Home Router Comparison ASUS RT AC1200 plus vs TPLINK Archer A9 v5

ASUS RT AC1200 plus vs TPLINK Archer A9 v5

We compared the ASUS RT AC1200 plus (AC1200) with Broadcom BCM47189 1-core processor and the TPLINK Archer A9 v5 (AC1750) with Broadcom BCM4709A0 2-core processor. You will find out which router performs better in benchmark tests, wireless specifications, and other information.

Main Differences

ASUS RT AC1200 plus Advantages
Higher CPU Performance (900MHz vs 1.0GHz)
TPLINK Archer A9 v5 Advantages
Larger RAM (256MiB vs 128MiB)
Faster Wireless Speed (1300Mbps vs 867Mbps)
Faster Wireless Speed (600Mbps vs 300Mbps)

Score

ASUS RT-AC1200+
TP-LINK Archer A9 v5.x
DMIPS computing power2.4G speed5/6G speedR.Datememory DMIPS computing power:1.71 2.4G speed:867 Mbps 5/6G speed:867 Mbps R.Date: memory:128 MiB DMIPS computing power:5 2.4G speed:1300 Mbps 5/6G speed:1300 Mbps R.Date: memory:256 MiB

benchmark

DMIPS performance
ASUS RT AC1200 plus
1710
TPLINK Archer A9 v5 +192%
5000

General

Jan 0001
Release Date
Jan 0001
Wi-Fi 5
Wireless Protocol
Wi-Fi 5
AC1200
Series
AC1750
Yes
3rd Party ROM Support

CPU Performance

Broadcom BCM47189
Processor
Broadcom BCM4709A0
ARM Cortex-A7
CPU Architecture
ARM Cortex-A9
900 MHz x1
CPU Performance
1.0 GHz x2
0
NPU
0
0
NPU Clock Speed
0
16 MiB
Flash ROM
16 MiB
128 MiB
RAM
256 MiB

Radio Band 1

5 GHz
Frequency Band
5 GHz
Broadcom BCM43217
Wireless Chip
Broadcom BCM4360
867 Mbps
Wireless Speed
1300 Mbps
2 spatial streams 2x2
MIMO Specification
3 spatial streams 3x3

Radio Band 2

2.4 GHz
Frequency Band
2.4 GHz
Broadcom BCM47189
Wireless Chip
Broadcom BCM4360
300 Mbps
Wireless Speed
600 Mbps
2 spatial streams 2x2
MIMO Specification
3 spatial streams 3x3

Radio Band 3

0
Wireless Speed
0
spatial streams
MIMO Specification
spatial streams

Radio Band 4

0
Wireless Speed
0
spatial streams
MIMO Specification
spatial streams

Wireless Parameters

0
QAM Modulation
0
0
Channel Bandwidth
0

LAN Parameters

Broadcom BCM47189
Switch Chip
Broadcom BCM4709A0
1 GbE x4
LAN Port
1 GbE x4
0 x
WAN Port
1 GbE x1

Miscellaneous

Official Website Link
12 VDC, 2 A
Power
12 VDC, 2 A
1
USB Ports
2
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