WiFi 5, also known as 802.11ac, is the previous generation of WiFi technology. It offers faster speeds and improved performance compared to older WiFi standards, but it has a lower capacity and is not as efficient as WiFi 6.

• WiFi 5 has a maximum available capacity of around 3.5 Gbps.

WiFi 6, also known as 802.11ax, is the latest generation of WiFi technology. It offers significantly faster speeds and improved performance compared to WiFi 5, with up to four times the capacity and more advanced features such as OFDMA and MIMO.

• WiFi 6 has a maximum available capacity of around 9.6 Gbps, which is about four times the capacity of WiFi 5.

WiFi 6e is an extension of WiFi 6 that operates in the 6 GHz frequency band. This provides additional bandwidth and capacity, which can help to improve the performance of WiFi networks even further.

• WiFi 6e has a maximum available capacity of around 19.2 Gbps, which is about twice the capacity of WiFi 6.

IMPORTANT NOTE- The numbers mentioned above are the maximum possible speeds under ideal conditions. In most real-world use, you can expect to get about 10% of those speeds for actual maximum bandwidth throughput. These numbers can be even lower depending on the available internet bandwidth at the location.

 

What about WiFi 4, is that still good?

WiFi 4, also known as 802.11n, is a wireless networking standard that was introduced in 2009. It offered faster speeds and improved performance compared to older WiFi standards, and was widely adopted by a variety of devices.

The maximum available capacity of WiFi 4 depends on the number of spatial streams that are used, as well as the channel width and other factors. In general, the maximum available capacity of WiFi 4 is around 600 Mbps, although some devices may be able to achieve higher speeds under certain conditions.

WiFi 4 is now considered to be outdated, and most new devices support the faster and more advanced WiFi 5 (802.11ac) or WiFi 6 (802.11ax) standards. However, WiFi 4 is still in use and may be found in older devices or in locations where newer WiFi standards are not supported.

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