TPLINK Archer A8 vs ROG Rapture GT AC5300

VS

TP-LINK Archer A8

ASUS GT-AC5300

We compared the TPLINK Archer A8 (AC1900) with MediaTek TP1900BN 1-core processor and the ROG Rapture GT AC5300 (AC5300) with Broadcom BCM4908 4-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 (1300Mbps vs 900Mbps)

ROG Rapture GT AC5300 Advantages

Higher CPU Performance (1.8GHz vs 1.2GHz)

Larger RAM (1GiB vs 64MiB)

Faster Wireless Speed (2167Mbps vs 450Mbps)

Score

benchmark

DMIPS performance

TPLINK Archer A8

2280

ROG Rapture GT AC5300 +626%

16560

TPLINK Archer A8

VS

ROG Rapture GT AC5300

General

-

Release Date

Apr 2017

Wi-Fi 5

Wireless Protocol

Wi-Fi 5

AC1900

Series

AC5300

-

3rd Party ROM Support

Yes

CPU Performance

MediaTek TP1900BN

Processor

Broadcom BCM4908

ARM Cortex-A7

CPU Architecture

ARM Cortex-A53

1.2 GHz x1

CPU Performance

1.8 GHz x4

4 MiB

Flash ROM

256 MiB

64 MiB

RAM

1 GiB

Radio Band 1

2.4 GHz

Frequency Band

5 GHz

MediaTek MT7761N

Wireless Chip

Broadcom BCM4366E

450 Mbps

Wireless Speed

2167 Mbps

3 spatial streams 3x3

MIMO Specification

4 spatial streams 4x4

Radio Band 2

5 GHz

Frequency Band

2.4 GHz

MediaTek MT7762N

Wireless Chip

Broadcom BCM4366E

1300 Mbps

Wireless Speed

900 Mbps

3 spatial streams 3x3

MIMO Specification

4 spatial streams 4x4

Radio Band 3

-

Frequency Band

5 GHz

-

Wireless Chip

Broadcom BCM4366E

-

Wireless Speed

2167 Mbps

-

MIMO Specification

4 spatial streams 4x4

Wireless Parameters

MU-MIMO

MIMO

MU-MIMO

-

QAM Modulation

1024

LAN Parameters

Realtek RTL8367S

Switch Chip

Broadcom BCM53134S

1 GbE x4

LAN Port

1 GbE x8

1 GbE x1

WAN Port

1 GbE x1

Miscellaneous

TPLINK Archer A8

Official Website Link

ROG Rapture GT AC5300

12 VDC, 1.5 A

Power

19 VDC, 3.42 A

-

USB Ports

2

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