Winners of the EHA Reader Awards 2026 revealed

The European Hardware Association has announced the winners of the EHA Reader Awards 2026the prizes in which the leditors of nine European technology publications They choose their favorite brands, products and technologies. The ceremony was held this August 25 in Cologne, Germany, on the eve of the opening of Gamescom 2026.

This edition has distributed recognitions in 63 categories that cover a good part of the consumer technology market. The results come from the votes collected among the communities of the nine media that make up the association, whose combined audience exceeds 20 million readers. GEEKNETIC provides Spanish representation through elections held during the GEEKNETIC 2026 Reader Awards.

European readers decide the winners

The EHA Reader Awards differ from the European Hardware Awards. In the latter, the editorial teams of the member publications analyze and vote for the best products available in Europe. The awards held in Cologne convey the decision to their readerswho choose their preferred options in each category.

In Spain, voting was open from July 8 to 26. Responses from GEEKNETIC readers have been combined with responses from HardwareLuxx in Germany, Hardware Upgrade in Italy, KitGuru in the UK, CowCotLand in France, PurePC in Poland, LAB501 in Romania, IO-Tech in Finland and Technology Insider in the Netherlands.

The sum of these votes allows us to obtain a common result from nine European communities. Each medium collects the preferences of its readers and contributes them to the European Hardware Association’s count. The winners thus reflect the aggregate support of readers coming from different markets on the continent.

A list of winners made up of 63 categories

2026 selection includes awards for manufacturers of desktop, laptop and mobile processors, motherboards, GPUs, graphics cards, memory modules, cooling systems, fans, SSD drives, hard drives, cases and power supplies. The peripherals section includes monitors, NAS devices, external storage, mice, keyboards, headphones, speakers, routers and streaming equipment.

Complete systems and consumer electronics have also been evaluated. This group includes mini-PCs, desktop gaming computers, conventional laptops, gaming equipment, models for creators, consoles, smartphones, wearable devices, robot vacuum cleaners and televisions. The breadth of the list allows us to recognize both individual components and finished devices that reach the user.

Along with the awards dedicated to brands, the voting incorporates open categories focused on specific products. These include price-performance distinctions for CPUs, GPUs, motherboards, storage, cooling, power supplies, cases, peripherals, monitors, laptops and phones. The winners also reserve awards for the best gaming product, the best new technology, the most outstanding product for overclocking, the best consumer hardware solution for artificial intelligence and the product of the year.

WINNERS OF THE EHA READER AWARDS 2026

Below, we leave you with the winners chosen by European readers in the 63 categories of this edition.