Granite Vs Quartz Countertops Consumer Reports. No other surface scored more than 70. Consumer reports on Countertop Surfaces Quartz came in first and granite second but its a close one.
Quartz and granite countertops are priced similarly per square foot with granite counters having the wider variation in price. While granite is limited to all the colors nature has produced quartz is artificially colored. Surfaces will simply need regular cleaning with soap and water.
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Quartz earned a rating that is 23 points higher than granites. On the 0-100 scale quartz scored 84 and granite followed closely at 81 with test results running dead even. In that study Consumer Reports used different types of everyday kitchen items like coffee grape juice and vegetable oil and let them sit on both quartz and a granite countertop for twenty hours. More durable than natural stones.
