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Wi-Fi 5 Router vs Wi-Fi 6 Router

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Who's winning: Wi-Fi 5 Router or Wi-Fi 6 Router?

So far, Wi-Fi 5 Router has 59% and Wi-Fi 6 Router has 41% of 5,069 votes cast — Wi-Fi 5 Router is currently ahead.

A Wi-Fi 5 router remains cheap and perfectly capable for most homes with a handful of devices and standard broadband, while a Wi-Fi 6 router handles dense device counts with better efficiency, lower latency, and higher throughput. Budget-friendly staple or crowded-network powerhouse?

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Tale of the tape

📡 Wi-Fi 5 Router

Standard
802.11ac
Price
Budget-friendly

🛜 Wi-Fi 6 Router

Standard
802.11ax
Dense devices
OFDMA efficient

Wi-Fi 5 Router

#18 / 78

1536 ELO

Wi-Fi 6 Router

#59 / 78

1464 ELO

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