Other than not being beige...the Noctuas have almost as high a flow rate at 6dBA less noise. Presuming Noctua's and LL's testing methodology are the same.UNI Fan AL120 just launched with more static pressure at lower noise compare to the SL120 - this is what longer blades do for you I guess Once again I'm getting the urge to swap out the trusted A12x25s for these babies