Both Asus and TP-Link, and also other wifi vendors introduce various models of wifi 7 products ranging from lower models up to high end models. In lower end models, Asus comes with its Zenwifi BT6 and TP-Link with its Deco BE63. We’ll focus on these two products and see which one is worth buying.
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Asus Zenwifi BT6
Asus has released few models of mesh wifi 7 products, not as various models as deco has. Within the lower end models, Asus released Zenwifi BT6 and BT10. The lower end models are typically tagged with cheaper price tagged in compare with those high end models. However these lower models deliver unprecedented speeds like never before (wifi 5 and wifi 6 products).
For small to medium sized homes, opting lower end wifi 7 products is appropriate when your budget is limited. No wonder that the market share for lower end products is huge enough. TP-Link with its Deco lineup offers more various models of lower end wifi 7 products, and one of them is Deco BE63 which we will compare it with Asus later.
Asus BT6 vs BT10
Asus released two models of lower end wifi 7 products, the Zenwifi BT6 and BT10. What make the two products set apart? As a reference, table 1 below shows you spec comparison between BT6 and BT10.
More bandwidth
Asus Zenwifi BT10 delivers double bandwidth (BE 18000) as wide as BT6 (BE9400) does.
I/O ports
The other main differences are the I/O port interfaces embedded on the board. BT6 comes equipped with four Ethernet ports; one of them is high speed 2.4Gbps WAN port. On the other hand, BT10 comes equipped with three Ethernet ports; two of them are 10.0Gbps multi-gig ports. In terms of WAN port, you can use 1.0Gbps port or multi-gig 10.0Gbps WAN/LAN port. 10.0Gbps WAN port is ready for the next generation of DOCSIS 4.0 cable technology.
Processor
In terms of processor embedded on the board, both BT10 and BT6 use the same processor. However, the capacity of the memory is different. Asus BT10 comes equipped with double memory capacity as opposed to BT6. This will accelerate the networking processing tasks faster.
Table 1. Asus Zenwifi BT6 vs BT10
| Asus Wifi 7 models | Zenwifi BT6 | Zenwifi BT10 |
| Wifi standards | BE9400 Wifi 7 | BE18000 Wifi 7 |
| Signal rates | 2.4 GHz up to 688 Mbps 5.0 GHz up to 2882 Mbps 6.0 GHz up to 5762 Mbps | 2.4 GHz up to 688 Mbps 5.0 GHz up to 5764 Mbps 6.0 GHz up to 11529 Mbps |
| Antennas | 7x internal antennas 2.4GHz 2×2 5GHz 2×2 6GHz 2×2 | 8x internal antennas 2.4GHz 2×2 5GHz 4×4 6GHz 4×4 |
| I/O Ports | 2.5Gbps WAN x 1 1.0 Gbps LAN x 3 USB 3.0 x1 | 10 Gbps WAN/LAN x 1 10 Gbps LAN x 1 1.0 Gbps WAN/LAN x 1 USB 3.0 x1 |
| Processor & Memory | 2.0 GHz quad core processor With 1GB RAM; 128MB Flash | 2.0 GHz quad core processor With 2GB RAM; 256 MB Flash |
| Price | Soon | $499.00 |
For small to medium sized homes, Asus BT6 is appropriate. For larger sized homes and with multiple high intensive bandwidth applications, Asus BT10 is recommended.
See also comparison between Deco BE85 vs Asus BT10.
Asus BT6 vs Deco BE63
TP-Link is aggressively introduces various models of wifi 7 products, ranging from the entry level BE3600 network segment up to the high end BE33000. On the BE10000 middle network segment, TP-Link offers Deco BE63.
Now, let’s focus on Asus BT6 and compare it head to head with TP-Link Deco BE63.You can use table 2 below as a reference.
Network segment
Both Asus BT6 and Deco BE63 work at the same middle range network segment, just slightly aggregated bandwidth difference as shown on the ‘signal rates’ row. Each of the three bands deliver different signal rates. With the nature feature of Multi Link Operation (MLO), when they connect to the same wifi 7 deices, they can intelligently combining and switching between the 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz bands.
With this MLO feature, backhaul link between each nodes work intelligently the way the MLO feature works by combining and switching between the bands for optimized performance and low latency.
Port Interfaces
In terms of Ethernet port interfaces, Deco BE63 offers four high speed 2.5Gbps Ethernet ports (1x WAN port; 3x LAN ports). On the other hand, Asus BT6 comes equipped with only one 2.4Gbps Port for WAN connection, while the other three ports are 1.0Gbps interface. You may connect to Arris S33 DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem that supports 2.5Gbps Port.
Deco BE63 with all the four Ethernet Ports are high-speed 2.4Gbps, is more advantages as opposed to Asus BT6.
Table 2. Asus BT6 vs Deco
| Asus Wifi 7 models | Zenwifi BT6 | TP-Link Deco BE63 |
| Wifi standards | BE9400 Wifi 7 with AiMesh technology | BE10000 wifi 7 |
| Signal rates | 2.4 GHz up to 688 Mbps 5.0 GHz up to 2882 Mbps 6.0 GHz up to 5762 Mbps | 2.4 GHz: 574 Mbps 5 GHz: 4324 Mbps 6 GHz: 5188 Mbps |
| Antennas | 7x internal antennas 2.4GHz 2×2 5GHz 2×2 6GHz 2×2 | 4x High-Performance Internal Antennas 2.4GHz 2×2 5GHz 2×2 6GHz 2×2 |
| Backhaul | Intelligent mesh wifi backhaul | Wired and wifi combined backhaul |
| I/O Ports | 2.5Gbps WAN x 1 1.0 Gbps LAN x 3 USB 3.0 x1 | 2.5 Gbps x4 USB 3.0 x1 |
| Processor & Memory | 2.0 GHz quad core processor With 1GB RAM; 128MB Flash | Unspecified |
| Price |
Technically Deco BE63 offers better value in terms of wider aggregated bandwidth and al the four Ethernet ports are high speed 2.4GHz. Click the product’s link below to read more details about the products and shop on Amazon.
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