ASUS RT AC86U vs TPLINK Archer A9 v6

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ASUS RT-AC86U

TP-LINK Archer A9 v6.x

We compared the ASUS RT AC86U (AC2900) with Broadcom BCM4906 2-core processor and the TPLINK Archer A9 v6 (AC1900) with Qualcomm QCN5502 1-core processor. You will find out which router performs better in benchmark tests, wireless specifications, and other information.

Main Differences

ASUS RT AC86U Advantages

Larger RAM (512MiB vs 128MiB)

Faster Wireless Speed (750Mbps vs 600Mbps)

Faster Wireless Speed (2167Mbps vs 1300Mbps)

TPLINK Archer A9 v6 Advantages

Higher CPU Performance (775GHz vs 1.8GHz)

Released later by 1 years7 months

Score

benchmark

DMIPS performance

ASUS RT AC86U +453%

8280

TPLINK Archer A9 v6

1496

ASUS RT AC86U

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TPLINK Archer A9 v6

General

Aug 2017

Release Date

Mar 2019

Wi-Fi 5

Wireless Protocol

Wi-Fi 5

AC2900

Series

AC1900

Yes

3rd Party ROM Support

-

CPU Performance

Broadcom BCM4906

Processor

Qualcomm QCN5502

ARM Cortex-A53

CPU Architecture

MIPS 74Kc

1.8 GHz x2

CPU Performance

775 MHz x1

256 MiB

Flash ROM

16 MiB

512 MiB

RAM

128 MiB

Radio Band 1

2.4 GHz

Frequency Band

2.4 GHz

Broadcom BCM4365E

Wireless Chip

Qualcomm QCN5502

750 Mbps

Wireless Speed

600 Mbps

3 spatial streams 3x3

MIMO Specification

3 spatial streams 4x4

Radio Band 2

5 GHz

Frequency Band

5 GHz

Broadcom BCM4366E

Wireless Chip

Qualcomm Atheros QCA9984

2167 Mbps

Wireless Speed

1300 Mbps

4 spatial streams 4x4

MIMO Specification

3 spatial streams 4x4

Wireless Parameters

-

5G Signal Booster

4

MU-MIMO

MIMO

MU-MIMO

0

QAM Modulation

256

LAN Parameters

Broadcom BCM4906

Switch Chip

Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337N

1 GbE x4

LAN Port

1 GbE x4

1 GbE x1

WAN Port

1 GbE x1

Miscellaneous

ASUS RT AC86U

Official Website Link

TPLINK Archer A9 v6

19 VDC, 1.75 A

Power

12 VDC, 1.5 A

2

USB Ports

1

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