Comparison of Apple AirPort Express Base Station and Asus ROG Rapture GT-AC5300

The side-by-side comparison of the routers’ specifications. The comparison table below makes it easier to choose the most fitting router.

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Apple AirPort Express Base Station (A1392) Remove	Asus ROG Rapture GT-AC5300 (GT-AC5300) Remove	Add a router to compare
Launch
2012	2017
Body
Dimensions
98 x 98 x 23 mm	245 x 245 x 65 mm
Weight
240 g	1.88 kg
System
Chipset
Atheros AR9344 @ 533 MHz	Quad-core 64bit CPU @ 1.8 GHz
RAM
64 MB	1024 MB
Flash
16 MB	256 MB
OS
Apple	Asus
Alternative OS
Power supply
internal	19 V / 3.42 A
Network
Protocols
IPv4	IPv4 IPv6
LAN ports
1 x 10/100 Mbps	8 x 10/100/1000 Mbps
WAN ports
1 x 10/100 Mbps	1 x 10/100/1000 Mbps
Mobile network
no	yes, with USB dongle
VPN support
no	PPTP L2TP OpenVPN
Wireless
Antennas
2 x 3 dBi internal	8 x 3.47 dBi RP-SMA
2.4 GHz
yes	yes
5 GHz
yes	yes
6 GHz
60 GHz
no	no
Standards
IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n	IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Class
N600	AC5300
Speed
300 + 300 Mbps	1000 + 2167 + 2167 Mbps
Transmit power
15 dBm	30 dBm
Security
WEP WPA WPA2	WEP WPA WPA2 WPS
Guest network
no	yes
Connectivity
USB ports
1 x USB 2.0	2 x USB 3.0
Print server
yes	yes
File server
yes	yes
Features
Specials
Administration
Default IP
10.0.1.1	192.168.1.1
Default username
	admin
Default password
public	admin