Makita Cordless Drill Comparison Chart

Six Makita cordless drills in one chart, every cell tied to its source: the GPH01 hammer on the 40V max XGT platform, the XPH14Z hammer and XFD131, XFD10Z, XFD12Z, XFD14Z driver-drills on 18V LXT. These are the US X-prefix SKUs as recorded in our 34-model sourced dataset, checked against Makita's own product pages and specialist retailers on 2026-10-19, this page's build day. Makita rates all six in inch-pounds, so this is one of the rare lineup charts that sorts cleanly: same unit top to bottom, no conversion anywhere. Weight basis is labeled per row, because Makita publishes bare weights for two tools and with-battery weights for four, and mixing them silently would rig the ranking.

The chart: all six Makita lineup rows

Weights are labeled per row and never mixed: Makita publishes no bare weight for the XFD10Z, XFD131, XFD12Z or XFD14Z, so those four carry the with-battery figures the maker prints; the GPH01's 3.7 lb is Pro Tool Reviews' bare-tool figure and the XPH14Z's 4.3 lb is Makita's bare-tool figure. Sorting the weight column therefore sorts two different bases; treat cross-basis gaps with care. Prices are street prices as recorded on 2026-10-19, bare-tool unless marked kit; the XFD131 is sold in the US as a kit SKU, its $179 is a kit price in a clearly labeled cell, and its bare cell stays empty on purpose rather than carrying a guess.

What the chart says at a glance

• Two hammers share a number, not a personality. The GPH01 and XPH14Z both print 1250 in-lbs, but the GPH01 is the 40V max XGT flagship: 500 RPM faster at the top, 7500 bpm more hammer, and lighter at 3.7 lb bare against 4.3 lb. The XPH14Z is the 18V LXT answer for owners of that ecosystem, at $55 less.
• The XFD14Z is a hammer-class motor without the hammer. 1250 in-lbs and 2100 RPM match the XPH14Z exactly, at the same $189 bare. You give up the bpm mode, not the muscle, and you carry 1.4 lb more with a battery fitted.
• The middle is a clutch-class choice, not a power choice. XFD12Z at 530, XFD131 at 440, XFD10Z at 480 in-lbs: all three drive the same everyday work. The XFD12Z is the compact brushless pick, the XFD131 is the kit-only value play, the XFD10Z is the brushed metal-sleeve budget tool.
• Weight does not sort the way torque does. The GPH01 manages 1250 in-lbs at 3.7 lb bare, the lightest figure on the chart, while the XFD14Z's 5.7 lb with battery is the heaviest row at the same torque. The with-battery rows include their pack; the bare rows do not, which is exactly why the basis is printed on every row.
• The platform decision comes before the model decision. One row is 40V max XGT, five are 18V LXT. Batteries and chargers follow the first purchase, and the XGT line is Makita's forward flagship system while LXT is the deepest back-catalog in the business. The voltage-naming story behind those badges is covered on our platform pages, starting with 18V vs 20V Max.

Per-row notes, with sources

GPH01, 40V max XGT hammer drill

Published figures: 1250 in-lbs, two speeds spanning 0-650 to 0-2600 RPM, 39000 bpm, brushless, 3.7 lb bare, $244 bare tool. Sources: Makita's GPH01 product page and the Pro Tool Reviews Flex-versus-Makita head-to-head, which carries the full spec and price section; the $244 bare figure was live on that page at this page's 2026-10-19 build.

The GPH01 is the only 40V max XGT row in the dataset and the only Makita here that is not 18V LXT. Its platform label matters: it runs the XGT battery system, Makita's dedicated 40V max line, not a two-pack 18V arrangement. The payoff is visible down the row: flagship torque with the lightest published weight on the chart and the fastest top speed, 2600 RPM, which is what hole saws and self-feed bits want. It is also the most expensive row at $244 bare, before any XGT batteries, which cost more per pack than LXT equivalents.

XPH14Z, 18V LXT hammer drill

Published figures: 1250 in-lbs, 2100 RPM top speed, 31500 bpm, brushless, 4.3 lb bare, $189 bare tool. Sources: Makita's XPH14Z product page plus independent specialist reviews, as recorded in the dataset row.

The XPH14Z is the LXT loyalist's hammer: the same 1250 in-lbs as the GPH01 on batteries the owner already has. Against the GPH01 it gives up 500 RPM, 7500 bpm, 0.6 lb, and gains $55 in the pocket. This is the row the brand-pair pages table against other flagships, and it is the Makita in the Makita vs DeWalt and Milwaukee vs Makita head-to-heads, where the torque-unit discipline that makes those rankings valid is applied across brands.

