for aptX, aptX HD and LDAC; SBC is 28 hours with noise cancelling and DSEE HX off.	Up to 50 hours with noise cancelling off (AAC or SBC); 35 hours with Ambient Sound Mode on; talk time up to 35 hours (40 hours with noise cancelling off); up to 35 hours on the headphone cable with noise cancelling on (50 hours off); DSEE, the equaliser and the voice-assistant wake word shorten battery life; can't be used while charging
Charging case
Charging case	USB-C charging; about 3 hours for a full charge; USB does not carry audio	–
Fast charging
Fast charging	10 minutes gives up to 5 hours with a USB adapter rated at least 1.5 A	3 minutes gives about 60 minutes of playback, 10 minutes about 4.5 hours; full charge in about 3.5 hours (0.5 A or higher USB adaptor)
Design
Weight
Weight	255 g	192 g (better)
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	4.2	5.2
Two devices at once
Two devices at once	Yes	Yes
Headphone cable
Headphone cable	Yes	Yes
Controls
Controls	Right earcup touch panel for playback, volume and calls; holding a palm over it activates Quick Attention; separate power and NC/AMBIENT buttons	Buttons for power, volume up and down, play/call (press twice to skip forwards, three times to skip back; hold for the voice assistant) and NC/AMB; hands-free "OK Google" or "Alexa" wake word
Microphones
Microphones	Internal and external microphones for noise cancelling; built-in microphones for Bluetooth calls	Two noise-cancelling microphones on each ear cup; beamforming call microphones with Precise Voice Pickup technology and a Wind Noise Reduction Structure
Fit and ear tips
Fit and ear tips	Circumaural ear cushions; adjustable headband and folding earcups; carrying case supplied	Closed, over-ear; synthetic leather and urethane earpads; sliders on both sides of the headband
Water resistance detail
Water resistance detail	–	No water resistance rating
Works with
Works with	Bluetooth A2DP, AVRCP, HFP and HSP; NFC pairing. Multipoint connects one music source using A2DP and another device for calls using HFP/HSP, without two music sources; unavailable with Google Assistant or Alexa assigned. The supplied cable allows passive listening, but disables Bluetooth and does not carry the headphone microphone.	Sony | Sound Connect app (formerly Headphones Connect) for iOS and Android; multipoint connection to two devices; Google Fast Pair and Microsoft Swift Pair; Bluetooth 5.2 Class 1, about 10 m range; A2DP, AVRCP, HFP and HSP
Colours
Colours	Black, Platinum Silver	Black, Blue, White; Pink added in 2025
In the box
In the box	Headphones, carrying case, 1.2 m headphone cable, approximately 20 cm USB-A to USB-C cable, in-flight plug adapter	Headphones, USB-C cable (USB-A to USB-C, about 20 cm), headphone cable (about 1.2 m)