The Best Blenders, Compared on Motor Power, Jar Type and What They Actually Crush

Listed as a professional-grade kitchen blender with 10 speeds and a self-cleaning cycle, it ships with a 64 oz classic container built for smoothies, soups, juices and more. The listing doesn't state motor wattage, so the professional-grade claim rests on speed count and jar design rather than a number you can line up against the wattage-labeled models here. The 10-speed dial and self-cleaning cycle suggest a blender meant for frequent, varied use rather than one occasional smoothie run. The trade-off: buyers who want a printed wattage figure to compare across listings won't find one in this title.

The WildSide+ jar, an included spatula and a recipe booklet come standard, and the listing calls out professional-grade power, a self-cleaning cycle, and four preprogrammed blending cycles across 5 speeds. That's fewer speed steps than the 10-speed jar blenders on this list, but the four presets shift the work from picking a speed to picking a result — a trade some cooks will prefer. As with the other professional-grade jar blender here, no wattage figure appears in the title, so the power claim is descriptive rather than a number you can stack against the wattage-labeled models.

This one lists a 1400 peak-watt motor and a 72 oz pitcher, the largest stated jar capacity in this lineup, paired with Total Crushing blades and three Auto-iQ presets built for smoothies, frozen drinks and ice cream. Dishwasher-safe parts are called out directly. The trade-off is the word 'peak' — 1400 peak watts describes a momentary spike rather than a sustained running wattage, and three presets is fewer program options than the digital models here. For anyone blending for a family or a crowd, though, the 72 oz capacity is the standout number on this list.

The listing is sparse by design: a 900-watt motor and a matte black finish on a Special Edition NutriBullet Pro, with no jar capacity, preset count or crushing claim stated in the title. That makes it hard to compare against the fuller-spec entries here beyond the wattage figure itself, which sits mid-pack among the numbered models on this list. Buyers who already know the NutriBullet Pro line and just want the wattage and color confirmed will find what they need; anyone comparing jar size or program count against other blenders here will need to look past the title.

The K400 is listed with variable speed control and a 56 oz jar, in a Passion Red finish. No wattage figure or preset count appears in the title, so the case for this one rests on jar size and the variable-speed dial rather than a spec sheet you can line up against the wattage-labeled blenders here. At 56 oz it sits between the smallest glass jars and the largest pitcher on this list, a middle-capacity option for buyers who want control-by-feel over push-button presets.

This one lists the highest wattage figure in the lineup — 1600 watts — driving a 10-point blade stack with titanium coating inside a 64 oz glass jar, plus three iBlend preset functions and a 24 oz Blend-N-Go cup for taking a portion out the door. The titanium coating is a durability claim on the blade rather than a crushing-power claim by itself, and three presets is fewer than the six on the Cuisinart digital model here. For anyone weighing wattage numbers directly against each other, though, this is the largest number stated on the list.

Listed at 700 watts, the lowest stated motor figure here, this one pairs a 40 oz glass jar with a Wave Action system and 12 functions including puree and crush ice. Twelve functions is the highest function count on this list, though function count and speed count aren't the same thing as raw crushing power, and the 700-watt figure sits well below the 1400- and 1600-watt models here. It reads as a blender built for variety of settings on a modest jar and motor rather than one built to compete on power.

The Hurricane pairs a 48 oz glass jar with a digital control panel offering 5 manual speeds and 6 named presets — smoothie, pulse, milkshake, cocktail, ice crush and a clean cycle — the highest preset count on this list. No wattage figure appears in the title, so the power claim rests on the preset design rather than a number. For buyers who'd rather press 'cocktail' than guess a speed, this is the most program-dense option here; for buyers who want a wattage figure to compare, it isn't stated.

This one is listed simply: a 6-cup glass jar and 10 speed settings, in black, without a stated wattage, preset program or bundled cup. It's the most basic listing in this lineup by feature count, which is either a limitation or a selling point depending on whether you want a straightforward speed dial over presets and app-like functions. Compared against the titanium-blade, iBlend-preset, or Auto-iQ models here, there's simply less stated to evaluate — what's on the label is jar size and speed count, and nothing more.

The only hand blender in this lineup, it's listed with 8 attachments, manual speed control, 3 power settings and Braun's ActiveBlade technology, plus a claim to being the #1 hand blender brand. There's no jar, pitcher or preset program because that's not the category — this is built to work in a pot of soup or a bowl of batter rather than in its own container. The trade-off against every other blender here is capacity and hands-free operation: this is a single-hand, attachment-driven tool, not a stand-alone pitcher blender.

Listed as a 20 oz personal blender for smoothies, this is the smallest stated jar capacity in the lineup among blenders that give a number at all. No wattage or preset count appears in the title, so the case for it rests on the compact single-serve format rather than a spec you can compare directly. It suits a single smoothie drinker who doesn't want counter space taken up by a 56-72 oz pitcher, and it isn't positioned in the listing as a soup- or ice-crushing machine the way the larger jar blenders here are.

This is listed as a small personal blender bundled as an 11-piece set, without a stated wattage, jar capacity in ounces, or named crushing claim. The value proposition in the title is the piece count — cups, lids and a blade base — rather than motor power or program count, which puts it in a different comparison bucket than the wattage-labeled full-size jar blenders here. It suits buyers who want a compact personal set with extra cups on hand more than buyers comparing raw blending power.