ASUS TUF Gaming BE6500 vs Huawei Router BE3 Pro vs Xiaomi Router BE6500 Pro
 ASUS TUF Gaming BE6500 |  Huawei Router BE3 Pro |  Xiaomi Router BE6500 Pro | |
| The short answer | About the same A dual-band Wi-Fi 7 gaming router with up to 5764 Mbps on 5GHz, four 2.5GbE ports and AiMesh support, aimed at gamers on gigabit-plus broadband. | About the same A dual-band Wi-Fi 7 router with a 3570 Mbps combined theoretical rate and one 2.5G port, sold in China for gigabit-plus broadband homes. | About the same A WiFi 7 router with four 2.5G ports and Xiaomi Mesh. Good for homes upgrading to WiFi 7, but top speeds need WiFi 7 devices. |
| China price | No price yet | No price yet | No price yet |
| US price (pre-tax) | $219.99ASUS · Checked 11-05 21:07 | Not sold in the US | Not sold in the US |
| Gap (US pre-tax) | — | — | — |
| What differs between versions | |||
| Game acceleration | CN China page lists NetEase UU Booster US US page lists Gear Accelerator | — | — |
| VPN and USB features | CN VPN list includes WireGuard and VPN Fusion; USB apps list has no Time Machine US VPN list also has Instant Guard, Surfshark and NordVPN; USB apps include Time Machine | — | — |
| China vs US version | — | CN Huawei's China site has a spec page for this model; the family also includes BE3 Pro+, Thunder and Jifeng editions US No official US sale | — |
| Key specs | |||
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be), 5GHz 4x4, 2.4GHz 2x2 | Wi-Fi 7 (IEEE 802.11be), dual-band 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz | WiFi 7 (MLO multi-link aggregation) |
| Bands | 2.4GHz up to 688 Mbps + 5GHz up to 5764 Mbps | 2.4 GHz up to 688 Mbps; 5 GHz up to 2882 Mbps (theoretical) | 2.4GHz and 5GHz; 5GHz 4×4 160MHz; up to 6453Mbps combined (theoretical) |
| Ports | 1 x 2.5GbE WAN, 3 x 2.5GbE LAN, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 | 4 auto-sensing WAN/LAN ports: 2 x 2.5 Gbps + 2 x 1 Gbps | 4×10/100/1000/2500M auto-sensing WAN/LAN |
| Mesh support | AiMesh primary router or node | Supports HUAWEI Mesh+ and 802.11k/v/r (mesh with Huawei routers) | Xiaomi self-developed Mesh, up to 10 routers; built-in Bluetooth Mesh gateway |
| Power / voltage | AC input 110V-240V, DC output 12V at up to 2.5A | 12V DC 1A adapter; <12W consumption; 100–240V AC input | 12V / 2A adapter |
| Coverage | — | Whole-home coverage; Wi-Fi 7+ improves wall penetration | 6 high-gain internal antennas, 6 high-power amplifiers |