Wi-Fi 6E PCIe Adapter Card Speed Comparison - They Are Not Created Equal
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- In today's video, I want to compare 5 different Wi-Fi 6E PCIe Cards all based on the Intel chipset, to see how they perform. I want to test the WiFI 6E overall speed and compare the performance between the cards to see whether or not there is any speed difference between them. Though they are built from the same chipset, as we will see, they do not all perform the same.
Below are the amazon affiliate links to the products that were reviewed should you want to buy one or find out more information. As an affiliate, I earn a small commission that does not impact your price.
Card reviewed in this video:
Ubit: amzn.to/3VPOdVn
TP-Link: amzn.to/3VUdopT
EDUP: amzn.to/3OYZ0ds
OKN: amzn.to/3Fst7Hq
Fenvi: amzn.to/3HisNfk
Other items in my network:
QNAP 12 Port Managed 10GbE switch: amzn.to/3td6XiV
Qnap 12 Port unmanaged 10GbE switch: amzn.to/2QhsDYF
Qnap 10Gbe NIC card: amzn.to/2JzaySY
Netgear 8 Port Switch: amzn.to/2YMkIpG
Netgear 8 Port Switch: amzn.to/2yJucXP
TP -Link 8 Port: amzn.to/31kNfnP
QNAP QSW-308-1C (with combo port): amzn.to/2uVZ8Wf
QNAP QSW-308 (without combo port): amzn.to/38o9Jrk
Ipolex SFP+ Transceiver: amzn.to/36aCeHw
CAT7 Patch Cable: amzn.to/2Rxv3UD
Intel 10GbE Network Card: amzn.to/2uWTh2W
QNAP QSW-M408-2C: amzn.to/35WuxbB
Ubiquiti Muti-Mode SFP+: amzn.to/2RL3EiI
Multi-Mode Fiber Cable: amzn.to/3kLzfNN
Intel 10GbE Network Card: amzn.to/2uWTh2W
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:40 Background
1:44 TP Link
2:13 OKN
2:42 EDUP
2:58 Ubit
3:12 Fenvi
3:28 Setup
4:03 Testing
4:53 TP-Link Results
5:25 OKN Results
5:43 EDUP Results
6:17 Ubit Results
6:44 Fenvi Results
7:25 Results Summary - Наука та технологія
this is exactly the test I was looking for, great job Mike! you have a new subscriber!
Awesome, thank for the sub and for the feedback.
Amazing testing, very deep and well done, thanks!!
Thank you for the feedback, it is appreciated.
Great showing, thanks for sharing as I´m going to buy a 6E card for my sons PC 😊
Glad to hear and good luck.
This helped me a lot in my choice of my pcie wifi card, thanks friend
Thanks for the feedback and the best of luck with your new card.
Excellent video. Very helpful.
Thank you for the feedback. Appreciate it.
Nice review, fast and to the point.
Glad you liked it and thanks for the feedback!
just like his network 😂
Great video, helped alot.
Glad to hear it!
Love your perfect video
Thanks for the feedback. Appreciate it.
Thorough and to the point, thanks!
Glad it was helpful and thanks for the feedback.
Thanks for the vid pal. I am currently getting a card for my dekstop I just moved it back to me after 4 years apart. I forgot it does not connect to wifi xD
Just finished a video on WiFi 7. Should be out in a couple weeks. Thanks
It would be great if you continue testing with mixing antennas( best card with worst antenna etc.) Thanks by the way.
Thanks for the suggestion. It would be quite a rabbit hole if i were to test antennas, so I tried to keep the cards as they were. If the opportunity presents itself, I may consider it. I would be interesting how much difference it made. Thanks.
@@MikeFaucherMaybe take just one Wifi card and test all antennas with this one adapter?
wow thats an impressive roundup. luckily my pc desktop motherboard came with wifi 6e, but not everyones does. wow the tplink 50 bucks... and it's not that big a difference in performance, crazy.
Not all things are created equal. Cheap upgrade if you have the router or access point.
Funny. Here tp link is the one with 25$ price tag and ubit is 60$ ish lol. Tp link is official here so the price is cheaper, but ubit isnt, so you have to import it 😢. Nice review, so informative and compact. Thank you.
Thanks for the feedback, it is appreciated.
Every PCIe wifi card I've seen so far has a laptop pcie card under the heatsink. Which makes it weird that they can have performance differences. Maybe it's the antennas that make the difference.
Good point. Thanks for the input.
Is it in theory possible to upgrade the Wi-Fi card by just buying for example the next gen ax310? If the next gen still supports dual antenna
@@dornus336 It may make a small difference but if you want to see a big difference , you need the access point or router to match.
