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Head to head

Gamma Marathon DPC 15 (1.40) vs Gamma Ocho TNT 16 (1.30)

They split the measurements 3–3. The widest gap is string friction, where Marathon DPC 15 (1.40) is 18 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Gamma

Marathon DPC 15 (1.40)

Nylon · 15 ga

Gamma

Ocho TNT 16 (1.30)

Nylon · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
18046th pct
18754th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
154th pct
132nd pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9388th pct
9490th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
5.773rd pct
5.467th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.44855th pct
0.47166th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.07921st pct
0.08739th pct

Bars are percentile against all 791 strings, and the marked side is the one that measures better, which is not always the one you want. A firmer bed is worse for your elbow and better for your control, and no measurement knows which of those you came for.

Which one wins, by problem

Each string's standing on the site's rankings, out of every measured string in the database. This is where a comparison stops being arithmetic and starts being a decision.

Swapping between them: what tension?

Bed stiffness is published at one reference tension, so the only honest conversion is to scale it. These are starting points from 52 lb, not prescriptions. The calculator takes your own tension.

Coming from Marathon DPC 15 (1.40) at 52 lb

String Ocho TNT 16 (1.30) at 50.1 lb 22.7 kg

Coming from Ocho TNT 16 (1.30) at 52 lb

String Marathon DPC 15 (1.40) at 54.0 lb 24.5 kg

Hybrid: what if you used both?

Estimated, not measured. No hybrid combination has been tested as a bed. These figures are the two strings' own lab measurements weighted by how much of the bed each one actually is. Treat them as a guide to which way a pairing moves, never as lab data.

Marathon DPC 15 (1.40) mains / Ocho TNT 16 (1.30) crosses

Stiffness49th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss3rd pct · 1 measured
Energy return89th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential72nd pct · 1 measured
Ball bite57th pct · 1 measured
String friction25th pct · 1 measured

Ocho TNT 16 (1.30) mains / Marathon DPC 15 (1.40) crosses

Stiffness51st pct · 1 measured
Tension loss3rd pct · 1 measured
Energy return89th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential68th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite64th pct · 1 measured
String friction34th pct · 1 measured

Open this in the hybrid builder

Which goes dead first?

Estimated from tension loss, which is the only thing the database measures about ageing. This is when the bed stops playing the way you strung it, not when the string breaks.

Marathon DPC 15 (1.40)

~39 hours of play

Ocho TNT 16 (1.30)

~39 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gamma Marathon DPC 15 (1.40) Nylon15find18015935.70.4480.079
Gamma Ocho TNT 16 (1.30) Nylon16find18713945.40.4710.087

Add a third string Marathon DPC 15 (1.40) in full Ocho TNT 16 (1.30) in full