Cudy WR1300 v TP-Link Archer C6 ? ( or something else ... )

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Hello,
simple question: which one should I get between this 2 devices ? they have basically the same exact price but 1 has a Mediatek chip where the other one is a Qualcomm / Atheros based router .

Cudy offers a USB 3.0 port but I'll consider that as a bonus, my main focus is performance for the price and OpenWRT compatibility .

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The eu version of archer c6 v2 runs very well with openwrt. Drawbacks are:

  • cpu speed: on a gigabit internet provider it is too slow to do nat, will limit to probably around 500 mbit/s.
  • no usb ports
  • only 8 Mb flash

Advantages are

  • very low power consumption

With openwrt I get around 80mbit/s on the 2.4 ghz and 250 mbit/s on 5ghz.

Anyhow for the German Amazon price of around 35€ a cheap device.

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I'm basically indecisive between Qualcomm and Mediatek, I have also considered the Hap ac² from Mikrotik but apparently they are developing their own firmware for the platform and they have below average performance when compared to similar wireless platforms.

EDIT:
nevermind, apparently the Archer C6 now ( the v3 version ) is based on a Mediatek chip and it's not supported by OpenWRT yet.

https://wikidevi.wi-cat.ru/TP-LINK_Archer_C6_v3.0