Which "wired" router has the best VPN throughput?

[tokyo_networking]

For some reason, better performance is measured by the wireless performance. If I look at the power consumption of the RT-AC3200, it is shocking.

I am looking for a "wired" router which needs to be compact and running a VPN client. I will be turning of the radios so I don't care of the wireless performance.

One requirement is that they should be running Merlin, so I am currently looking at the RT-AC56U, the RT-N66U, and the RT-AC66U (and maybe the RT-AC68U, but I don't like the stand).

Which of the routers whould provide me with the best VPN throughput?

 

[Nathan MIller]

You've just got to Google a bit. I did a ton of it for a couple weeks when looking for comparisons. It's out there. Here's a quick search I did for "rt-ac87u comparison" which gave me this http://www.7tutorials.com/reviewing-asus-rt-ac87u-wifi-router-batman-would-use which I think is something along the lines of what you're looking for because it includes wired speed comparisons. There are a ton more too...keep looking and changing up your searches and you'll find them. I know I found a lot, I just don't remember where they all were.

 

[Nullity]

VPN requires processing (CPU) power and most consumer routers are lacking in this department.

The RT-N66U and RT-AC66U both have a 600Mhz MIPS CPU.
This CPU can be overclocked to 662Mhz.

The RT-AC56U has an 800Mhz dual-core ARM CPU.
This CPU can be overclocked to 1Ghz+.


If you want maximum throughput, you need a desktop CPU. Setup something like pfSense on an old desktop PC.


What speeds are you hoping to achieve?

 

[RMerlin]

The AC56 and AC68 will give you close to triple the VPN throughput of the N66 and AC66.