NETGEAR R7000P Nighthawk Smart WiFi Router with MU-MIMO Reviewed

[Deleted member 54040]

Hi all, please know someone information about this router?

In my country (czech) I want buy one of these two routers netgear:
1) NETGEAR WiFi Router AC1900 R6800 R6800-100PES -> 126 EURO
2) NETGEAR Nighthawk Smart R7000P-100PES -> 186 EURO

I know that second is liiiiitle better, maybe, but price is very different and I not know if is really better pay so many more, between these two routers.

...now I have many years EDIMAX BR-6574N so any new will be mooore better. I only want have for my money best (price/specs). Can someone give tip please thanks

or what about this router: NETGEAR Nighthawk X4S R7800-100PES -> 210 EURO
cost this router for give more bucks for this nighthawk x4s router versus my previous two routers? I mean versus R6800,R7000P

Anyone who give some tips big thanks.

 

[mike406]

If the processor is indeed 800 MHz, then Netgear is telling a big fat lie.

EDIT: Decided to look into this further. It appears that the Netgear R7000P does have a 1GHz clockspeed as reported when I telnet into my unit. It would seem that the BCM4708C0 is a 1GHz clocked version of the 800MHz BCM4708A0.

 

[Killhippie]

If the processor is indeed 800 MHz, then Netgear is telling a big fat lie.

EDIT: Decided to look into this further. It appears that the Netgear R7000P does have a 1GHz clockspeed as reported when I telnet into my unit. It would seem that the BCM4708C0 is a 1GHz clocked version of the 800MHz BCM4708A0.

The R6800 up to R7000 all have 1Ghz processors, they seem to be essentially the same router with various tweaks. whether they actually run at 1Ghz in firmware is another thing altogether though. I believe the R6400 runs at 800Mhz.

 

[thiggins]

NETGEAR confirms the BCM4708C0 is clocked at 1 GHz. Article has been updated. Sorry for the error.

 

[Makaveli]

If the processor is indeed 800 MHz, then Netgear is telling a big fat lie.

EDIT: Decided to look into this further. It appears that the Netgear R7000P does have a 1GHz clockspeed as reported when I telnet into my unit. It would seem that the BCM4708C0 is a 1GHz clocked version of the 800MHz BCM4708A0.

Why is the memory speed at 533 the R7000 is at 800

 

[mike406]

Why is the memory speed at 533 the R7000 is at 800

Not sure honestly. The memory module appears to be of the same family as the R7000 but it would seem that it's underclocked by Netgear I guess. It is indicated on its datasheet it's typically at 800MHz. It is a bit strange. Netgear has made some interesting choices to say the least.

 

[sfx2000]

Why is the memory speed at 533 the R7000 is at 800

parts perhaps? Bill of Material is what it is...

Anyways - ARM's are interesting...

Features : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm crc32​

 

[mike406]

@thiggins if you still have your unit, can you confirm yours also has a 533MHz memory clock?

 

[thiggins]

@thiggins if you still have your unit, can you confirm yours also has a 533MHz memory clock?

Sorry, no.