ASUS RT AC58U vs TPLINK Archer A9 v5

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ASUS RT-AC58U

TP-LINK Archer A9 v5.x

We compared the ASUS RT AC58U (AC1300) with Qualcomm IPQ4018 4-core processor and the TPLINK Archer A9 v5 (AC1750) with Broadcom BCM4709A0 2-core processor. You will find out which router performs better in benchmark tests, wireless specifications, and other information.

Main Differences

ASUS RT AC58U Advantages

Higher CPU Performance (710MHz vs 1.0GHz)

Faster Wireless Speed (867Mbps vs 600Mbps)

TPLINK Archer A9 v5 Advantages

Larger RAM (256MiB vs 128MiB)

Faster Wireless Speed (1300Mbps vs 400Mbps)

Score

benchmark

DMIPS performance

ASUS RT AC58U +7%

5396

TPLINK Archer A9 v5

5000

ASUS RT AC58U

VS

TPLINK Archer A9 v5

General

Aug 2016

Release Date

-

Wi-Fi 5

Wireless Protocol

Wi-Fi 5

AC1300

Series

AC1750

Yes

3rd Party ROM Support

-

CPU Performance

Qualcomm IPQ4018

Processor

Broadcom BCM4709A0

ARM Cortex-A7

CPU Architecture

ARM Cortex-A9

710 MHz x4

CPU Performance

1.0 GHz x2

128 MiB

Flash ROM

16 MiB

128 MiB

RAM

256 MiB

Radio Band 1

2.4 GHz

Frequency Band

5 GHz

Qualcomm IPQ4018

Wireless Chip

Broadcom BCM4360

400 Mbps

Wireless Speed

1300 Mbps

2 spatial streams 2x2

MIMO Specification

3 spatial streams 3x3

Radio Band 2

5 GHz

Frequency Band

2.4 GHz

Qualcomm IPQ4018

Wireless Chip

Broadcom BCM4360

867 Mbps

Wireless Speed

600 Mbps

2 spatial streams 2x2

MIMO Specification

3 spatial streams 3x3

Wireless Parameters

MU-MIMO

MIMO

-

LAN Parameters

Qualcomm Atheros QCA8075

Switch Chip

Broadcom BCM4709A0

1 GbE x4

LAN Port

1 GbE x4

1 GbE x1

WAN Port

1 GbE x1

Miscellaneous

ASUS RT AC58U

Official Website Link

TPLINK Archer A9 v5

12 VDC, 1.5 A

Power

12 VDC, 2 A

1

USB Ports

2

207 x 148.8 x 35.5 mm (LxWxH)

Dimensions

-

Weight: 395 g

Weight

-

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