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Speed Comparison Tests with Specific USB WiFi Adapters #139

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morrownr opened this issue Oct 24, 2022 · 1 comment
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Speed Comparison Tests with Specific USB WiFi Adapters #139

morrownr opened this issue Oct 24, 2022 · 1 comment

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Speed Comparison Tests with Specific Commonly Available USB WiFi Adapters

Note: This is a limited test using a capability that all of the tested adapters have. All adapters were tested in the same location connected to the same AP.

WiFi 5
AC
5 GHz
Channel 60 DFS - clear air (no other APs on the channel)
80 MHz channel width
WiFi Router: ZyXEL NBG6817 (running OpenWRT 22.03, iperf3 -s)
WPA3
Distance: about 7 meters (20 ft)
Obstacles: 2 walls - sheetrock and wood
Client: Desktop i7 running kernel 6.1 (Xubuntu 22.10, iperf3 -c 192.168.1.1)

The adapters and results are listed in order with fastest first.

WiFi Adapter: Comfast CF-951AX
Capability: Wifi 6e - AX3000
Chipet: mt7921au
ID 0e8d:7961 MediaTek Inc. Wireless_Device

$ iperf3 -c 192.168.1.1
Connecting to host 192.168.1.1, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.1.185 port 52582 connected to 192.168.1.1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  72.8 MBytes   611 Mbits/sec    0   1.89 MBytes       
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  75.0 MBytes   629 Mbits/sec    0   1.89 MBytes       
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  75.0 MBytes   629 Mbits/sec    0   1.89 MBytes       
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  73.8 MBytes   619 Mbits/sec    0   1.89 MBytes       
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  77.5 MBytes   650 Mbits/sec    0   1.89 MBytes       
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  73.8 MBytes   619 Mbits/sec    0   1.89 MBytes       
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  75.0 MBytes   629 Mbits/sec    0   1.89 MBytes       
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  75.0 MBytes   629 Mbits/sec    0   1.89 MBytes       
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  75.0 MBytes   629 Mbits/sec    0   1.89 MBytes       
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  75.0 MBytes   629 Mbits/sec    0   1.89 MBytes       

[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   748 MBytes   627 Mbits/sec    0             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.01  sec   746 MBytes   625 Mbits/sec                  receiver

WiFi Adapter: Comfast CF-958AC
Capability: Wifi 5 - AC1900
Chipet: rtl8814au (not a recommended chipset for Linux users as the driver is old and is missing features)
ID 0bda:8813 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8814AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wireless Adapter

$ iperf3 -c 192.168.1.1
Connecting to host 192.168.1.1, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.1.124 port 59926 connected to 192.168.1.1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  55.3 MBytes   464 Mbits/sec    0   1.16 MBytes       
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  71.2 MBytes   598 Mbits/sec    0   1.81 MBytes       
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  77.5 MBytes   650 Mbits/sec    0   1.81 MBytes       
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  77.5 MBytes   650 Mbits/sec    0   1.81 MBytes       
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  77.5 MBytes   650 Mbits/sec    0   1.81 MBytes       
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  76.2 MBytes   640 Mbits/sec    0   1.81 MBytes       
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  77.5 MBytes   650 Mbits/sec    0   1.81 MBytes       
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  78.8 MBytes   661 Mbits/sec    0   1.81 MBytes       
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  77.5 MBytes   650 Mbits/sec    0   1.81 MBytes       
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  77.5 MBytes   650 Mbits/sec    0   1.81 MBytes       

[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   747 MBytes   626 Mbits/sec    0             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.01  sec   745 MBytes   624 Mbits/sec                  receiver

WiFi Adapter: Cudy WU1400
Capability: Wifi 5 - AC1300
Chipet: rtl8812bu
ID 0bda:b812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL88x2bu

$ iperf3 -c 192.168.1.1
Connecting to host 192.168.1.1, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.1.109 port 43290 connected to 192.168.1.1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  65.2 MBytes   547 Mbits/sec    0   1.73 MBytes       
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  66.2 MBytes   556 Mbits/sec    0   1.82 MBytes       
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  66.2 MBytes   556 Mbits/sec    0   1.82 MBytes       
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  66.2 MBytes   556 Mbits/sec    0   1.82 MBytes       
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  66.2 MBytes   556 Mbits/sec    0   1.82 MBytes       
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  66.2 MBytes   556 Mbits/sec    0   1.82 MBytes       
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  67.5 MBytes   566 Mbits/sec    0   1.82 MBytes       
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  66.2 MBytes   556 Mbits/sec    0   1.82 MBytes       
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  66.2 MBytes   556 Mbits/sec    0   1.82 MBytes       
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  66.2 MBytes   556 Mbits/sec    0   1.82 MBytes       

[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   663 MBytes   556 Mbits/sec    0             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.01  sec   661 MBytes   554 Mbits/sec                  receiver

