Intel AX200 / NETGEAR RAX80, RAX120 Test Results

[Balance]

Has anyone found a trusted place where to purchase an AX200?

Available on AliExpress for about $30 / €27.

 

[thiggins]

Has anyone found a trusted place where to purchase an AX200?

This is the same card.

 

[kwinz]

I tested the AX200 against the 9260AC (in a Dell Inspiron 7577), using the RAX 80 and RAX120 . Test was done one floor below the routers' location (about 12-15ft away.).
I noticed about a 10-15% gain in performance on 5 GHz between ac and ax modes. Between n and ax on 2.4 Ghz @ HT20 there was a pretty big delta. Between n and ax on HT40 difference was much lower.

If you have an ac router though, the AX200 will perform practically the same as the 9260ac.

It looks like the AX200 is even worse than the old card, except if your AP/router supports AX.

And even then, the only real gain is in the 2.4GHz band.

Or am I missing something here?!

 

[avtella]

It looks like the AX200 is even worse than the old card, except if your AP/router supports AX.

And even then, the only real gain is in the 2.4GHz band.

Or am I missing something here?!

Overall performance is actually quite similar if not the same for both as AC cards. If you run tests multiple times you’d see they’re practically the same and those minor differences disappear.