ASUS RT AC1900 vs TPLINK Archer A6 v2

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ASUS RT-AC1900

TP-LINK Archer A6 v2.x

We compared the ASUS RT AC1900 (AC1900) with Broadcom BCM4709A0 2-core processor and the TPLINK Archer A6 v2 (AC1200) with Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563 1-core processor. You will find out which router performs better in benchmark tests, wireless specifications, and other information.

Main Differences

ASUS RT AC1900 Advantages

Larger RAM (256MiB vs 128MiB)

Faster Wireless Speed (450Mbps vs 300Mbps)

Faster Wireless Speed (1300Mbps vs 867Mbps)

TPLINK Archer A6 v2 Advantages

Higher CPU Performance (750GHz vs 1.0GHz)

Released later by 2 years9 months

Score

benchmark

DMIPS performance

ASUS RT AC1900 +245%

5000

TPLINK Archer A6 v2

1448

ASUS RT AC1900

VS

TPLINK Archer A6 v2

General

Jun 2016

Release Date

Mar 2019

Wi-Fi 5

Wireless Protocol

Wi-Fi 5

AC1900

Series

AC1200

Yes

3rd Party ROM Support

Yes

CPU Performance

Broadcom BCM4709A0

Processor

Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563

ARM Cortex-A9

CPU Architecture

MIPS 74Kc

1.0 GHz x2

CPU Performance

750 MHz x1

128 MiB

Flash ROM

16 MiB

256 MiB

RAM

128 MiB

Radio Band 1

2.4 GHz

Frequency Band

2.4 GHz

Broadcom BCM43602

Wireless Chip

Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563

450 Mbps

Wireless Speed

300 Mbps

3 spatial streams 3x3

MIMO Specification

2 spatial streams 2x2

Radio Band 2

5 GHz

Frequency Band

5 GHz

Broadcom BCM43602

Wireless Chip

Qualcomm Atheros QCA9886

1300 Mbps

Wireless Speed

867 Mbps

3 spatial streams 3x3

MIMO Specification

2 spatial streams 2x2

Wireless Parameters

-

MIMO

MU-MIMO

LAN Parameters

Broadcom BCM4709A0

Switch Chip

Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337

1 GbE x4

LAN Port

1 GbE x4

1 GbE x1

WAN Port

1 GbE x1

Miscellaneous

ASUS RT AC1900

Official Website Link

TPLINK Archer A6 v2

19 VDC, 1.75 A

Power

12 VDC, 1 A

2

USB Ports

-

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