I don’t have wifi 6e router yet. I will get it at some point in the future. If I get your recommended card for future proofing will it still work with my basic 4g router installed by the network provider?
I just finished a review of some Wi-Fi 7 cards (ua-cam.com/video/8CoiRB3hLHk/v-deo.html) if you want to check that out. Everything is backward compatible whether you get the 6E or 7. Hope that helps.
This may be a dumb question, but these cards will work with ryzen cpu builds even tho they use Intel chipset and drivers right?
Absolutely. Just install the driver.
Two questions:
1) Have you tried to switch the antennas between the different adapters? As the chipset is the same on all adapters, I would guess the antennas are most obvious to be the root of the performance differences.
2) Are there any plans to do such a comparson with different WiFi 6E chpsets, e.g., Qualcomm, Realtek, Broadcom,or Mediatek chipsets? Most of them sould be available as m.2 modules now.
It is a valid assumption but there are too many combinations and it would not really be realistic if someone was to buy one of these cards. As for a follow up video I am waiting for the Wi-Fi 7 versions to come out. Great questions.
Thanks for the video! I was about to buy the Fenvi card, but your review saved me ! :)
Glad I could help! Thanks for the feedback.
So well, please suggest me to pick better pci another one of shown it.
Any of these will work for you but I still prefer the Ubit. Hope that helps.
The only available card for me is CUDY WE3000S AX5400. Shipping any of those cards across the ocean to my country doesn't make sense because of the shipping cost
Have not tested but it looks like a nice card using the and it is using the latest AX210 chipset so it should perform close to one of these cards. Post your results if you end up getting one.
i got the UBIT card. its excellent. its a intel card relabeled. when I put the Ubit card in my PC it identified it as a Intel AX210 wifi 6e card. and downloaded the drivers from intel automatically
Outstanding and thanks for the feedback.
@@MikeFaucher great video man!!
@@youandiryan Thank you. Appreciate it.
idk if antenna will help in THROUGHPUT performance
antenna is more to "FOCUS"...i mean...
5dBi use a "WIDE" wave to receiver or transiver
10dBi the wave will be more FOCUS on the direction of the TRANSIVER/RECEIVER (less wide) = less interference / more precise to capture the signal🤔🤔
Antenna will only increase the range and signal strength.
Higher signal strength leads to a higher signal to noise ratio. Therefore, it can also have an impact on performance.
On Ali Express the Fenvi is around 20$ now including shipping, but maybe the others got cheaper too
Thanks for the info.
Hello, my question is are the cards capable of creating a hotspot in the 160mhz bandwidth for a dedicated device (Quest 3)?
They are capable of creating hotspots through your operating system.
@@MikeFaucher yes, but can you choose only ax, 160mhz channel width and channel itself, pretty much like a router, and use it as a access point for the quest 3 for wireless h264 low latency pcvr streaming?
@@DjR3iX I have not tried that specific configuration and have deployed these cards already. Sorry I can’t be more help.
@@MikeFaucher Alrighty, not sure if it is a worthy video idea but to compare different cards hotspot capabilities would be neat also
@@DjR3iX Thanks. I will look into possibly attaching something to an upcoming video. I wish we would have had this discussion earlier as I also just completed testing some WiFi 7 cards.
Can u Tell me about the Hotspot capability If them? Can they do a WiFi 6e hotspot and do they perform similar to a Router?
That is actually a feature of the OS like windows and they will all do this. No separate built in feature on any of them. Hope that helps.
@@MikeFaucher thanks, i asked because i heard that the intel chip ax210 is supporting wifi 6 hotspot via the intel tool only
@@pscheuerling Great question and it is a software tool. Windows has the functionality built in.
There are differences between the chipsets. The AX210 has „only“ R2T2 capability. Some other (AP) chipsets can do R4T4 which means they can use more antennas and parallel streams. That might made a difference in performance, especially when the AP serves multiple client devices.
Ubit one went up to $35 while OKN only went up to $29 so I went with OKN. I also saw NETELY had one for only $28 and they performed the best last year. Why didn't you include them in this years video?
I will do that if I do an update. Thanks for the feedback
@@MikeFaucher sounds good 👍🏻. Not many videos about these and most just talk about the most expensive ones. Really great info thanks!
It would be interesting to see if the differences were due to the antennae. Maybe put the Ubit antenna on the Fenvi and see if it changes anything?
I consider doing that for the test but in the end I thought it would not make any difference as most people will only buy one card. If I get a chance, I will give it a shot just for curiosity.
@@MikeFaucher It certainly would be interesting to see if it had any effect. I recall a few months ago someone on the OpenWrt forums talking about putting "real" antennae on a bog standard all-in-one wifi router that originally had little internal ones, and getting a substantial range/speed boost.
@@d00dEEE I will put it on my list.
