Tonight I wanted to see just how close most of the popular COBs are in terms of lumen output at various wattages, so I punched some numbers into the manufacturer product selection tools and compiled a list. All results are calculated at a case temperature of 55 degrees Celcius (except for the Luminus CXM-22, for which I estimated Tj to be 85 degrees in order to have a case temperature as close to 55 C as possible). A color temperature of 3500K and 80CRI was used for every COB.

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