XFD14Z, 18V LXT driver-drill

Published figures: 1250 in-lbs, 0-550 / 0-2100 RPM, brushless, all-metal self-ratcheting chuck, 5.7 lb with battery (no bare weight published), $189 bare tool. Sources: Makita's XFD14Z product page plus tool-retailer listings, street price checked 2026-10-19.

Same torque and top speed as the XPH14Z, same price, no hammer mode: the XFD14Z is the full-size driver-drill for people whose concrete work is zero and whose large-bore wood work is constant. It is the heaviest row here at 5.7 lb with battery, and that figure is with a pack fitted because Makita publishes no bare weight for it; do not read it against the 4.3 bare of the XPH14Z as if the basis matched.

XFD12Z, 18V LXT compact driver-drill

Published figures: 530 in-lbs, 0-500 / 0-2000 RPM, brushless, 3.9 lb with battery as printed in Makita's own spec table, $154 bare tool. Sources: Makita's XFD12Z product page and the official XFD12T flyer, street price checked 2026-10-19.

The compact brushless middle of the lineup. Its 530 in-lbs is the highest number outside the 1250 class, and the 3.9 lb with-battery figure is the spec-table weight; Makita's product-page prose separately quotes 3.4 lb with the small 2.0 Ah pack, a reminder that with-battery weights move with the pack. For most buyers choosing between this and the XFD131, the decision is brushless-versus-kit-price rather than torque.

XFD131, 18V LXT driver-drill, kit-only in the US

Published figures: 440 in-lbs (Makita's product page and an independent dealer spec table agree; older third-party copy printing 530 lost the manufacturer-side check), 0-500 / 0-1900 RPM, brushless, 3.8 lb with the kit's 3.0 Ah battery, $179 as a kit with battery and charger. Sources: Makita's XFD131 product page plus dealer spec and price listings, kit price checked 2026-10-19.

The XFD131 is the row that punishes lazy charts. It has no verified bare street price, because in the US it sells as a kit SKU: the $179 buys the drill, a 3.0 Ah battery, and a charger, and this page prints that in a labeled kit cell while the bare column stays empty on purpose. Its 440 in-lbs is double-sourced and settled, which matters because plenty of pages still print a disputed 530 figure from stale copy. If you own LXT batteries already, the XFD12Z at $154 bare is the better math; if this is a first tool, the complete $179 kit is the cheapest way in.

XFD10Z, 18V LXT brushed driver-drill

Published figures: 480 in-lbs, 0-600 / 0-1900 RPM, brushed 4-pole motor, metal-sleeve chuck, 3.3 lb with battery (no bare weight published), $124 bare tool. Sources: Makita's XFD10Z product page plus national-tool-retailer listings, street price checked 2026-10-19.

The budget entry and the only brushed motor on the chart. What the brushed motor gives up at this price spread is mostly runtime and lifespan, not peak work: 480 in-lbs sits inside the compact brushless neighborhood, and the classic metal-sleeve build has its own following. It is the cheapest Makita row here at $124 tool-only, 30 dollars under the XFD12Z. The brushless-versus-brushed trade in general is its own topic, covered in our brushless vs brushed breakdown.

Sort the lineup the way you actually buy

• Already on 18V LXT with healthy batteries: buy bare. The XFD12Z at $154 covers driving, the XFD14Z at $189 covers large-bore wood, the XPH14Z at $189 adds masonry. The GPH01's XGT system would strand your packs, so it needs its own justification.
• Concrete or production work is the job: the GPH01 at $244 bare is the strongest row, 2600 RPM and 39000 bpm ahead of everything else here. Budget-conscious buyers get most of the way with the XPH14Z on cheaper LXT packs.
• First Makita, first cordless drill, household work: the $179 XFD131 kit is the only complete-tool row on the chart, drill plus battery plus charger. That completeness beats every bare figure here for a start-from-zero buyer.
• Spend discipline above all: the XFD10Z at $124 tool-only is the entry, with the honest caveat that a battery and charger must be added unless you own them.

Read alongside this chart

This page owns the Makita lineup question; the rest of the corpus owns the adjacent ones. The all-brands view of these six rows against the other 28 models in the dataset is the cordless drill comparison chart, and the interactive version with prices and per-cell sources is the comparison tool. Price-tier rankings across the full dataset, with bare and kit columns kept separate, are on the price comparison page. For Makita against other brands on the flagship rows: Makita vs DeWalt and Milwaukee vs Makita, both of which honor the UWO boundary this page never needs, since every Makita figure here is in-lbs; the unit rules behind that boundary are on specs explained. One scope note: this is the US X-prefix lineup as the dataset records it, six current rows; the UK D-prefix range is a different catalog on a different market and is not charted here.