WiFi Adapter: ALFA AWUS036ACH
Capability: Wifi 5 - AC1200
Chipet: rtl8812au
ID 0bda:8812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8812AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 2T2R DB WLAN Adapter

$ iperf3 -c 192.168.1.1
Connecting to host 192.168.1.1, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.1.188 port 38814 connected to 192.168.1.1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  59.8 MBytes   502 Mbits/sec    0   1.66 MBytes       
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  58.8 MBytes   493 Mbits/sec    0   1.76 MBytes       
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  60.0 MBytes   503 Mbits/sec    0   1.87 MBytes       
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  57.5 MBytes   482 Mbits/sec    0   1.87 MBytes       
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  57.5 MBytes   482 Mbits/sec    0   1.87 MBytes       
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  57.5 MBytes   482 Mbits/sec    0   1.87 MBytes       
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  56.2 MBytes   472 Mbits/sec    0   1.87 MBytes       
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  57.5 MBytes   482 Mbits/sec    0   1.87 MBytes       
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  56.2 MBytes   472 Mbits/sec    0   1.87 MBytes       
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  58.8 MBytes   493 Mbits/sec    0   1.87 MBytes       

[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   580 MBytes   486 Mbits/sec    0             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.01  sec   577 MBytes   484 Mbits/sec                  receiver

WiFi Adapter: ALFA AWUS036ACM
Capability: Wifi 5 - AC1200
Chipet: mt7612u
ID 0e8d:7612 MediaTek Inc. MT7612U 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wireless Adapter

$ iperf3 -c 192.168.1.1
Connecting to host 192.168.1.1, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.1.228 port 58404 connected to 192.168.1.1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  49.4 MBytes   414 Mbits/sec    0    757 KBytes       
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  46.2 MBytes   388 Mbits/sec    2    568 KBytes       
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  47.5 MBytes   398 Mbits/sec    0    646 KBytes       
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  47.5 MBytes   398 Mbits/sec    0    700 KBytes       
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  46.2 MBytes   388 Mbits/sec    0    735 KBytes       
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  46.2 MBytes   388 Mbits/sec    0    769 KBytes       
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  46.2 MBytes   388 Mbits/sec    2    585 KBytes       
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  46.2 MBytes   388 Mbits/sec    0    619 KBytes       
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  46.2 MBytes   388 Mbits/sec    0    639 KBytes       
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  46.2 MBytes   388 Mbits/sec    0    650 KBytes       

[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   468 MBytes   393 Mbits/sec    4             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.01  sec   466 MBytes   390 Mbits/sec                  receiver

WiFi Adapter: EDUP EP-AC1635
Capability: Wifi 5 - AC600
Chipet: rtl8811cu
ID 0bda:c811 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 802.11ac NIC

$ iperf3 -c 192.168.1.1
Connecting to host 192.168.1.1, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.1.103 port 56144 connected to 192.168.1.1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  32.7 MBytes   274 Mbits/sec    0    870 KBytes       
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  32.5 MBytes   273 Mbits/sec    0   1.06 MBytes       
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  32.5 MBytes   273 Mbits/sec    0   1.18 MBytes       
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  32.5 MBytes   273 Mbits/sec    0   1.26 MBytes       
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  33.8 MBytes   283 Mbits/sec    0   1.33 MBytes       
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  32.5 MBytes   273 Mbits/sec    0   1.33 MBytes       
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  32.5 MBytes   273 Mbits/sec    0   1.33 MBytes       
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  32.5 MBytes   273 Mbits/sec    0   1.33 MBytes       
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  32.5 MBytes   273 Mbits/sec    0   1.33 MBytes       
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  31.2 MBytes   262 Mbits/sec    0   1.40 MBytes       

[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   325 MBytes   273 Mbits/sec    0             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.01  sec   323 MBytes   271 Mbits/sec                  receiver

WiFi Adapter: ALFA AWUS036ACS
Capability: Wifi 5 - AC600
Chipet: rtl8811au
ID 0bda:0811 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8812AU/8821AU 802.11ac

$ iperf3 -c 192.168.1.1
Connecting to host 192.168.1.1, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.1.172 port 58436 connected to 192.168.1.1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  32.3 MBytes   271 Mbits/sec    0    686 KBytes       
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  30.0 MBytes   252 Mbits/sec    0    894 KBytes       
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  30.0 MBytes   252 Mbits/sec    0    940 KBytes       
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  30.0 MBytes   252 Mbits/sec    0    940 KBytes       
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  30.0 MBytes   252 Mbits/sec    0    940 KBytes       
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  30.0 MBytes   252 Mbits/sec    0    940 KBytes       
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  30.0 MBytes   252 Mbits/sec    0    940 KBytes       
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  30.0 MBytes   252 Mbits/sec    0    940 KBytes       
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  30.0 MBytes   252 Mbits/sec    0   1.03 MBytes       
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  30.0 MBytes   252 Mbits/sec    0   1.03 MBytes       

