Netgear Nighthawk AX8 RAX80 vs ASUS Rog Rapture GT-AC5300 Series (2017)

The Netgear Nighthawk AX8 RAX80 is widely considered to be a great Wi-Fi Router at its $410 budget. The ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AC5300, however, while also a good product at this price point, doesn't stack up against its competitors quite as well.

The Netgear Nighthawk AX8 RAX80 was loved by reviewers at Tom's Guide, a highly trusted source that performs reliable in-depth testing. It did great in its "Best Wi-Fi routers for 2023" roundup where it was named its "A great router overall", which, in itself, makes it a product worth considering.

Moving on to the ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AC5300: it was unable to reach the very top of any roundups from sources that conduct reliable and unbiased testing. Nonetheless, it still managed to impress reviewers from a number of such sites, like PCmag, CNET, TrustedReviews, Tom's Hardware, and Windows Central, enough for them to include them on those lists.

For a direct Netgear Nighthawk AX8 RAX80 vs. the ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AC5300 comparison, we first examined sources that tested and scored both. Most of them, including PCmag, have found the ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AC5300 to be the better product, while Lifewire and TrustedReviews rated both equally.

When we took a look at which sources they managed to impress the most, we discovered that the Netgear Nighthawk AX8 RAX80 received its best, 9, score from Android Central, while the ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AC5300 got its highest, 9, rating from Lifewire.

Finally, we also compared their review scores to the rest of their competition - the Netgear Nighthawk AX8 RAX80 earned an average review score of 8.4 out of 10 points and the ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AC5300 received an average of 8.1, compared to the 7.4 average of Wi-Fi Routers in general.