Mercusys MR70X vs TP-Link Archer AX72

The two products' specifications row by row. Rows where they differ are marked; a missing value is unknown, never equal.

7 differences
SpecificationMercusys MR70XTP-Link Archer AX72
Ethernet LAN interface typeDiffers1GGigabit
Top Wi-Fi standardDiffersWiFi 6Wi-Fi 6
WLAN data transfer rate (max)Differs1800 Mbit/s5400 Mbit/s
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers34
Antenna designDiffers2× 5G External Antennas 2× 2.4G External Antennas6× Fixed High-Performance Antennas
Product typeDiffersRouterWi-Fi Router
Power source typeDiffersACDC
Ethernet LANSameYesYes
Wi-Fi bandSameDual-BandDual-Band
Ethernet WANSameYesYes
Transmission encryptionSameYesYes
Cabling technologynot knownnot known10/100/1000Base-T(X)
Dynamic DNS (DDNS)not knownnot knownYes
Ethernet LAN data ratesnot knownnot known10,100,1000 Mbit/s
MIMOnot knownnot knownYes
Modulationnot knownnot knownOFDM, 1024-QAM
Networking standardsnot knownnot knownIEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11ax, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
Port forwardingnot knownnot knownYes
Port triggeringnot knownnot knownYes
Support Samba (storage)not knownnot knownYes
Wi-Fi standardsnot knownnot known802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n), Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
Wireless Distribution System (WDS) bridgenot knownnot knownYes
DMZ supportnot knownnot knownYes
DoS attack preventionnot knownnot knownYes
Filteringnot knownnot knownYes
Firewallnot knownnot knownYes
IP address filteringnot knownnot knownYes
MAC address filteringnot knownnot knownYes
Network address translation (NAT)not knownnot knownYes
Security algorithmsnot knownnot knownWPA, WPA-Enterprise, WPA2, WPA2-Enterprise, WPA3
MU-MIMO technologynot knownnot knownYes
Quality of Service (QoS) supportnot knownnot knownYes
Reset buttonnot knownnot knownYes
Web-based managementnot knownnot knownYes
WPS push buttonnot knownnot knownYes
Operating relative humidity (H-H)not knownnot known10 - 90%
Operating temperature (T-T)not knownnot known0 - 40 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)not knownnot known5 - 90%
Storage temperature (T-T)not knownnot known-40 - 70 °C
WLAN data transfer rate (first band)not knownnot known4804 Mbit/s
WLAN data transfer rate (second band)not knownnot known574 Mbit/s
Access Control List (ACL)not knownnot knownYes
Parental controlnot knownnot knownYes
Processor frequencynot knownnot known1000 MHz
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantitynot knownnot known1
USB portnot knownnot knownYes
Depthnot knownnot known147.2 mm
Heightnot knownnot known49.2 mm
Widthnot knownnot known272.5 mm
Antennas quantitynot knownnot known6
DHCP clientnot knownnot knownYes
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)not knownnot knownYes
WAN connection typenot knownnot knownRJ-45
LED indicatorsnot known1× SYSnot known
Built-in processornot knownnot knownYes
Processor coresnot knownnot known2
On/off switchnot knownnot knownYes