TPLINK Archer A8 vs ASUS RT AC1200 v2

VS

TP-LINK Archer A8

ASUS RT-AC1200 v2

We compared the TPLINK Archer A8 (AC1900) with MediaTek TP1900BN 1-core processor and the ASUS RT AC1200 v2 (AC1200) with MediaTek MT7628DAN 1-core processor. You will find out which router performs better in benchmark tests, wireless specifications, and other information.

Main Differences

TPLINK Archer A8 Advantages

Faster Wireless Speed (450Mbps vs 300Mbps)

Faster Wireless Speed (1300Mbps vs 867Mbps)

ASUS RT AC1200 v2 Advantages

Higher CPU Performance (580GHz vs 1.2GHz)

Faster LAN Port (100GbE vs 1GbE)

Faster WAN Port (100GbE vs 1GbE)

Score

benchmark

DMIPS performance

TPLINK Archer A8 +145%

2280

ASUS RT AC1200 v2

928

TPLINK Archer A8

VS

ASUS RT AC1200 v2

General

Wi-Fi 5

Wireless Protocol

Wi-Fi 5

AC1900

Series

AC1200

-

3rd Party ROM Support

Yes

CPU Performance

MediaTek TP1900BN

Processor

MediaTek MT7628DAN

ARM Cortex-A7

CPU Architecture

MIPS 24KEc

1.2 GHz x1

CPU Performance

580 MHz x1

4 MiB

Flash ROM

16 MiB

64 MiB

RAM

64 MiB

Radio Band 1

2.4 GHz

Frequency Band

2.4 GHz

MediaTek MT7761N

Wireless Chip

MediaTek MT7628DAN

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

MediaTek MT7762N

Wireless Chip

MediaTek MT7613BEN

1300 Mbps

Wireless Speed

867 Mbps

3 spatial streams 3x3

MIMO Specification

2 spatial streams 2x2

Wireless Parameters

MU-MIMO

MIMO

-

LAN Parameters

Realtek RTL8367S

Switch Chip

MediaTek MT7628DAN

1 GbE x4

LAN Port

100 MbE x4

1 GbE x1

WAN Port

100 MbE x1

Miscellaneous

TPLINK Archer A8

Official Website Link

ASUS RT AC1200 v2

12 VDC, 1.5 A

Power

12 VDC, 0.5 A

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