ASUS RT AC1900 vs TPLINK Archer A8
We compared the ASUS RT AC1900 (AC1900) with Broadcom BCM4709A0 2-core processor and the TPLINK Archer A8 (AC1900) with MediaTek TP1900BN 1-core processor. You will find out which router performs better in benchmark tests, wireless specifications, and other information.
Main Differences
ASUS RT AC1900 Advantages
Larger RAM (256MiB vs 64MiB)
TPLINK Archer A8 Advantages
Higher CPU Performance (1.2GHz vs 1.0GHz)
Score
ASUS RT-AC1900
TP-LINK Archer A8
benchmark
DMIPS performance
ASUS RT AC1900
+119%
5000
TPLINK Archer A8
2280
General
Jun 2016
Release Date
Jan 0001
Wi-Fi 5
Wireless Protocol
Wi-Fi 5
AC1900
Series
AC1900
Yes
3rd Party ROM Support
CPU Performance
Broadcom BCM4709A0
Processor
MediaTek TP1900BN
ARM Cortex-A9
CPU Architecture
ARM Cortex-A7
1.0 GHz x2
CPU Performance
1.2 GHz x1
0
NPU
0
0
NPU Clock Speed
0
128 MiB
Flash ROM
4 MiB
256 MiB
RAM
64 MiB
Radio Band 1
2.4 GHz
Frequency Band
2.4 GHz
Broadcom BCM43602
Wireless Chip
MediaTek MT7761N
450 Mbps
Wireless Speed
450 Mbps
3 spatial streams 3x3
MIMO Specification
3 spatial streams 3x3
Radio Band 2
5 GHz
Frequency Band
5 GHz
Broadcom BCM43602
Wireless Chip
MediaTek MT7762N
1300 Mbps
Wireless Speed
1300 Mbps
3 spatial streams 3x3
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
MIMO
MU-MIMO
0
QAM Modulation
0
0
Channel Bandwidth
0
LAN Parameters
Broadcom BCM4709A0
Switch Chip
Realtek RTL8367S
1 GbE x4
LAN Port
1 GbE x4
1 GbE x1
WAN Port
1 GbE x1
Miscellaneous
19 VDC, 1.75 A
Power
12 VDC, 1.5 A
2
USB Ports
