Explore the IPQ5018 and IPQ8072 chip contest, who will lead the future network revolution?
The IPQ5018 and IPQ8072 chips belong to different product lines and have different characteristics and uses. This article will provide the reader with a comprehensive understanding of the framework of the two chips by comparing their key features.
1. Overview of the chip
Overview of IPQ5018
Wi-Fi standards: Support for Wi-Fi standards in the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, including 802.11a/b/g/n/ac.
Rate: Provides high data transfer rates and is suitable for multi-device connected environments.
Antenna technology: Integrates advanced antenna technology to improve coverage and connection stability.
Main Uses: IPQ5018 is mainly used in high-end routers, wireless access points and other network equipment.
Overview of IPQ8072
Wi-Fi standards: Wi-Fi standards that support both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, which may include 802.11ac or 802.11ax.
Rate: Provides higher data transfer rates for dense traffic and demanding network environments.
Antenna technology: Advanced antenna technology to support wider network coverage.
Main purpose: IPQ8072 is mainly used for high-performance network equipment, such as enterprise routers, switches and so on.
2. Architecture and performance
IPQ5018 Architecture and performance features
Processor architecture: The IPQ5018 uses a multi-core processor architecture, with typical configurations including multi-core ARM Cortex-A series processors.
Main frequency: The operating main frequency is usually in the range of hundreds of MHz to several GHz.
Performance: Suitable for medium network load, providing good performance.
IPQ8072 architecture and performance features
Processor architecture: The IPQ8072 uses a more powerful multi-core processor, which may include the high-performance ARM Cortex-A or other architectures.
Main frequency: High running main frequency, suitable for processing large-scale data flows and high complexity tasks.
Performance: Provides excellent performance for high-end network requirements and is suitable for large enterprise network environments.
3. Network connectivity and communication standards
IPQ5018 network connection support
Wi-Fi standards: Support for Wi-Fi standards in the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, including 802.11a/b/g/n/ac.
Rate: Provides high data transfer rates and is suitable for multi-device connected environments.
Antenna technology: Integrated MU-MIMO (multi-user multi-input multi-output) technology to improve the performance of multiple devices connected at the same time.
Band switching: Support for band switching technology to intelligently switch between the crowded 2.4GHz band and the clearer 5GHz band, enhancing the user experience.
IPQ8072 network connection support
Wi-Fi standards: Wi-Fi standards that support both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, possibly including 802.11ax.
Rate: Provides higher data transfer rates for dense traffic and demanding network environments.
Antenna technology: Advanced beamforming technology to improve network coverage and transmission stability.
Frequency band switching: Support dynamic frequency band selection, intelligent selection of the best frequency band to optimize network performance.
4. Security and reliability
Security and reliability features of IPQ5018
Built-in security features: Integrated with WPA3 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 3) encryption protocol, to provide more advanced wireless network security protection.
Protection measures: Supports virtual private network (VPN) and firewall functions to provide multi-level network protection.
Reliability assessment: Applicable to scenarios where reliability requirements are not very high, such as home and small business networks.
Security and reliability features of IPQ8072
Built-in security features: Supports a hardware-level secure encryption engine to provide a higher level of data protection.
Protection measures: Integrated advanced intrusion detection system and security audit functions for advanced security protection of large-scale enterprise networks.
Reliability evaluation: Applicable to large enterprise networks and data centers that have strict requirements on network reliability.
5. Applicable fields and application scenarios
Main application areas and application scenarios of IPQ5018
Application field: Home network, small office network.
Application scenarios: Mid-range routers, smart home devices, and small enterprise networks.
The main application fields and application scenarios of IPQ8072
Application field: Large enterprise network, data center.
Application scenarios: High-performance routers, enterprise-level switches, and large-scale network infrastructure.
6. Energy efficiency and power consumption
Efficiency and power consumption characteristics of IPQ5018
Energy efficiency performance: Good energy efficiency performance for ordinary home and small office environments.
Power consumption level: Relatively low power consumption, helping to reduce equipment operating costs.
Efficiency and power consumption characteristics of IPQ8072
Energy Efficiency Performance: Excellent energy efficiency for high load and large-scale network environments.
Power consumption level: Although relatively high, it provides excellent performance under high performance network requirements.
7. Frequency band support
IPQ5018 band support
Supported frequency bands: 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands are supported, which are suitable for common Wi-Fi bands.
Communication range: can balance communication range and transmission rate.
IPQ8072 band support
Supported Frequency bands: 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands are supported, with possible support for higher bands to provide greater network capacity.
Communication range: Has a wider communication range, suitable for covering a larger area of the network needs.
Detailed introduction to the motherboard
DR5018
Dual-core ARM 64bit A53@1.0GHz Processor
512MB DDRL3L System Memory
4MB NOR Flash, 128MB NAND Flash
2×2 On-board 2.4GHz radio,up to 573Mbps physical Data Rate
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Support Openwifi
DR5018M
Dual-core ARM 64bit A53@1.0GHz Processor
1G DDRL3L System Memory
8MB NOR Flash, 256MB NAND Flash
2×2 On-board 2.4GHz radio,up to 573Mbps physical Data Rate
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Support Openwifi
DR8072
■ Qualcomm Atheros IPQ8072A AR Quad Core CPU
■ On-board 5GHz radio, up to 2475 Mbps physical data rate,On-board 2.4GHz radio, up to 1147Mbps physical data rate
■ 8 MB NOR Flash, 256MB NAND Flash（NAND Flash can be up to 1GB as optional）
■ Support 11ax TX Beamforming,Support 11ac/ax MU-MIMO DL and UL,Support OFDMA DL and UL
■ Supports Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS)
■ DDR 1GB DDR3L(Support DDR3L can be up to 2GB as optional)
■ M.2 connector can support QCN9074 production
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Hardware technology advantages:
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