With the EEPROM patch (as mentioned in the Archer A6 v3 support thread) the 5 GHz shows higher power at least:
Nevermind me, the original tests were run with a Fast Ethernet switch running in between 
Testing below was done with iperf3, single stream, downstream from a wired x86 server. Gigabit all around 
Setup #1: AP on floor above
Signal on the phone hovers around -70 dBm (situated diagonally under the AP, a floor below, with a wooden floor and a thin brick wall in between), noise above 90 dBm as you can see from the screenshot. With the original tests, with a forgotten Fast Ethernet switch in between, bitrate fluctuated heavily here, to the point of completely stalling. With that switch taken out that didn't reproduce.
Iperf tests run from the laptop on the same spot:
$ iperf3 -c 10.0.0.10
Connecting to host 10.0.0.10, port 5201
[ 5] local 10.0.0.5 port 40668 connected to 10.0.0.10 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr Cwnd
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 17.4 MBytes 146 Mbits/sec 0 655 KBytes
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 16.2 MBytes 136 Mbits/sec 0 923 KBytes
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 15.0 MBytes 126 Mbits/sec 0 1.05 MBytes
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 15.0 MBytes 126 Mbits/sec 0 1.16 MBytes
[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 15.0 MBytes 126 Mbits/sec 0 1.21 MBytes
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 16.2 MBytes 136 Mbits/sec 0 1.28 MBytes
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 16.2 MBytes 136 Mbits/sec 0 1.53 MBytes
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 15.0 MBytes 126 Mbits/sec 0 1.53 MBytes
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 15.0 MBytes 126 Mbits/sec 0 1.53 MBytes
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 16.2 MBytes 136 Mbits/sec 0 1.53 MBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 157 MBytes 132 Mbits/sec 0 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.03 sec 154 MBytes 129 Mbits/sec receiver
iperf Done.
$ iperf3 -c 10.0.0.10
Connecting to host 10.0.0.10, port 5201
[ 5] local 10.0.0.5 port 40684 connected to 10.0.0.10 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr Cwnd
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 17.9 MBytes 150 Mbits/sec 0 915 KBytes
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 15.0 MBytes 126 Mbits/sec 0 1.24 MBytes
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 16.2 MBytes 136 Mbits/sec 0 1.56 MBytes
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 15.0 MBytes 126 Mbits/sec 0 1.56 MBytes
[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 16.2 MBytes 136 Mbits/sec 0 1.76 MBytes
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 15.0 MBytes 126 Mbits/sec 0 1.76 MBytes
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 13.8 MBytes 115 Mbits/sec 0 1.85 MBytes
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 16.2 MBytes 136 Mbits/sec 0 2.00 MBytes
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 15.0 MBytes 126 Mbits/sec 0 2.00 MBytes
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 15.0 MBytes 126 Mbits/sec 0 2.00 MBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 155 MBytes 130 Mbits/sec 0 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.03 sec 153 MBytes 128 Mbits/sec receiver
Setup #2: line of sight
These tests are run right in front of the AP, at a distance of give or take two meters. Cutouts seem to be gone. Signal hovers around 50 dBm, noise still over 90 dBm. Still a lot of retries though (Retr colum), not sure how good that is.
$ iperf3 -c 10.0.0.10
Connecting to host 10.0.0.10, port 5201
[ 5] local 10.0.0.5 port 40820 connected to 10.0.0.10 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr Cwnd
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 44.7 MBytes 375 Mbits/sec 0 1.34 MBytes
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 47.5 MBytes 398 Mbits/sec 0 1.59 MBytes
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 52.5 MBytes 440 Mbits/sec 0 1.70 MBytes
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 52.5 MBytes 440 Mbits/sec 0 1.88 MBytes
[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 50.0 MBytes 419 Mbits/sec 0 1.99 MBytes
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 50.0 MBytes 419 Mbits/sec 0 2.09 MBytes
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 52.5 MBytes 440 Mbits/sec 0 2.09 MBytes
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 52.5 MBytes 440 Mbits/sec 0 2.09 MBytes
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 48.8 MBytes 409 Mbits/sec 0 2.09 MBytes
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 52.5 MBytes 440 Mbits/sec 0 2.09 MBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 503 MBytes 422 Mbits/sec 0 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.02 sec 500 MBytes 419 Mbits/sec receiver
iperf Done.
$ iperf3 -c 10.0.0.10
Connecting to host 10.0.0.10, port 5201
[ 5] local 10.0.0.5 port 40834 connected to 10.0.0.10 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr Cwnd
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 46.8 MBytes 392 Mbits/sec 0 1.17 MBytes
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 53.8 MBytes 451 Mbits/sec 0 1.78 MBytes
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 47.5 MBytes 398 Mbits/sec 0 1.78 MBytes
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 47.5 MBytes 398 Mbits/sec 0 1.88 MBytes
[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 47.5 MBytes 398 Mbits/sec 0 2.08 MBytes
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 47.5 MBytes 398 Mbits/sec 0 2.18 MBytes
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 51.2 MBytes 430 Mbits/sec 0 2.18 MBytes
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 50.0 MBytes 419 Mbits/sec 0 2.18 MBytes
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 50.0 MBytes 419 Mbits/sec 0 2.30 MBytes
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 50.0 MBytes 419 Mbits/sec 0 2.30 MBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 492 MBytes 413 Mbits/sec 0 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.02 sec 489 MBytes 410 Mbits/sec receiver
iperf Done.