[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   302 MBytes   254 Mbits/sec    0             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.01  sec   299 MBytes   251 Mbits/sec                  receiver

WiFi Adapter: ALFA AWUS036ACHM
Capability: Wifi 5 - AC600
Chipet: mt7610u
ID 0e8d:7610 MediaTek Inc. WiFi

$ iperf3 -c 192.168.1.1
Connecting to host 192.168.1.1, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.1.176 port 36664 connected to 192.168.1.1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  26.8 MBytes   225 Mbits/sec    0    732 KBytes       
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  25.0 MBytes   210 Mbits/sec    0    775 KBytes       
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  26.2 MBytes   220 Mbits/sec    0    812 KBytes       
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  23.8 MBytes   199 Mbits/sec    0    854 KBytes       
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  26.2 MBytes   220 Mbits/sec    0    854 KBytes       
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  23.8 MBytes   199 Mbits/sec    0    854 KBytes       
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  26.2 MBytes   220 Mbits/sec    0    894 KBytes       
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  25.0 MBytes   210 Mbits/sec    0    898 KBytes       
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  25.0 MBytes   210 Mbits/sec    0    898 KBytes       
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  25.0 MBytes   210 Mbits/sec    0    947 KBytes       

[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   253 MBytes   212 Mbits/sec    0             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.02  sec   250 MBytes   209 Mbits/sec                  receiver

Comments: I just grabbed the adapters that were readily available. If
there are other adapters or chipsets you want to see added, let me
know. Remember that this is a speed test at short to medium range,
not a range test. The Alfa ACHM and ACH would run away from the
pack in a range test.

Nick
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Wifi Adapter: TP-Link T3U Plus
Wifi 5 - AC 1300
Chipset: 8812bu
Driver: 88x2bu-20210702
ID: ID 2357:0138 TP-Link 802.11ac NIC

  • Windows 10 (intel AX201)
Connecting to host 192.168.0.1, port 5201
[  4] local 192.168.0.30 port 49827 connected to 192.168.0.1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-1.01   sec  41.5 MBytes  41.3 MBytes/sec
[  4]   1.01-2.00   sec  28.6 MBytes  28.7 MBytes/sec
[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec  31.2 MBytes  31.3 MBytes/sec
[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec  31.6 MBytes  31.7 MBytes/sec
[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec  31.5 MBytes  31.4 MBytes/sec
[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec  35.1 MBytes  35.2 MBytes/sec
[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec  40.6 MBytes  40.6 MBytes/sec
[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec  35.0 MBytes  35.1 MBytes/sec
[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec  37.2 MBytes  37.2 MBytes/sec
[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec  33.6 MBytes  33.8 MBytes/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec   346 MBytes  34.6 MBytes/sec                  sender
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec   346 MBytes  34.6 MBytes/sec                  receiver
  • Linux guest running on the same windows host, vmware workstation (bridged nic) (connected to a wifi6 router is even faster than windows itself!)
Connecting to host 192.168.0.1, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.0.54 port 40254 connected to 192.168.0.1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  5]   0.00-1.02   sec  41.2 MBytes  40.3 MBytes/sec    0   1.27 MBytes
[  5]   1.02-2.02   sec  40.0 MBytes  40.1 MBytes/sec    0   1.37 MBytes
[  5]   2.02-3.02   sec  38.8 MBytes  38.8 MBytes/sec    0   2.21 MBytes
[  5]   3.02-4.00   sec  32.5 MBytes  33.1 MBytes/sec    0   3.04 MBytes
[  5]   4.00-5.02   sec  36.2 MBytes  35.6 MBytes/sec    0   3.04 MBytes
[  5]   5.02-6.01   sec  37.5 MBytes  37.7 MBytes/sec    0   3.04 MBytes
[  5]   6.01-7.02   sec  40.0 MBytes  39.8 MBytes/sec    0   3.04 MBytes
[  5]   7.02-8.00   sec  38.8 MBytes  39.5 MBytes/sec    0   3.04 MBytes
[  5]   8.00-9.01   sec  43.8 MBytes  43.3 MBytes/sec    0   3.04 MBytes
[  5]   9.01-10.02  sec  42.5 MBytes  42.2 MBytes/sec    0   3.04 MBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.02  sec   391 MBytes  39.1 MBytes/sec    0             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.08  sec   391 MBytes  38.8 MBytes/sec                  receiver

  • Oneplus 9
    Average of 20MB/s

  • Important settings on hostapd.conf:

ieee80211n=1
wmm_enabled=1
ht_capab=[LDPC][HT40+][HT40-][SHORT-GI-20][SHORT-GI-40][MAX-AMSDU-7935][DSSS_CCK-40]

ieee80211ac=1
vht_capab=[MAX-MPDU-11454][SHORT-GI-80][TX-STBC-2BY1][RX-STBC-1][HTC-VHT][MAX-A-MPDU-LEN-EXP7][RXLDPC][HTC-VHT]

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