ASUS RT AX86U vs Netgear RAX40

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ASUS RT-AX86U

Netgear RAX40 (Nighthawk AX4)

We compared the ASUS RT AX86U (AX5700) with Broadcom BCM4908 4-core processor and the Netgear RAX40 (AX3000) with Lantiq (Intel) PXB4395 2-core processor. You will find out which router performs better in benchmark tests, wireless specifications, and other information.

Main Differences

ASUS RT AX86U Advantages

Larger RAM (1GiB vs 512MiB)

Faster WAN Port (2.5GbE vs 1GbE)

Faster Wireless Speed (4804Mbps vs 574Mbps)

Netgear RAX40 Advantages

Higher CPU Performance (800GHz vs 1.8GHz)

Faster Wireless Speed (2402Mbps vs 861Mbps)

Score

benchmark

DMIPS performance

ASUS RT AX86U +508%

16560

Netgear RAX40

2720

ASUS RT AX86U

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Netgear RAX40

General

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Release Date

Apr 2019

Wi-Fi 6

Wireless Protocol

Wi-Fi 6

AX5700

Series

AX3000

CPU Performance

Broadcom BCM4908

Processor

Lantiq (Intel) PXB4395

ARM Cortex-A53

CPU Architecture

MIPS IA

1.8 GHz x4

CPU Performance

800 MHz x2

256 MiB

Flash ROM

256 MiB

1 GiB

RAM

512 MiB

Radio Band 1

5 GHz

Frequency Band

2.4 GHz

Broadcom BCM43684

Wireless Chip

Intel (Lantiq) WAV654

4804 Mbps

Wireless Speed

574 Mbps

4 spatial streams 4x4

MIMO Specification

2 spatial streams 2x2

Radio Band 2

2.4 GHz

Frequency Band

5 GHz

Broadcom BCM6710

Wireless Chip

Intel (Lantiq) WAV654

861 Mbps

Wireless Speed

2402 Mbps

3 spatial streams 3x3

MIMO Specification

2 spatial streams 2x2

Wireless Parameters

MU-MIMO

MIMO

MU-MIMO

1024

QAM Modulation

1024

160 MHz

Channel Bandwidth

160 MHz

LAN Parameters

Broadcom BCM4908

Switch Chip

Lantiq (Intel) PXB4395

1 GbE x4

LAN Port

1 GbE x4

2.5 GbE x2

WAN Port

1 GbE x1

Miscellaneous

ASUS RT AX86U

Official Website Link

Netgear RAX40

19 VDC, 2.37 A

Power

12 VDC, 2.5 A

2

USB Ports

1

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