Wi-Fi 7 Vs Wi-Fi 5 / Wi-Fi 6 / Wi-Fi 6E
Feature Comparison
Wi-Fi 5 Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi 7
Launch date
IEEE standard
Max data rate
Bands
Security
Channel size
Modulation
MIMO
RU
MAC
2013
802.11ac
3.5 Gbps
5 GHz
WPA 2
20,40,80,80+80,160MHz
256-QAM OFDM
4×4 MIMO DL MIMO
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2019 2021
802.11ax
9.6 Gbps
2.4GHz,5 GHz 2.4GHz,5 GHz,6 GHz
WPA 3
20,40,80,80+80,160MHz
1024-QAM OFDMA
8×8 UL/DL MU-MIMO
RU
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2024 (expected)
802.11be
46Gbps
2.4 GHz,5 GHz,6 GHz
WPA 3
Up to 320MHz
4096-QAM OFDM
16×16 UL/DL MU-MIMO
Multi-RUs
MLO