Question, the card 210, can be used on pc or laptots with intel or amd provmcesors?
Btw, new video for 2024 for Best wificards Quality prive?
It can be used on either AMD or Intel chipsets as it is a standard card.
Planning on one for the upcoming Wi-Fi 7 refresh of these cards. Thanks for the feedback.
There is a difference between the AX210 and AX211. The AX211 is only supported by newer Intel CPUs. As far as I understood, they use a different interface and do some of the processing inside the CPU.
I'd hazard a guess that all the cards except the Fenvi are laptop cards under the heat sinks.
Possibly, I did not take them apart. Good Point.
I am pretty sure that all five cards (or any other such cards that identify themselves as "Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210") use such an AX210 M.2 module.
I'll be honest, a lot of this is gibberish to me (no offense just not my area of expertise) but I have starlink which I read is Wifi 5. Does this mean I have to buy a wifi card that is Wifi 5 or will any of these work?
Any should work.
@@MikeFaucher thanks
Channel 1 - 21 excellent Low band .
80% shorter Distance vs 5ghz.
Channel 100 - 225 mid & High frequency lowering distance. 70% distance rate.
Antenna Does Play a Role.
Radio Transmission Output All depends Manufacturer Specifications.
not all equal. since not all WiFi 6E 6ghz 5970 - 7100 Mhz band play a big role. note not all product have latest Firmware updates to meet Industry standards WiFi 6E standards.
6ghz in beta mode for WI-FI 7 not fully finalized.
20 years Using WiFi.
already weather proofed WiFi 6E Router and modems Netgear AXE300 and telecolour XB8 Cable modem.
WIFI6E outdoir setup retaining full Speed up to 40 Ft outdoor. Signal quality stay around 700Mbps up to 200 ft distance 65 meters
300 Mbps to 400 ft 125 Meters.
At 200 meters maximum 600ft 20 Mbps.
Thanks for you input on the topic.
even since they have intel chips, will they still work with a ryzen cpu?
Absolutely. You should have no issues if you load the drivers.
@@MikeFaucher great. Thanks for the fast reply! Do you have any opinion on the TP-Link Archer TX55E pcie wifi 6?
@@try_and_chill It is a very good card. One thing I would consider is getting a WiFi 7 card to future-proof, as they are all backward compatible. I did a recent review on WiFi 7 cards if you are interested (ua-cam.com/video/8CoiRB3hLHk/v-deo.html).
@@MikeFaucher I’ll definitely consider and check out the video thank you!
No suprise tp link is the best i already knew that was coming
Thanks for the feedback!
Why are they all so far off the 2402Mbps claimed max speed?...
There are lots of reasons, WIfi overhead, interference, traffic file tpe, and mostly that WiFI is not full duplex.
@@MikeFaucher I was watching this video earlier "Meta finally fixed the Quest 3 Wi-Fi stability issue with Build v.62" He has a 6 or 6e router and that seems to be running at 2404Mbps. Would any 6e adapter card get near top speed like his router can?.. I just want something for making a hotspot for a quest 3.
@@Lloyd.B. Unless you upgrade the router or access point, you are performing well. I'm not sure if you are getting that speed that I would do anything.
@@MikeFaucher “Unless you upgrade the router or access point, you are performing well.”
I’m not sure what you mean. I haven’t got a router or pci adapter yet, I’m still trying to figure out what will work.
With PCVR all the router, access point or hotspot needs to do is transfer video and audio from the PC to the headset through wi-fi. Internet speed makes no difference. It’s local network speed that matters.
Most reviews for wi-fi 6e routers/pcie cards can’t (or don't know how) to test them to the limit, because they use internet for the test, and most people’s internet speeds are nowhere near 2Gbps. Your tests are far better because it’s local network speed.
“I'm not sure if you are getting that speed that I would do anything.”
Do you mean, if I was getting the speeds in your video, that it should be OK?..
Now that I’ve seen that blokes set up getting 2404Mbps, that is what I’m aiming for. Every bit of that bandwidth can help with PCVR, the more bandwidth the less the video stream needs to be compressed.
I think the reason he was getting that ‘near max speed’ is because that traffic file type maybe easier for the router/pci adapter to process?.. It’s not constantly changing file type like most situations, it’s just audio and video constantly.
That Fenvi adapter card is like £15 on ali express at the moment. But a TP-Link Archer AXE75 WiFi 6E router, one of the ones recommended for PCVR is more like £100. They both have an ax210 chip, but there is so much more stuff in the router, they have CPUs and ram these days don't they?.. I imagine it’s obvious the router will work better for PCVR, but how much better?.. A lot, a little bit?.. £85 worth better?..
This number is just a theoretical top speed. Not close to what you will receive on daily use