So, the GS-AX5400 and the RT-AX82U are only different in appearance and firmware. See also Asus Blue Cave Router Review: A Hole Lot of Excellent Wi-Fi Note that its big ROG logo on top doesn’t light up. Or is it? Here’s the Asus ROG STRIX GS-AX5400 (left) next to the similarly-specced RT-AX82U. So which to get between these two can be a bit of head-scratching. Though far from perfect, it proved an excellent gaming router worthy of the current $250 price tag in my trial.īut the RT-AX82U will give you about the same experience - plus possibly a better design - all at a slightly lower cost of around $225. To cut to the chase: Go ahead and get this GS-AX5400. (The GS-AX5400 vs GS-AX3000 matchup is available here.)īy the way, if you’re confused by the model names above, this primer post on Asus’s (gaming) routers will put things in perspective - give it a read before continuing. Since I have already reviewed both the RT-AX82U and the GS-AX3000, this write-up is more of a GS-AX5400 vs RT-AX82U match-up. Specifically, put the RT-AX82U inside the chassis of the GS-AX3000, sprinkle in Asus’s ROG STRIX firmware, and you get yourself the GS-AX5400. It’s also a sizable upgrade to the lesser version GS-AX3000. The new Asus ROG STRIX GS-AX5400 has more than enough to substitute the RT-AX82U as a gaming router.

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