Are the radios in the AX86U Pro better than the AX86U?

[Logi]

I have only seen that the CPU is around 10% faster, but I can't find any details on the other differences, wireless radios I am interested, thank you

 

[jksmurf]

I have to credit dongknows for this table (no affiliation) which gives a simple set of differences. Apart from the CPU and VLANs via 3.0.0.6.102 FW, not a lot of difference.

Lots of previous discussions on these models though.

 

[OzarkEdge]

I have only seen that the CPU is around 10% faster, but I can't find any details on the other differences, wireless radios I am interested, thank you

Only the Pro radios will support ASUSWRT 5.0 features like broadcasting VLANs.

OE

 

[jksmurf]

Only the Pro radios will support ASUSWRT 5.0 features like broadcasting VLANs.

OE

Thank you OE, you prompted me to look a bit more closely at the radios and you are correct they are indeed different, for the 5GHz radio at least.

The wikipedia entry shows the non-Pro vs Pro having Wifi radios using these Broadcom chips respectively:

• 2.4GHz BCM6710 5GHz BCM43684
• 2.4GHz BCM6710 5GHz BCM6715

I had a wee look at Broadcom's site for the specs but it’s over my head as to what the specs mean. There’s a couple of summaries attached from a Google search for the differences, which I found interesting.

And it’s not just the CPU that is clocked faster (as I had thought), it’s actually a different chip too, with (apparently) better power usage:

• Broadcom BCM4908 @1.8 GHz Quad core
• Broadcom BCM4912 @2.0 GHz Quad core

Oddly there’s no entry on the Broadcom website for the BCM4908, that I could find. This forum has a discussion on the merits of each chip here.

I’m not sure if this level of technical detail was what the OP was after, or just a performance summary, but interesting stuff all the same, thanks!

 

[Logi]

Thank you OE, you prompted me to look a bit more closely at the radios and you are correct they are indeed different, for the 5GHz radio at least.

The wikipedia entry shows the non-Pro vs Pro having Wifi radios using these Broadcom chips respectively:

• 2.4GHz BCM6710 5GHz BCM43684
• 2.4GHz BCM6710 5GHz BCM6715

I had a wee look at Broadcom's site for the specs but it’s over my head as to what the specs mean. There’s a couple of summaries attached from a Google search for the differences, which I found interesting.

And it’s not just the CPU that is clocked faster (as I had thought), it’s actually a different chip too, with (apparently) better power usage:

• Broadcom BCM4908 @1.8 GHz Quad core
• Broadcom BCM4912 @2.0 GHz Quad core

Oddly there’s no entry on the Broadcom website for the BCM4908, that I could find. This forum has a discussion on the merits of each chip here.

I’m not sure if this level of technical detail was what the OP was after, or just a performance summary, but interesting stuff all the same, thanks!

Thank you, very valuable information

 

[vit5421]

I have google fiber with 1gb plan and google fiber jack modem.
Using pro router 2.5g wan i was able to increase wifi speed on my phone from 940mbs to 1140 mbs. May be its too high and not important but nice